Getting to Know Sam Ronson

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When Lindsay Lohan first started stepping out with galpal Samantha Ronson, many were in the dark as to who her new DJ friend was exactly.

The couple first met one evening when both worked on the soundtrack for the hit 2004 comedy Mean Girls. “They had been friends for years,” a pal of Lindsay's explains to OK!.

 
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Sam, the daughter of real estate baron Laurence Ronson and London writer-socialite Anne Dexter-Jones, is part of a very artistic family: twin sister Charlotte Ronson is a fashion designer and older brother Mark Ronson is a music producer who's worked with Christina Aguilera and Amy Winehouse, among others, and stepfather is Mick Jones of Foreigner.

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Beyond her artistic pedigree, fans of Sam know that she has a pet bulldog named Cadillac, and sports numerous tattoos, including a series of stars that inspired Lindsay to get a few of her own. She's also inked with a tiny heart tattoo to signify her love for Linds.