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Hilary Duff is an actress, singer, and dancer who has achieved enormous success even though she’s still only a teenager. She has won numerous awards and is also well known for her charity work.
Hilary Erhard Duff was born on September 28th, 1987. Her mother, Susan, is a successful producer and her father, Bob, owns a chain of convenience stores; nevertheless, they managed to home school Hilary and her older sister Haylie, now a member of pop group Inventing Venus, from the age of ten. The family was based in Houston, Texas.
Hilary became involved in performing at an early age, touring with BalletMet Columbus' production of The Nutcracker when she was just six years old. She went on to appear in advertising before landing her first movie role in made-for-TV western True Women, alongside Annabeth Gish and Angelina Jolie in 1997. The following year Duff gained popular acclaim for her role as a young witch in Casper Meets Wendy, and she subsequently appeared in The Soul Collector with Bruce Greenwood. Her performance with Greenwood resulted in a gong for Best Performance in a TV Movie or Pilot for Supporting Young Actress at the Young Artist Awards. These roles led to her big break as she landed the lead in the Disney Channel's family comedy Lizzie McGuire. The show became a record-breaking hit, spawning a feature film in 2003, and confirmed Duff's star status.
Having achieved success in film and television, Duff set out to break into the music business, starting by contributing to the soundtrack album for the Lizzie McGuire series. Her song “I Can't Wait” became a huge hit and the album eventually went platinum. Duff followed this up with a less successful Christmas album, Santa Claus Lane, and then went on to record her first serious album of her own, Metamorphosis. This album entered the charts at #2 and spent several weeks at the top, while Duff received praise for her mastery of several different vocal styles.