30 Things You Didn't Know About Lindsay Lohan

Because you know you still love her.

April 11, 2013

Image via Complex Original

Lindsay Lohan is everywhere. From coverage of her missed court dates and trips to rehab to her awkward late night talk show appearances, the 26-year-old actress, who's currently promoting her latest film, Scary Movie 5, has been unavoidable. At this point, we don't blame you if you feel like you know everything there is to know about her.

However, she can actually still surprise you. Here are 30 Things You Didn’t Know About Lindsay Lohan.

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Her wax figure at Madame Tussaud's was dressed in a prison uniform after her second DUI arrest in July of 2007.

Lohan started off as a model at the age of 3, modeling for Abercrombie & Fitch Kids and Calvin Klein Kids.

She's hosted Saturday Night Live four times in her career, beginning in 2004 at the age of 17.

Concerned about her hard-partying lifestyle, the cast of Saturday Night Live staged an intervention for Lohan when she hosted in May of 2005.

In 2007, after she had her appendix taken out, Lohan was reportedly so scared that it would end up being sold on eBay that she asked the doctors if she could take it home and put it in her fridge.

At the age of 7, Lohan appeared in an episode of Late Night with David Letterman, playing garbage in a skit titled "Things You Find in the Bottom of the Subway."

She played Bette Midler's daughter in the pilot episode of Bette, but left the show when it shifted filming locations to L.A. from New York, where she was based at the time.

Lohan became roommates with fellow actor Raven-Symone after they befriended each other at a photo shoot for Vanity Fair.

When auditioning for Mean Girls, Lohan originally wanted to play the part of Regina George, but then decided against it because she didn't want to be perceived as "mean."

Hot off the success of Mean Girls in 2005, Lohan was the first real person Mattel immortalized into doll form with its "My Scene Goes Hollywood" celebrity dolls.

In a behind-the-scenes video, Lohan raps Kevin Gnapoor's song with Amy Poehler and Tina Fey.

She starred in a Jell-O commercial with Bill Cosby in 1996.

She was a straight A student in school, with her strengths being math and science.

At the age of 18, she became the the youngest person to host the MTV Movie Awards. She also became the youngest host to win for her role in Freaky Friday.

When she was a follower of Kabbalah, Madonna gave her the Kabbalah name of Rose.

Lohan was offered the role of Jade in The Hangover, but she turned it down.

Her mug shot is used in a full-page black-and-white ad by the American Beverage Institute to rally against a petition by activists to try and get a breathalyzer installed in every car in America.

Lindsay Lohan's diary revealed that the actress was 'in love' with actor Heath Ledger at the time of his death in 2008.

Her clothing line, 6126, is named after her idol, Marilyn Monroe.

She is allergic to blueberries and horses.

Kate French, the actress who played The L Word's Niki Stevens, a closeted lesbian starlet, confirmed that her character was based on Lohan.

Her favorite movies are Kitten with a Whip (1964) and Niagara (1953).

Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan became so close on the set of Scary Movie 5 that Sheen gave Lohan a $100,000 check to cover her tax debt.

Her debut album Speak went double platinum.

According to Snooki, Lindsay and Pauly D may have made out once.

Lohan starred in and narrated a 2010 British

In 2005, Broadway producer Barry Weissler wanted Lohan to star in the musical version of Amy Heckerling’s Clueless.

Her mother Dina was once a dancing Rockette at the famous Radio City Musical Hall in New York City.

She starred in the R.E.M music video for "Blue," which was directed by James Franco.

The actress has spent 86% of her adult life on probation.

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