Celebrity | Lindsay Lohan Lindsay Lohan Scores Gig— as an Actor! Lifetime hires rocky starlet to play Elizabeth Taylor By Neal Colgrass Posted Apr 23, 2012 6:33 PM CDT Copied In this Nov. 2, 2011 file photo, actress Lindsay Lohan appears for a probation hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court. (AP Photo/Mario Anzuoni, Pool/file) Lindsay Lohan—actor? Yep, even if it is just a Lifetime movie: The 25-year-old troubled starlet scored a gig playing Elizabeth Taylor in Liz & Dick, about Taylor's rocky romance with actor Richard Burton. “I have always admired and had enormous respect for Elizabeth Taylor," says Lohan. "I am very honored to have been asked to play this role.” Her last leading role was Labor Pains, in 2009. Lately she's grabbed more headlines by getting off probation, owing money to the IRS, and doing a decent job on SNL. Read These Next It takes deep pockets to buy a $400M slice of Rodeo Drive. It's not great news for our neighborhood Wendy's restaurants. Steve Bannon, Jeffrey Epstein, and a plot to 'take down' pope. Kristi Noem won't like this Wall Street Journal exposé. Report an error