Lindsay Lohan: a Psychobiography

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“Lindsay Lohan: A Psychobiography” Many people attribute a celebrity’s demise and dangerous downward spiral to the effects of their elitist lifestyle; the life of a celebrity is perceived to be one of high glamour and fashion, and is usually characterized by excessive partying. However, while this notion definitely plays an important role in the train-wrecks of noted celebrities, such as Mel Gibson, Britney Spears, and Lindsay Lohan, there is another, equally important factor that must also be considered. Perhaps a child star, thrust into the spotlight at a very young age, was in fact suffering other traumas in their own private life, which in turn had an effect on how they behaved and how they were viewed in the public eye. Per the mention above of her name as a noted “train-wreck,” Lindsay Lohan is one actress whose disastrous lifeline should be inspected with respect to the potentiality that some other event(s) in her private life, too, played a detrimental role in the crass decisions she made. At the young age of three, Lindsay was thrust into the media spotlight when she was signed to Ford Modeling Agency, where she was featured in over one hundred ads for companies such Calvin Klein and Abercrombie Kids. In Eight years later, in 1997, Lindsay caught her first big-screen break when she was cast as the leading role in The Parent Trap, and not long after she became a household name. Later on in her career, she continued making more box-office-smashing films, such as Freaky Friday in 2003 and Mean Girls in 2004 ("Lindsay Lohan biography," 2013). While some of Lindsay’s later work was not very successful, such as her failed singing career after recording only two albums, she was still regarded as an accomplished and ever-rising actress. While Lindsay was busy making a name for herself in show business, she was also facing a lot of emotional turmoil and trauma

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