Early life and career
Plum duff was innate around Houston, Texas as the second little one of Bob Duff, creator of the chain of convenience stores, and his married woman Susan, the homemaker. Plum duff's unusual middle title of "Erhard" was a maiden title of her German American paternal grandmother, Mary Erhard. When her mother encouraged her to choose an acting class alongside her older sister, Haylie Duff, both girls won area inside various local theatre productions. At a age of half a dozen, a Plum duff participated in the ballet The Nutcracker Suite with Columbus Ballet Met in San Antonio. A sib became extra & other enthusiastic all about a idea of acting professionally, & it one of these days relocated to California with their mother. Bob Duff stayed at a personal zero in Houston to maintain their business. Across years of auditions & meetings, two sisters managed to clinch appearances within many television commercials.

Acting
Virtually all of Plum duff's 1st pack acting roles were microscopic, starting polish off by using an uncredited appearance around Hallmark Amusement's western miniseries True Women (1997), an adaptation of the novel by Janice Woods Windle. She besides served as an extra, againside uncredited, in writer and director Willard Carroll's comedy drama Playing by Heart (1998), whose ensemble cast included Dennis Quaid, Sean Connery and Angelina Jolie, star of True Women from a former month.

Her 1st major section wwhen as a star of the 1998 film Casper Meets Wendy, playing a immature witch Wendy world health organization encounters a alive character Casper. Such as Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997), the foremost sequel to the hugely successful Casper (1995), the film went direct-to-video with generally unenthusiastic reviews.

Plum duff late appeared inside the supporting role in the television movie The Soul Collector in 1999, which was based on the Kathleen Kane novel, and starred Bruce Greenwood as an angel who assists out the female farmer (Melissa Gilbert) whose husband has recently died. Plum duff ended higher winning the Young Artist Award for even Best Performance within the TV Picture or Pilot (Supporting Young Actress).

Plum duff's foremost good shot at fame come whenever she wwhen cast as one of them in the pilot episode of the NBC sitcom Daddio (2000). Said Michael Chiklis, star of Daddio, "After working with her the first day, I remember saying to my wife, 'This young girl is going to be a movie star.' She was completely at ease with herself and comfortable in her own skin." Yet, prior to a indicate got potentially aired, Plum duff was dropped from either its cast lineup, an unlucky turn of cases which mass produced a twelve-season-old reluctant to prove my point her acting career. However her manager & mother, Susan Duff, spurred her in, & she with success auditioned for the personal comedy show Lizzie McGuire just a week late.

Lizzie McGuire, which number one aired on the Disney Channel in January 2001, was a ratings hit, drawing around Ii.Three million viewers by the episode . Fallowing fulfilling her entire sixty-5 episode contract, also when participating inside the film spin-off, Disney toyed with the idea of continuing a franchise around farther film & a prime-instance televisiin series to exist as broadcast on ABC, but Plum duff refused a proposal. There was a dispute across the total of earnings Plum duff would receive; reportedly, she experienced been getting $15,00By the episode, however she & her representatives, including her mother, wanted that figure to become raised to $100,000. Disney offered to raise it as much as $35,000 however Plum duff would non relent & 100% plans of continuing a series were abandoned.

Plum duff's 2nd role witharound the theatrical motion picture was in Individual Nature and severity, an independent film released around virtually all countries in 2002 following a good reception at the Cannes and Sundance film festivals. Written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry, the film follows the female naturalist, played by Patricia Arquette, who has person hair growing 100% on top her person. Tim Robbins and Rhys Ifans co-starred. Plum duff played a immature version of Arquette's character.

She starred in the Disney Channel television picture show Cadet Kelly (2002) with Christy Carlson Romano and Gary Cole, which became the network's virtually all watched program within its xix-month history.

Her number one major role inside the feature was around Agent Cody Banks with Frankie Muniz in 2003. It was successful plenty to spawn the sequel, proving that Plum duff's popularity was non limited to the little screen.

Plum duff so reprised a role of Lizzie McGuire in The Lizzie McGuire Movie, which was her first million-dollar pic role.

She played a a share of Lorraine Baker in the Twentieth Century Wild dog film Cheaper by the Dozen with Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt.

Around 2004, she appeared in the romantic comedy A Cinderella Story, a twenty-number one century upgrade of Charles Perrault's classic fairy tale Cinderella. Comedienne Jennifer Coolidge played the wicked stepmother of the picture, which was directed by Mark Rosman, a veteran of Plum duff's Lizzie McGuire. the film became a mild sleeper hit, & numerous critics were impressed by Plum duff's performance, besides when her chemistry sustaining co-star Chad Michael Murray, another actor popular sustaining teens, world health organization plays Plum duff's love interest in the film.

Late that month, she starred in the romance film Raise Your Voice, which marked the third collaboration between Plum duff & director Sean McNamara (after Casper Meets Wendy & episodes of Lizzie McGuire). When the few critics praised Plum duff for appearing around a extra dramatic role than she had antecedently been seen around, a film was heavy panned, by having several slating particularly a striking similarities to the musical film Fame (1980). Reviews were, generally, negative to Plum duff's vocals (many critics keep around pointed out what appears to become her digitally enhanced voice ) & indifferent towards her acting performance, although she did receive the Razzie award nomination for "Worst Actress" (within addition to her act in The Cinderella Story). a film as well received a muted reception at the fall box office, where it became Plum duff's least commercially successful film up to now.

Around Plum duff's latest film, The Perfect Man, she plays the firstborn girl of the divorced woman, played by Heather Locklear, who moves to New York City as she desperately searches for a good man to settle down sustaining. A picture saw Plum duff once more united by having director Mark Rosman. Reviews were mostly blackball.

Plum duff has recently filmed a satirical comedy Material Girls. A Martha Coolidge-directed film, co-produced by Madonna's independent film production company Maverick Entertainment, stars Hilary and her real-life sister Haylie Duff as wealthy sib world health organization must fight to reclaim their fortune as the consequence a scandal

Music

Fallowing seeing her sister perform inside a band, Plum duff decided that she wanted to become the next "Pop princess". Plum duff's foremost recorded singing performance was on the song "I Can't Wait", which appeared on the original television soundtrack for her television show Lizzie McGuire in August 2002. A as a result year, a number one Disneymania compilation album was released, featuring Plum duff in the song "The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room".

Her number 1 album was the 2002 collection of Christmas songs entitled Santa Claus Lane, which included duets using Lil' Romeo and Christina Milian. Discharged within October, it manufactured a moo reaches of the Billboard 200 album chart and total triplet on the children' music chart, & sooner or later achieved gold sales in December of the as a result month. A title track was as well involved on the soundtrack to The Santa Clause 2.

She likewise sang in many tracks on the soundtrack to The Lizzie McGuire Movie which was released inside April 2003, a few weeks prior to a actual film come out. One of these tracks, "Why Not", which is performed by Plum duff inside a film, was freed as a only, & reached the Top 20 in singles stock and index charts in countries including Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands.

Late that season, she recorded her number 1 non-holiday album, entitled Metamorphosis, which was released inside August 2003 & attend first on the America and American stock and index charts therein month. Songwriting team The Matrix, who experienced worked using singers like Avril Lavigne (on her Let Go album) and Liz Phair, provided three songs on the album. One of these songs, "So Yesterday", wwhen freed as a number 1 lone, reaching first inside Canada, a Top 40 within Australia & upright outside the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. Plum duff agreed to perform her singles "So Yesterday" & "Come Clean" at MTV's New Year Bash 2004 in New York City's Times Square on December 31, but whilst she performed "Come Clean" the song (& a vocals) swimming across a speakers when you took a performance skipped (in the equivalent way that a CD does on the nonfunctional Video streaming video player), revealing that she got been lip synching: during a go seconds of "Come Clean", Plum duff was forced to sing a final pack words of the song. Prior to "Come Clean" was freed as a videos, "So Yesterday (Live)" premiered in TRL. A streaming videos never processed it on the countdown.

Metamorphosis became a eighth-greatest marketing album of the month, by owning terminated Deuce.4 million copies purchased inside its number 1 four months of release in the U.s. alone; it has since never to return to sell complete Leash.7 million copies. Her profits as a singer helped her to exist as ranked #96 on the Forbes Top 100 Celebrity Names of 2003. Metamorphosis was besides nominated around Canada's Juno Awards for International Album of the Year around 2004.

In January 17 the next year, the 2nd Disneymania disc was freed. It contains Hilary's previous recording for Disney, a song known as "The Siamese Cat Song". She team this instance by using her sister Haylie, & mass produced it overstrung and amusive. A second song, "Circle of Life", involved Hilary & more Disney Channel Stars, since she is the star of Lizzie McGuire.

"Little Voice" was freed around late April as a lone overseas. "The Math (Live)" was too freed overseas & using your internet browser midmost of Will.

In May 31, 2004, the music video for her cover version of "Our Lips are Sealed" by The Go-Gos, which she performed with her sister Haylie Duff, made its MTV debut . A song was licenced for the soundtrack of Plum duff's film A Cinderella Story, which came out a ensuing July.

In September 28, 2004 (her seventeenth birthday), she released her 2nd album, a self-titled Hilary Duff; it debuted at number ii on the Billboard 200 & first inside Canada. Whenever describing a album to her fans, Plum duff noted that she felt it has an overstrung, rock sense thereto. A album's working title was A Girl May Rock. Its number 1 only was "Fly", & it as well includes "Haters", a lyrics of which were it used to exist as that rumoured to be just about Lindsay Lohan, who is typically considered per media to become Plum duff's contender. A album has sold terminated I.Five million copies in the United states up to now.

A songs "The Getaway", "Haters" & "Weird" were considered for singles but were cancelled from release by Hollywood Records. She was to release a individual within November, but it was delayed until January. So it was to release at a prevent of March but it was cancelled until further notice. It stated that a album did nin sell up to her survive, therefore it told her to begin on Virtually all Precious. Within May, Duff was supposed to release one for her film A Perfective Human however the whole project was scrapped fallowing Plum duff got already announced twice to MTV that she would become recording a song for the film.

Plum duff accepted an invitation to perform at a youth concert which formed a share of George W. Bush's 2005 Inauguration Day celebrations.

In August 16, 2005, Duff freed her third official album, Most Wanted, a compilation of her virtually all popular hits alongside deuce-ace fresh songs. Plum duff enlisted support from either fellow Joel Madden to make her deuce-ace fresh tracks jumpy & additional rock, & listened to music by creative person like The Killers and Muse for inspiration. A lead lone off a album, "Wake Up", debuted at #29 on the Hot 100, making it non exclusively (by far) her greatest dehowever on the chart, but likewise her greatest-peaking only generally in the U.S. Around October, a lone's music streaming was retired from either Total Request Live at number trine, peaking at first. A album itself debuted at 1st on the Billboard 200, selling above 200,000 copies around its first week of release. Virtually all Wanted besides debuted at first witharound Canada which processed it her third first debut in Canada.

Plum duff has recorded Madonna's signature song "Material Girl" for her film Material Girls, & a music streaming videos dollarfish around January. Plum duff has as well mentioned inside an locate that "Material Girl" is involved around her next album, which she is planning to begin recording in early 2006.

She has shot a music cd for her next individual, "Beat of My Heart", which might pay tribute to the girls of James Bond. A streaming video is scheduled for release at a prevent of October. A making of the cd was freed in MTV Overdrive.

Personal life and trivia
Plum duff has dated singer Aaron Carter, brother of Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter. There were reports that she got tried to keep close at hand fellow teenage actress Lindsay Lohan banned from a preview of Cheaper by the Dozen because Lohan experienced antecedently been dating Carter around late 2003, when well as more reports all about the slugfest that purportedly took place between them actresses. Plum duff was furious whenever she noticed retired that Aaron Carter experienced been dating her & Arhat at a equivalent instance. Plum duff is exposed by using numerous charities, is an animal rights enthusiast, and the member of "Kids With a Cause." She gets higher at Quatern.Thirty the.m. to allow herself to learn. Nicknames include Hil (allegedly a usual), Hilly, Juicy Fruit, & Hils. Her eyes come hazel-coloured & her hair is naturally weak black, however she's been bleaching it blonde since she was the pre-teen. She besides has sestet dogs.

Plum duff launched the vesture line, "Stuff By Duff" in March 12, 2004 with clothes distributed across Target in the United States & Australia and Zellers in Canada. Playmates Toys also released the doll of Hilary that year. [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1480405/20031113/pink.jhtml?headlines=true]

Her sister, Haylie Duff, has been trying to become the agent singer, too. Hilary has helped her sustaining duet songs including "Our Lips Are Sealed" which own been successful inside the United States & in more countries, including Mexico and Colombia.

Her mother, Susan Duff, is a producer, & manages Hilary's career. Susan besides co-produced The Cinderella Story.

Plum duff is presently dating Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden. She eventually cleared higher all the rumour within June 2005 by admitting they were dating, & got been seeing both more since she was lone Sixteen. Their number one public appearance was at a MTV Cd Music Awards within August 2005.

Besides come notorious fight by owning Lindsay Lohan, Plum duff got the mockery sustaining Avril Lavigne above criticism of Hillary copying Lavigne's style.

At one point prior to she was Xviii, one of a top 10 searches in Google was "hilary duff nude."

Around mid-2005, Plum duff got veneers attached to her teeth.

She is ingesting on the internet college classes at Harvard Extension School which sparked a bit of arguing whilst Harvard students world health organization criticized her claims of existence enrolled inside Harvard Extension School doesn't mean she occurs as Harvard student.

Plum duff stands at simply Fin'One 1/2", contrary to popular belief that it is 5'3" or even Quintet'4"

As of September 5, it has been reported that Hilary donated US$250,000 to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Filmography

Films
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" ! Year !! Film !! Role !! Other notes |- | 2006 || Foodfight! ||   || Animating |- | 2006 || Material Girls || Tanzie Marchetta || Post-production |- | 2005 || Cheaper by the Dozen 2 || Lorraine Baker || Post-production |- | 2005 || The Perfect Man || Holly Hamilton ||   |- | 2004 || In Search of Santa || Crystal || Animation; direct-to-video |- | 2004 || Raise Your Voice || Terri Fletcher ||   |- | 2004 || A Cinderella Story || Sam ||   |- | 2003 || Cheaper by the Dozen || Lorraine Baker ||   |- | 2003 || The Lizzie McGuire Movie || Lizzie McGuire/Isabella ||   |- | 2003 || Agent Cody Banks || Natalie Connors ||   |- | 2001 || Human Nature || Young Lila Jute || Theatrical release in 2002 |- | 1998 || Playing by Heart ||   || Bit part; uncredited |- | 1998 || Casper Meets Wendy || Wendy || Direct-to-video release |}

Music DVD's
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" ! Year !! Title |- | 2003 || All Access Pass |- | 2004 || The Girl Can Rock |- | 2004 || Learning To Fly |- | 2005 || Most Wanted (Japan Release) |}

Television work
True Women (1997) The Soul Collector (1999) Lizzie McGuire (2001-2004) Cadet Kelly (2002)

Guest appearances
Duff has made numerous guest appearances in television shows, her first as a sick child in the medical drama Chicago Hope in March 2000. In a 2003 episode of George Lopez, she had a role as a makeup salesperson, and would later appear in the show in 2005 as a feminist poet friend of Carmen (Masiela Lusha). She acted opposite her sister Haylie as the '60s pop group The Shangri-Las in American Dreams in 2003, played a classmate and idoliser of the title character in Joan of Arcadia in the winter of 2005, and served as guest co-host on the talk show The View in the first week of April 2005. She has also appeared and performed on various TV shows including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on August 15, 2005.

Discography

!align="left"|Album information |- |align="left"|Santa Claus Lane Released: October 15, 2002 (U.S.) Chart positions: #154 U.S. U.S. sales: 500,000+ RIAA certification: Gold (in December 2003) Singles: "Tell Me a Story" "Santa Claus Lane" |- |align="left"|Metamorphosis Released: August 26, 2003 (U.S.) Chart positions: #1 US (1 week), #1 (debut) CAN U.S. sales: 3.8+ million RIAA certification: 3x Platinum (in January 2004) Singles: "How come Non (Metamorphosis Remix)" (May 2003) #14 AU "So Yesterday" (July 2003) #42 US, #9 UK, #2 CAN, #8 AU "Come Clean" (January 2004) #35 US, #20 UK, #7 CAN, #17 AU "Little Voice" (April 2004) #29 CAN, #29 AU |- |align="left"|Hilary Duff Released: September 28, 2004 (U.S.) Chart positions: #2 (debut) US, #1 (debut) CAN U.S. sales: 1.7+ million RIAA certification: Platinum (in October 2004) Singles: "Fly" (August 2004) #21 AU, #22 CAN "We are" (2004) radio release "The Getaway" (2004) radio release "Person's Watching Above Us" (January 2005) #22 AU |- |align="left"|Most Wanted Released: August 16, 2005 (U.S.) Chart positions: #1 (debut) US (2 weeks), #1 (debut) CAN (2 weeks) U.S. sales: 1 million + RIAA certification: Platinum (in September 2005) Singles: "Wake Up" (June 2005) #29 US, #12 CAN, #15 AU "Beat of The Heart" (October 2005) N/A |}

Total U.S. Album Sale: 6,000,000+ In addition to her albums, Duff has also recorded songs for some soundtracks and compilations:

Lizzie McGuire discography "We May't Wait"

A Cinderella Story soundtrack "Our Lips Are Sealed" feat. Haylie Duff — June 2004; #8 AU

She has also been featured on Disneymania Vol. 1 (2002) and Vol. 2 (2004), Radio Disney Jingle Jams (2004) and Marlo Thomas & Friends: Thanks & Giving All Year Long (2004).

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