Lindsay Lohan is celebrating the fictional birthday of the characters that made her a star. The actress shared a video to TikTok and Instagram on Sunday marking October 11, the in-film birthday of twins Hallie Parker and Annie James from Nancy Meyers’ 1998 film The Parent Trap.
The 8-second video, captioned “Happy Birthday Hallie & Annie! 💗👯”, is set to “There She Goes” from the film’s soundtrack. Lohan appears as both twins wishing each other a happy birthday, a sweet nod to the dual role she played at just 11 years old.
The post has already drawn more than 62,000 likes on Instagram and 36,000 likes on TikTok, with fans flooding the comments to celebrate the beloved film. The Parent Trap, which co-starred Dennis Quaid and the late Natasha Richardson as the twins’ parents, remains one of the most cherished family films of the late 1990s.
October 11 has become an unofficial holiday for fans of the film. In the story, the birthday discovery is the moment everything clicks: isolated together in the camp cabin, Hallie and Annie realize they were born on the same day and piece together that they are sisters separated at birth. The twins were named after Meyers and producer Charles Shyer’s real-life daughters, Hallie and Annie Meyers-Shyer, who even appear in cameo roles.
The 1998 film was a milestone for everyone involved. It marked Meyers’ directorial debut after a celebrated screenwriting career, and it was 11-year-old Lohan’s very first film role, with her dual performance carried by then-cutting-edge split-screen effects. Nearly three decades later, she still embraces the characters, from recreating the fencing scene on TikTok in 2022 to this year’s birthday tribute.
For anyone feeling nostalgic, The Parent Trap is currently streaming on Disney+.