Hilary Erhard Duff (born September 28, 1987) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. After working in local theater plays and television commercials in her childhood, Duff gained fame for playing the title role in the television series Lizzie McGuire. Duff went on to have a film career; her most commercially successful movies include Cheaper by the Dozen, The Lizzie McGuire Movie, A Cinderella Story and Material Girls.
Duff expanded her repertoire into pop music with the release of three RIAA certified Platinum albums and over thirteen million records sold worldwide as of February 2008.Her first studio album, Metamorphosis (2003), was certified triple platinum and she followed it up with two more platinum albums, Hilary Duff (2004) and Most Wanted (2005). Duff had a musical comeback with the release of her third studio album, Dignity (2007), which was certified Gold in August 2007.In November 2008 she released another Greatest Hits compilation, Best of Hilary Duff.
Duff has also launched a clothing line, "Stuff by Hilary Duff", and two exclusive perfume collections with Elizabeth Arden. Duff and her mother were listed as producers for the movie Material Girls. Duff is credited as executive producer for the upcoming independent film Greta.
As of June 2009[update], her upcoming films include starring roles in Greta, Stay Cool, Provinces of Night, and The Story of Bonnie and Clyde.
Duff expanded her repertoire into pop music with the release of three RIAA certified Platinum albums and over thirteen million records sold worldwide as of February 2008.Her first studio album, Metamorphosis (2003), was certified triple platinum and she followed it up with two more platinum albums, Hilary Duff (2004) and Most Wanted (2005). Duff had a musical comeback with the release of her third studio album, Dignity (2007), which was certified Gold in August 2007.In November 2008 she released another Greatest Hits compilation, Best of Hilary Duff.
Duff has also launched a clothing line, "Stuff by Hilary Duff", and two exclusive perfume collections with Elizabeth Arden. Duff and her mother were listed as producers for the movie Material Girls. Duff is credited as executive producer for the upcoming independent film Greta.
As of June 2009[update], her upcoming films include starring roles in Greta, Stay Cool, Provinces of Night, and The Story of Bonnie and Clyde.
Duff was born in Houston, Texas on September 28, 1987. She is the second child of Susan Colleen (née Cobb), a homemaker and a film producer, and husband Robert Erhard Duff, a partner in a chain of convenience stores, who resides at the family home in Houston to maintain the family's convenience store business. She has an elder sister, Haylie Duff, who is also an actress/singer. Duff's mother encouraged Hilary to take up acting classes alongside her elder sister, Haylie, which resulted in both girls winning roles in various local theater productions. At the ages of eight and six, respectively, the Duff sisters participated in the ballet, The Nutcracker Suite with Columbus BalletMet in San Antonio. The siblings became more enthusiastic about the idea of choosing acting as a profession, and eventually relocated to California with their mother. Duff's father stayed at the family home in Houston to take care of their business.[ After several years of auditions and meetings, the Duff sisters were cast in various television commercials.
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