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Biography:
Hilary Erhard Duff was born on September 28th, 1987, in Houston, Texas,
to Bob and 'Susan Duff (I)' . 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. ...(read more)
Hilary Erhard Duff was born on September 28th, 1987, in Houston, Texas,
to Bob and 'Susan Duff (I)' . 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 (Supporting Young
Actress) Young Artist Award. Hilary also starred in Casper Meets Wendy (1998) (TV) in 1998, in
which she played the young witch Wendy.
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 Lizzie McGuire Movie, The (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.
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Hilary Erhard Duff was born to Bob and 'Susan Duff (I)' on September 28th, 1987,
in Houston, Texas. She decided to become an actress while touring with
the Cechetti Ballet and began heading to auditions. She won a
considerable role in Soul Collector, The (1999/I) (TV) , for which she received rave reviews and
recognition. After a starring turn in Casper Meets Wendy (1998) (V) ,
Hilary was cast as the title character in the television series
"Lizzie McGuire" (2001) . "Lizzie" was an instant hit, and propelled Hilary to
international stardom. Lizzie McGuire Movie, The (2003) was released to theaters on May 2nd,
2003, grossing an impressive US$42 million domestically. Hilary also
appeared in Agent Cody Banks (2003) in 2003.
Additionally, Hilary is storming the music charts, with singles "So
Yesterday" and "Come Clean" settling nicely into the top 40. Hilary's
first album, "Metamorphosis," debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200, and
eventually ascended to #1 in the following weeks. To date, it has sold
more than 2 million copies.
Although she is currently touring the USA in support of
"Metamorphosis," Hilary hasn't discarded her film career. Cinderella Story, A (2004) ,
co-starring 'Chad Michael Murray' , hit theaters on July 19th. Perfect Man, The (2005) and Raise Your Voice (2004)
opened in 2005.
Hilary is the 2004 international spokesperson of Kids With A Cause, a
charity organization that specializes in poverty-stricken children. Her
other film credits include Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) , Human Nature (2001) , Cadet Kelly (2002) (TV) , and
True Women (1997) (TV) .
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Hilary Duff was born on September 28, 1987, to Susan and Bob Duff. She
loved to perform ever since she was a little girl. She got her big
break as Wendy in the real life movie "Casper Meets Wendy", and went on
to star in Disney's hit TV show "Lizzie McGuire", where she played
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Brooke McGuire. After the release of "The Lizzie
McGuire Movie" in 2003, Disney announced that the show was going to
stop running new episodes. In that same year, Hilary released her first
album, entitled "Metomorphisis".
After her hit TV show stopped running, Hilary continued with her
acting. She lit up the screen in "Cheaper by the Dozen" and it's
sequel, "A Cinderella Story", along side Chad Micheal Murray, "Raise
Your Voice", "The Perfect Man", and, with her sister Haylie, starred in
"Material Girls".
Hilary's music career also kicked off well. She made a self-entitled
Album, and an album entitled "Most Wanted." A fourth album, called
"Dignity" is expected to be released on April 3, 2007.
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Quotes:
* "I love clothes. I can't control myself. I have a huge fetish for shoes
and clothes and make-up. I'm the kind of person who doesn't like to
wear things over and over again."
* I love my mom. I totally look up to her, and she just doesn't let
anyb ...(read more)
* "I love clothes. I can't control myself. I have a huge fetish for shoes
and clothes and make-up. I'm the kind of person who doesn't like to
wear things over and over again."
* I love my mom. I totally look up to her, and she just doesn't let
anybody take advantage of me. People might call that a stage mom.
* "It's crazy and so surreal. I feel like such a normal person, yet
everybody around the world knows my music, my movie, my name and my
face. It's crazy sometimes, but I'm so flattered. It's a good feeling."
- on her life and career.
* "My sister ('Haylie Duff' ) and I are best friends and we get along so well.
She is so talented and inspiring to me. She's my role model."
* "In high school, kids deal with such harsh things that people don't
realize can really affect their entire lives. They are so interested in
getting the boyfriends and wearing low cut shirts so the boys will like
them. That shouldn't be their goal. They shouldn't do things for other
people, they should do things if they have dreams of their own and
really work hard for that."
* "We raise so much money for hospitals, but it's not just about that.
Anybody can come up with a bunch of money to give to somebody. It's
about going to a hospital and hanging out with the kids and dancing and
singing with them or giving underprivileged kids a chance to go to a
theme park for a day or rebuilding a playground. I love it so much.
It's really gratifying." - on her work for the charity Kids With a
Cause.
* "Mom always tells me to celebrate everyone's uniqueness. I like the way
that sounds."
* "I think ambition can be having something that you're good at and love
to do."
* "Every week I read about myself in a magazine, about something that I
haven't done or some place that I've never been or don't even know.
It's just gossip, rumors, egos, and politics."
* "As a child I was shy. Haylie would be the one to go up and talk to
people."
* "We're still a very tight-knit family, even though we live apart a lot.
And now Haylie and I get to work together more and more. We're really
close."
* "I love doing emotional scenes. As I've had a perfect life I don't
really have much to pull from. But it's really fun and not that
challenging. It's almost pretty easy. The hardest thing is to try and
make people laugh. That's a really hard thing."
* I don't think the Disney Channel gives us enough credit for the age
range Lizzie McGuire actually has. College students come up to me,
grandparents, famous people. It's really funny.
* (On her short relationship and break up with Aaron Carter) "He was my
first real boyfriend and we really were in love, but we were, like,
fourteen! Who cares?!"
* "It is heartbreaking to see the devastation on TV. People are missing
family members and they have absolutely nothing left, not even food or
water. I want to do everything I can to help those who have survived to
help rebuild their lives." [On helping the victims of Hurricane
Katrina]
* "I think girls feel like they're not cool unless they have a boyfriend
or they don't feel comfortable or happy with themselves--that's not
true! You gotta be independent! You gotta show the power!"
* [Dealing with mean girls in school] "I switched schools in the middle
of second grade, and it was tough because I had to go right into a new
school where I didn't know anybody. I made friends eventually, but then
when I started acting in California, a lot of those people were really
mean to me. I'd come home, and they'd be like 'Well, haven't you booked
anything yet?' It was embarrassing. They just didn't understand how
hard it was and that things don't just happen overnight."
* It sounds cheesy but I think my life's kinda like a fairy tale. I
worked really hard, but I'm very, very lucky too. I'm just 16 and I've
done so many amazing things. I travel the world, I have fans who
support me and I get to do what I love - make movies, sing and really
be myself. I have a beautiful family, a great support system and
wonderful friends - and I go shopping every week! I'm so lucky, but
it's not necessarily like A Cinderella Story.
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