Lindsay Sloan is an American film and television actress, which most viewers know thanks to the TV series Sabrina the Young Witch and The Strange Couple. Among the full-length projects with the participation of the actress, the films “Achieve Success” and “Too Cool for You” deserve special attention. Most films with Lindsay Sloan are melodramas and romantic comedies.
Movie roles
The film career Lindsay Sloan began in 1999 with a small role in the comedy "Seven Girlfriends" by Paul Lazarus. The film did not differ in star cast and did not gain much popularity.
In 2000, the actress received a supporting role in the teen comedy "Achieve Success", which brought the actress fame. The tape became a box office hit, collecting $ 90 million at the box office with a modest budget of $ 11 million. Reviews from critics of the film were also positive.
In 2006, Lindsay played the role of Chloe Mills in the romantic comedy "The Bride from Beyond." Together with her in the film starred Eva Longoria and Paul Rudd. The film did not have commercial success, and critics' reviews were very restrained.
The next project in the filmography of the actress was the comedy "Random Husband" directed by Griffin Dunn. The main roles in the film went to Hollywood stars of the first magnitude - Uma Thurman, Colin Firth and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Sloane got a supporting role. Both from film critics and from the audience, the film received mixed reviews.
In 2010, Lindsay played another famous comedy - Too Cool for You. The film about the loser Kirk, who fell in love with the beautiful Molly and eager to achieve reciprocity, received mostly positive reviews, and he was successful at the box office. This was another success for the actress, despite the fact that, like in previous films, Lindsay Sloan got a secondary role in him.
A year later, the actress appeared in the comedy "Unbearable Bosses", playing the role of Stacy Arbus. The box office pleased the producers: the picture raised $ 209 million at the box office, which is a very good indicator for comedy. In 2014, a sequel was released, in which Lindsay returned to playing the role of Stacy. The second part was worse at the box office, collecting a little more than $ 100 million.
TV career
In 1991, Sloan received the first major role on television - the role of Alice Pedermeir in the drama series "Wonderful Years", quite popular in the United States. Lindsay worked on this project until 1993 until the end of the series.
In 1997, the actress got the role of Valerie Burkhead, the girlfriend of the protagonist, in the popular teenage sitcom Sabrina the Young Witch. In the United States alone, more than 12 million viewers watched this show.
After finishing work on Sabrina, Sloan had no stellar projects in his television career for a long time. She performed episodic roles in the TV series Clairvoyant, How I Met Your Mother, and Mr. Sunshine. Only in 2015, Lindsay Sloan managed to get a major role on television - the role of Emily in the sitcom “The Strange Couple”, which she worked on until 2017. The series received mixed reviews from critics.
