Hilary Erhard Duff (born September 28, 1987) is an American actress, pop singer, songwriter and entrepreneur. After gaining fame for playing the title role in the television show Lizzie McGuire, Duff went on to have a film career; her most commercially successful movies 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 over thirteen million albums sold worldwide.[1] 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 latest studio album, Dignity, was released in April 2007 and was certified Gold in August 2007.

Bio

Date of Birth: 28 September 1987, Houston, Texas, USA
Birth Name : Hilary Erhard Duff
Nickname: Hil
Height: 5-2" (1.57 m)

Mini Biography

Hilary Erhard Duff was born on September 28th, 1987, in Houston, Texas, to Bob and Susan Duff. 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 The Soul Collector (1999) (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 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.

Filmography

* True Women (1997)
* Casper Meets Wendy (1998)
* The Soul Collector (1999)
* "Lizzie McGuire" (2001) TV Series
* Human Nature (2001)
* Cadet Kelly (2002)
* Agent Cody Banks (2003)
* The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003)
* Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
* A Cinderella Story (2004)
* The Perfect Man (2004)
* Heart of Summer (2004)

Hilary Duff UpComing Movies

* War, Inc. (2008) (completed) .... Yonica Babyyeah
* Foodfight! (2008) (completed) (voice) .... Sunshine Goodness
* Greta (2008) (post-production) .... Greta
* Safety Glass (2008) (post-production) .... Lucy

Music Career

Most Wanted
Format: Album
Label: Hollywood Records
Released: 2005-08-16


Fly
Format: Single
Label: Mushroom Records
Released: 2004-11-08


Hilary Duff
Format: Album
Label: Hollywood Records
Released: 2004-09-28


Our Lips Are Sealed
Format: Single
Label: Universal Intl
Released: 2004-08-30


A Cinderella Story Soundtrack
Format: Album
Label: Hollywood Records
Released: 2004-07-13


Little Voice
Format: Single
Label: Disney Intl
Released: 2004-05-03


Come Cleane
Format: Single
Label: Wea International
Released: 2004-04-12


The Lizzie McGuire Movie Soundtrack
Format: Album
Label: Buena Vista
Released: 2003-08-26


Metamorphosis
Format: Album
Label: Buena Vista
Released: 2003-08-26


So Yesterday / Working It Out
Format: Single
Label: Buena Vista
Released: 2003-07-29


Why Not
Format: Single
Label: Disney Intl
Released: 2003-06-16


Santa Clause 2 Soundtrack
Format: Album
Label: Disney
Released: 2002-11-05


Santa Claus Lane
Format: Album
Label: Disney
Released: 2002-10-15


Disneymania
Format: Album
Label: Disney
Released: 2002-09-17


Lizzie McGuire Soundtrack
Format: Album
Label: Buena Vistay
Released: 2002-08-13