Dina Lohan
{{short description|American television personality (born 1962)}}
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| name = Dina Lohan
| image = Dina Lohan.jpg
| caption = Lohan at the 19th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival, October 15, 2011
| birth_name = {{nowrap|Donata Melina Nicolette Sullivan}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1962|9|15}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
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| known_for = Living Lohan
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| occupation = {{flatlist|
- manager
- television personality}}
| years_active = 1998–present
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| spouse = {{marriage|Michael Lohan
|1985|2007|end=div}}
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| children =4, including Lindsay and Ali Lohan
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Donata Melina Nicolette "Dina" Lohan ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|iː|n|ə|_|ˈ|l|oʊ|.|ən}} {{respell|DEE|nə|_|LOH|ən}}; {{nee|Sullivan}};{{cite news |last=Fischler |first=Marcelle S. |date=October 22, 2006 |title=For Lohan Matriarch, Like Daughter, Like Mother |work=The New York Times |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10D13FD34540C718EDDA90994DE404482 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810172419/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E07E2DC1F30F931A15753C1A9609C8B63&legacy=true |archive-date=August 10, 2017}} born September 15, 1962){{cite web |title=Dina Lohan |url=http://www.livinglohan.tv/Dina_Lohan.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080711025706/http://www.livinglohan.tv/Dina_Lohan.html |archive-date=July 11, 2008 |publisher=LivingLohan.tv}} is an American television personality who rose to fame as the mother and manager of actress Lindsay Lohan. She is also the mother of Michael Jr., Aliana and Dakota Lohan.
Early life
Lohan was born and raised in New York City, to John L. and Ann Sullivan. She has two brothers, Matt and Paul. She is of Italian (from her mother) and Irish descent, and was raised Catholic.{{Cite web |title=Paddies to Call Our Own | Lindsay Lohan is Irish? Really? |url=http://www.joe.ie/joe-life/paddies-to-call-our-own-2/lindsay-lohan-is-irish-really-005017-1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202113116/http://joe.ie/joe-life/paddies-to-call-our-own-2/lindsay-lohan-is-irish-really-005017-1 |archive-date=2010-12-02 |access-date=2012-09-27}}{{Cite web |title=Entertainment Articles: Movies, Television, Celebrity News & More |url=http://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/972549/dina-lohan-offers-advice-to-amanda-bynes-parents}}{{cite news |last=Carter |first=Kelly |date=May 21, 2008 |title=Dina Lohan explains it all, with a capital E! |work=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-05-21-dina-lohan_N.htm}} Lohan is a former singer and dancer.{{cite news |author=Lynda Obst |date=June 2004 |title=Lindsay Lohan: One of the movies' biggest rising stars goes on the record |work=Interview magazine |publisher=Interview, Inc. |url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_5_34/ai_n6041484 |url-status=dead |access-date=August 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080429133107/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_5_34/ai_n6041484 |archive-date=April 29, 2008 |quote=Did you even get to go to high school? ... Yes. Up until the 11th grade, when I started home-schooling.}}
Career
She previously worked as a singer and a dancer.{{Cite web |title=Lindsay Lohan's Family: All About the Actress' Parents and Siblings |url=https://people.com/movies/all-about-lindsay-lohan-family/ |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}} Lohan and her younger daughter Ali starred in the reality show Living Lohan, which debuted on May 26, 2008 on the cable television network E!. Lohan is also one of the executive producers of the series. In 2019, Dina was a cast member on season 2 of Celebrity Big Brother.
Personal life
In 1985, she married Michael Lohan. The couple briefly separated in 1988, and later reunited.{{cite news |date=August 6, 2007 |title=Lohan parents' divorce heats up on Long Island |publisher=Today.com |agency=Associated Press |url=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/20152244/ |url-status=dead |access-date=November 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212211751/http://www.today.com/id/20152244/ |archive-date=February 12, 2015}}{{cite magazine |last=Peretz |first=Evgenia |date=February 1, 2006 |title=Confessions of a Teenage Movie Queen |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-12652929_ITM |url-status=live |magazine=Vanity Fair |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150522074028/https://www.questia.com/ |archive-date=May 22, 2015 |access-date=September 3, 2008 |quote=Dina and Michael separated when Lindsay was just three ... But, like many young people in love, Dina took her husband back for a period.}} Dina filed for divorce in 2005,{{cite web |date=January 19, 2005 |title=Lindsay Lohan's Mother Files for Divorce |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/lindsay-lohans-mother-files-for-divorce |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825200908/http://www.foxnews.com/story/2005/01/19/lindsay-lohan-mother-files-for-divorce.html |archive-date=August 25, 2015 |publisher=Fox News |agency=Associated Press}} and the couple reached a divorce settlement in August 2007,{{cite news |date=August 18, 2007 |title=Lohan's parents end divorce row |publisher=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6953075.stm |url-status=live |access-date=August 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212191810/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6953075.stm |archive-date=February 12, 2015}} with the divorce scheduled to be finalized three months later. She was granted custody of their two youngest children, Ali and Cody.{{cite news |date=December 12, 2005 |title=Lohan's Parents Reach Divorce Settlement |work=People |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1140045,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212185644/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C1140045%2C00.html |archive-date=February 12, 2015 |quote=John DiMascio, Jr., Michael's attorney, says he expects the divorce to be final in about 90 days, depending upon how quickly the divorce documents are filed and then processed by the court.}} He had worked as a Wall Street trader and businessman who inherited his father's pasta business and has been in trouble with the law on several occasions.{{cite news |date=May 28, 2005 |title=Lindsay Lohan's Dad Gets Prison Sentence |work=Fox News |publisher=Fox Broadcasting Company |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/lindsay-lohans-dad-gets-prison-sentence |url-status=live |access-date=July 3, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403064833/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,157984,00.html |archive-date=2012-04-03}}{{clarify|date=December 2012}} The Lohans have four children: Lindsay (b. 1986), Michael, Jr. (b. 1987), Aliana (b. 1993), and Dakota "Cody" Lohan (b. 1996).{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}}
Lohan was arrested for speeding and driving under the influence in Nassau County, Long Island on September 12, 2013,{{cite news |last1=Chinese |first1=Vera |last2=Dillon |first2=Nancy |last3=Cunningham |first3=Jennifer H. |date=September 13, 2013 |title=Dina Lohan arrested for DWI, speeding on Long Island |work=Daily News |location=New York City |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/dina-lohan-arrested-dwi-speeding-long-island-article-1.1455007 |url-status=live |access-date=September 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603152316/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/dina-lohan-arrested-dwi-speeding-long-island-article-1.1455007 |archive-date=June 3, 2015}} and agreed to a plea deal which included admitting guilt. She was sentenced to 100 hours community service, had her drivers license revoked for one year, and was fined $3,000.{{cite web |author1=Michael Rothman and Aaron Katersky |date=June 3, 2014 |title=Dina Lohan Sentenced for 2013 DWI, Has Driver's License Suspended |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/dina-lohan-sentenced-2013-dwi-drivers-license-suspended/story?id=23975295 |access-date=28 October 2017 |website=abcnews.go.com}}
Lohan was arrested for driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident in Nassau County on January 11, 2020. CNN reported Lohan also faced "four other charges: operating an unregistered vehicle, operating an uninspected vehicle, driving without a license, and aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle in the 3rd degree, the online court records state."{{cite news |last1=Haider |first1=Monica |date=January 12, 2020 |title=Dina Lohan, mother of actress Lindsay Lohan, charged with DWI |newspaper=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/12/us/dina-lohan-dwi-charge-trnd/index.html |access-date=April 11, 2020}} On December 3, 2021, she pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident without reporting and to felony DWI and was sentenced to 18 days in jail, loss of her license for 18 months, and five years’ probation during which she must participate in a DWI program and have an ignition interlock on her vehicle to make sure she is not drinking before driving.{{cite web |title=Dina Lohan Gets Jail Time in Felony DWI Case, Loses Driver's License for 18 Months |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/dina-lohan-gets-jail-time-in-felony-dwi-case-loses-drivers-license-for-18-months/3433173/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |website=nbcnewyork.com |date=3 December 2021 |publisher=WNBC}}
Filmography
References
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External links
- {{Imdb name|nm1628504|Dina Lohan}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080711025706/http://www.livinglohan.tv/Dina_Lohan.html Dina Lohan] at Living Lohan TV
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Category:American women television personalities
Category:American people of Irish descent
Category:American people of Italian descent
Category:Television personalities from New York City
Category:American female dancers
Category:Dancers from New York (state)