20 Actors Who Just Had Awesome Comebacks
18. Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan's career trajectory has been an all-too common one for young actors thrust into the Hollywood A-list - after Freaky Friday and Mean Girls bolstered her stature as one of the most popular young performers of her generation, she fell off for numerous reasons.
For one, there was an unsuccessful attempt to transition into more serious dramatic roles in films like Bobby, Chapter 27, and I Know Who Killed Me, which combined with Lohan's well-publicised personal issues, ensured that her early promise had largely evaporated by the 2010s.
After spending roughly a decade out in the Hollywood wilderness, however, Lohan made quite a spectacular comeback in 2022's Netflix Christmas rom-com Falling for Christmas, which despite receiving mixed reviews had one of the biggest opening weekends of any Netflix Original released that year.
Lohan followed this up with a well-received cameo in 2024's Mean Girls musical adaptation, two more Netflix rom-coms Irish Wish and Our Little Secret - which both posted gangbusters numbers - and most recently the long-awaited sequel Freakier Friday.
Between the popularity of Lohan's recent streaming films and the strong box office performance of Freakier Friday, it's clear beyond any doubt that she's fully completed her career resurrection.