Hilary Duff Biography and Photo Gallery
Birth Name: Hilary Erhard Duff
Birth Place: Houston, TX
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 09/28/1987, Libra
Height
5' 2" (1.57 m)
Profession: Actor; pop singer
Family Father: Bob Duff.
Mother: Susan Duff.
Sister: Haylie Duff. Older; member of music group inventing venus
Education:
Harvard University, Boston , Massachusetts, 2005
Born in Houston, Texas, Hilary Duff began performing professionally at age six with the Columbus Ballet Met touring production of The Nutcracker. When she landed a role in a television commercial soon after, she realized she'd found her passion in life and began auditioning for roles in earnest.
Her first acting role came at the age of nine in the TV movie True Women (1997), with Dana Delaney and Rachel Leigh Cook. Then, she landed the starring role as Wendy in the video release Wendy Meets Casper (1998). Hilary went on to win a Young Artist Award for Best Supporting Young Actress in a TV Movie for her role as Ellie in The Soul Collector (1999), starring Bruce Greenwood and Melissa Gilbert. In 2000, she made a guest appearance on the hit TV series Chicago Hope, then found herself with a starring role in her own TV series, Lizzie McGuire, which premiered January 2001 on The Disney Channel.
1993 Made her acting debut with the Columbus Ballet Met production of The Nutcracker
1998 Cast as Wendy, the friendly ghost s best friend in the successful video release Casper Meets Wendy
1999 Co-starred in the television feature Soul Collector
2001 Landed her breakout role as Lizzie in the Disney Channel original series Lizzie McGuire
2002 Starred in the Disney original movie Cadet Kelly
2003 Played one of Steve Martin s twelve children in the comedy Cheaper by the Dozen
2003 Portrayed the love interest to Frankie Muniz s character in Agent Cody Banks
2003 Released debut album, Metamorphosis
2003 Starred in the The Lizzie McGuire Movie
2004 Cast as an aspiring songwriter in Raise Your Voice opposite John Corbett
2004 Released self-titled sophomore album
2004 Starred in the modern day version of A Cinderella Story
2005 Played a teenager seeking the perfect partner for her single mom (Heather Locklear) in The Perfect Man
2005 Reprised her role as one of twelve children in the comedy Cheaper by the Dozen 2
2006 Co-starred with real life sister, Haylie Duff as a pair of cosmetics heiresses who lose their fortune in the comedy Material Girls
2007 Released third studio album, Dignity
2008 Co-starred with John Cusack in the political satire War, Inc.
2009 Co-starred with Steve Coogan in the independent comedy, What Goes Up
2009 Joined the cast of Gossip Girl (CW) for a multi-episode arc, as Olivia Burke, a movie star who enrolls at NYU
2010 Starred in the ABC Family romantic comedy Beauty & the Briefcase
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