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Lindsay Lohan has lived quite the life in the public eye. But it is only in recent years that the actor has sought a more private existence, deciding to live in Dubai where she has been able to escape from the paparazzi.

However just this week, Lohan shared that she has tied the knot to her partner Bader Shammas, a relationship she has mainly kept away from the spotlight, until recently.

We thought it perfect timing to look back at the 35-year-old's life in and out of the spotlight, including her childhood, career, and public relationships.

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Lindsay Lohan's early life.

Born in 1986, Lindsay was raised in New York City by parents Dina and Michael 'Mike' Lohan.

TheMean Girlsactress is the eldest among her four siblings, including sisters Aliana and Ashley, and brothers Michael and Dakota 'Cody'.

Lohan's parents divorced in 2007.

Lohan’s father, Mike, a former Wall Street trader, has made headlines over the years due to his legal issues, prison terms and assault charges.

He was imprisoned for insider trading from 1990 to 1993, and served another year in 1997 for violating his probation. In 2004, he was charged with attempted assault and convicted of drink driving. He served another two-and-a-half year term, finally being released in 2007.

Over the last decade, Lindsay Lohan has had a much-reported rocky relationship with her family, especially her father.

"He's put myself and my mother and my mum’s parents through so much hell," Lindsay told Vanity Fair in 2010.

"From the death threats to throwing shoes at my grandfather’s head and giving him a concussion, to threatening to kill my mother in front of my little brother."

Amid her challenging childhood, Lohan's family were still able to secure a bright future for the eldest child. Lohan starting as a child model aged three and a regular acting spot on a popular American soap at age 10.

But it was Parent Trap that was Lohan's big break at the age of 12.

Lindsay Lohan's career.

After the astronomical success of Disney'sParent Trap, which saw Lohan play identical twins, her career trajectory soared to new heights.

Other notable roles includedFreaky Friday, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Herbie: Fully Loaded, Just My LuckandGeorgia Rule.

But it was Lohan's leading performance in Mean Girls that catapulted her to a level of fame even she could not have anticipated. The teen comedy grossed US $130 million worldwide and developed a cult following.

Just recently in late 2020, Lohan spoke virtually with some of the other cast members fromMean Girlsfor a reunion.

Lohan shared that she initially wanted to play Rachel McAdams' character Regina George in the film.

"I really wanted to play Regina because I had just done a movie,Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, where I was kind of like a weirdo in it and I was like, 'But I want to do a movie where I get to dress pretty.' The more that I read the script over and over, I started to really relate to Cady and her sensitivity," Lohan said.

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After an acting hiatus for multiple years now, Lohan revealed this late last year she was returning to acting in a new Christmas movie.

She stars alongsideGleeactor Chord Overstreet in the Netflix rom-comFalling For Christmas- which is expected to be released during the festive season of 2022.

Lohan will star in the film as a "newly engaged and spoiled hotel heiress who finds herself in the care of a handsome, blue-collar lodge owner and his precocious daughter after getting total amnesia in a skiing accident," Netflix said.

Lindsay Lohan's relationships.

Lindsay Lohan and Aaron Carter.

Back in 2004, Lohan was caught in a love triangle with fellow Disney star Hilary Duff over singer Aaron Carter.

At the time, Duff was playing Lizzie McGuire and Lohan was getting ready to star inMean Girls.