Actress Jessica Alba has defended her Machete co-star Lindsay Lohan, insisting the Mean Girls star is a brilliant actress. The mum-of-one appears in the new movie alongside the troubled actress, who recently completed a brief spell in prison. "The fact that she can poke fun at herself - she's a brilliant actress,” the Sun quoted her as saying. She then urged the public to focus on Lindsay's talent and not her personal life.

She said: "Mean Girls is a classic. It's so good. How can you ever forget that? "I think people should probably focus more on someone's career and maybe less on someone's personal circumstances.

"It's nobody's business. "Everyone goes through their own thing," she added.