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Hilary Erhard Duff (born September 28, 1987) is an American actress and singer. After working in local theater plays and television commercials in her childhood, Duff gained fame for playing the title role in the Disney Channel television series Lizzie McGuire. She subsequently ventured into motion pictures and has many successful films to her credit including The Lizzie McGuire Movie, Cheaper by the Dozen, A Cinderella Story and Cheaper by the Dozen 2. She has most recently appeared in According to Greta and Stay Cool. As of December 2010, her upcoming films include, Bloodworth, The Story of Bonnie and Clyde and She Wants Me.

Life and career

1987–99: Early life and career beginnings

Duff, the second of two daughters to Susan Colleen (née Cobb), a homemaker, and Robert Erhard Duff, a partner in a chain of convenience stores,^[4] was born in Houston, Texas^[5] and grew up with elder sister Haylie Duff, who is also an actress and singer. She was encouraged by her mother to take up acting classes alongside Haylie, resulting in both girls winning roles in various local theatre productions.^[6] At the ages of six and eight, the two sisters participated in a BalletMet Columbus production of The Nutcracker Suite in San Antonio.^[5] After becoming more enthused at the idea of choosing acting as a profession, the siblings eventually relocated to California with their mother while their father continued to reside at the family home in Houston to take care of their business.^[4]^[6] The pursuit of an acting career from an early age resolved in Duff being home-schooled.^[7] After several years of auditions and meetings, the sisters were cast in various television commercials.^[4]

2000–03: Lizzie McGuire, rise to fame and Metamorphosis

2004–06: Hilary Duff, A Cinderella Story and Most Wanted

2007–08: Dignity, independent film roles and Best of Hilary Duff

for music

2009–present: Television appearances and young adult novels

Other work

Entrepreneurship

Duff launched her clothing line, "Stuff by Hilary Duff", in March 2004, with clothes distributed through Target in the United States, Kmart in Australia, Zellers in Canada, and Edgars Stores in South Africa. The company, initially started as a clothing line, has expanded its business into furniture, fragrances, and jewelry, targeted at the teen and preteen crowd.^[68] In 2007, the Internet website Stardoll.com previewed Duff's clothing line to customers by allowing them to dress up a paper doll on the website (which include Hilary Duff's own doll) with the clothes.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Casper Meets Wendy	Wendy	Direct-to-video film
1999	The Soul Collector	Ellie	Television film
2001	Human Nature	Young Lila Jute
2002	Cadet Kelly	Kelly	Disney Channel Original Movie
2003	Agent Cody Banks	Natalie Connors
2003	The Lizzie McGuire Movie	Lizzie McGuire / Isabella Parigi
2003	Cheaper by the Dozen	Lorraine Baker
2004	A Cinderella Story	Samantha "Sam" Montgomery
2004	Raise Your Voice	Teresa "Terri" Fletcher
2004	In Search of Santa	Crystal	Voice role
2005	The Perfect Man	Holly Hamilton
2005	Cheaper by the Dozen 2	Lorraine Baker
2006	Material Girls	Tanzania "Tanzie" Marchetta	Also producer
2008	War, Inc.	Yonica Babyyeah
2009	What Goes Up	Lucy Diamond
2009	According to Greta	Greta	Also executive producer
2010	Beauty & the Briefcase	Lane Daniels	ABC Family Original Movie
2010	Stay Cool	Shasta O'Neil	Direct-to-video film
2011	Bloodworth	Raven Halfacre	Premiered at the 2010 Santa Barbara International Film Festival
2011	She Wants Me	Kim Powers	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Chicago Hope	Jessie Seldon	"Cold Hearts" (Season 6, episode 17)
2001– 2004	Lizzie McGuire	Lizzie McGuire	Lead role
2003	American Dreams	Shangri-Las	"Change a Comin" (Season 2, episode 8)
2003	George Lopez	Stephanie	"Team Leader" (Season 2, episode 22)
2004	Frasier	Britney	"Frasier-Lite" (Season 11, episode 12)
2005	Joan of Arcadia	Dylan Samuels	"The Rise & Fall of Joan Girardi" (Season 2, episode 14)
2005	George Lopez	Kenzie	"George's Grand Slam" (Season 4, episode 19)
2006	Rebelde	Herself	(Season 3, episode 104)
2007	The Andy Milonakis Show	Herself	"Andy Moves to L.A." (Season 3, episode 1)
2007	Hilary Duff: This Is Now	Herself	Two-part documentary on MTV
2009	Ghost Whisperer	Morgan Jeffries	"Thrilled to Death" (Season 4, episode 19)
2009	Law & Order: SVU	Ashlee Walker	"Selfish" (Season 10, episode 19)
2009	Gossip Girl	Olivia Burke	"Dan de Fleurette" (Season 3, episode 4) "Enough About Eve" (Season 3, episode 6) "How to Succeed in Bassness" (Season 3, episode 7) "The Grandfather: Part II" (Season 3, Episode 8) "They Shoot Humphreys, Don't They?" (Season 3, episode 9) "The Last Days of Disco Stick" (Season 3, episode 10)
2010	Community	Meghan	"Aerodynamics of Gender" (Season 2, episode 7)