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Hilary
Erhard Duff known as Hilary Duff was born
on September 28, 1987 in Houston, Texas
to Bob and Susan Duff. She is an American
actress and singer. When Hilary was six,
she had been traveling in the Cechetti
Ballet with her sister Haylie Duff but
decided she wanted to fulfill her dream
of acting. |
Her first part was in the mini-series True
Women (1997) (TV), but her first starring
role was as Ellie in _Soul Collector, The
(1999/I) (TV), for which she won a Best Performance
in a TV Movie or Pilot Young Artist Award.
Hilary also starred in Casper Meets Wendy
(1998) (TV) in 1998, in which she played the
young witch Wendy.After gaining fame for her
starring role on the television show Lizzie
McGuire, she went on to have a film career,
and her most commercially successful pictures
include Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), The Lizzie
McGuire Movie (2003), and A Cinderella Story
(2004). Duff has expanded her repertoire into
pop music, with three RIAA certified-platinum
albums, and she launched a clothing line (Stuff
by Hilary Duff) and an exclusive perfume with
Elizabeth Arden. Her upcoming films include
the 2007 action thriller Brand Hauser: Stuff
Happens and animated comedy Foodfight!. Duff's
new album, entitled Dignity, is scheduled
to released on April 3, 2007 in the United
States.
To
Hilary Duff success came again as she took
the role of the starring title character Lizzie
McGuire in the #1 hit Disney Channel series
"Lizzie McGuire" (2001). "Lizzie"
was extremely successful and spawned The Lizzie
McGuire Movie (2003). In 2002, she made the
Disney Channel movie Cadet Kelly (2002) (TV).
Hilary continues her upward spiral, guest-starring
on TV shows, filming movies, recording albums,
and doing television concerts.
Duff's
first role in a theatrical motion picture
was in Human Nature (2002), an independent
film shot before Lizzie McGuire and first
shown at the Cannes and Sundance film festivals.
Written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by
Michel Gondry, the film follows a female naturalist,
played by Patricia Arquette. Duff played the
younger version of Arquette's character.
Later
that year Duff played one of the twelve children
of Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt in the family
film Cheaper by the Dozen, which remains her
highest grossing film. She reprised her role
in the sequel to the film called Cheaper by
the Dozen 2 (2005), which failed to be as
financially successful as the original film
and was panned by critics.
Duff
recorded a cover of Brooke McClymont's "I
Can't Wait" for the original television
soundtrack for Lizzie McGuire in 2002 (see
Lizzie McGuire (soundtrack)), and "The
Tiki Tiki Tiki Room" for the first Disneymania
compilation album.
Filmography:
1998
Casper Meets Wendy
Playing by Heart
1999
The Soul Collector
2001
Human Nature
2001-2004
Lizzie McGuire
2002
Cadet Kelly
2003
Agent Cody Banks
The Lizzie McGuire Movie
Cheaper by the Dozen
2004
A Cinderella Story
Raise Your Voice
In Search of Santa
2005
The Perfect Man
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
2006
Material Girls
2007
Foodfight!
Brand Hauser: Stuff Happens
2008
Talking with Dog
Discography: Albums
Santa Claus Lane (October 15, 2002)
Metamorphosis (August 26, 2003)
Hilary Duff (September 28, 2004)
Most Wanted (August 16, 2005)
Dignity (April 3, 2007)
Singles
"Tell Me a Story (About the Night Before)"
(2002) with Lil Romeo
"Santa Claus Lane" (2002)
"Why Not" (2003) Australia
"So Yesterday" (2003)
"Come Clean" (2004)
"Our Lips Are Sealed" (2004) with
Haylie Duff
"Little Voice" (2004) - Australia
only
"Fly" (2004)
"The Getaway" (2004) - Promtional
single only
"I Am" (2004) - Radio release only
"Weird" (2004) - Spain only
"Someone's Watching Over Me" (2005)
- Australia only Australia
"Wake Up" (2005) Australia
"Beat of My Heart" (2005) Australia
"Supergirl" (2006) - Digital download
"Play with Fire" (2006)
"With Love" (2007)
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