Lindsay Lohan began her career with Ford Models at age three, but found little work as a fashion model. Lindsay Lohan persisted and eventually appeared in more than 100 print-ads for companies like Toys "R" Us. Lindsay Lohan also modeled for Calvin Klein Kids (usually with siblings Michael and Ali) and Abercrombie Kids.
Lindsay Lohan's first auditions for television work did not go well; by the time she tried out for a Duncan Hines commercial, she told her mother that she would give up if she did not get the job. Lindsay Lohan was hired, and went on to appear in over 60 commercials, including a Jell-O spot with Bill Cosby. Lindsay Lohan’s ad work led to roles in soap operas, and she was already considered a show-business veteran in 1996 when she landed the role of Alexandra "Alli" Fowler on Another World, "where she delivered more dialogue than any other 10-year-old in daytime serials" of the time.
She starred in two original television movies, Life-Size (2000) (with Tyra Banks) and Get a Clue (2002). Lindsay Lohan also played Bette Midler's daughter in the first episode of the short-lived series, Bette (2000), but Lindsay Lohan, then 14, quit when the production moved from


