The US Trends | Hilary Duff | Actress Hilary Duff has become to fame as the name character on a Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire. . Wildly popular with the 'tween sets, Hilary Duff has turned into a film franchise as popular as Lizzie McGuire Movie, and Cinderella Story. Duff has also published a series of pop albums, their debut album, Metamorphosis, went triple platinum, and her-own clothing lines: STUFF by Hilary Duff and Femme for DKNY.
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Hilary Duff was born on September 28, 1987 in Houston, Texas. Hilary Duff was the second of two daughters, Susan Duff, a housewife turned film and music producer, and Bob Duff, owner of a chain of convenience stores in Texas. Taking after her older sister Haylie, young Duff took ballet classes and auditioning for local theater productions with his brother. "I always wanted to be like my older sister Haylie," Hilary Duff will be agreed later. "When she learned to ride a bike, I had too. If she is taking ballet classes, I was too. I took singing lessons because she did. It's more intense until it became in the race for both." In six years The two girls were issued in a BalletMet Columbus production of The Nutcracker Suite in San Antonio. Suite this positive experience, the girls said act professionally, so that in 1993, and his mother moved to California to manage their careers. Hilary Duff was educated at home at the age of eight years.
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The young starlet, Hilary Duff got her first great break in Hollywood when she landed the lead role of Wendy, with an animated ghost as her opposite star in 1998 made for TV movie Casper Meets Wendy.
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In 2000, Hilary Duff was cast in a new NBC sitcom, Daddio, with Michael Chiklis, who said after working with her for a day, "this girl is going to be a movie star." Unfortunately, Chiklis is n ' was not the only opinion, meant that producers dropped Duff in the series after only one episode, the pilot. Depressed, Duff wanted to give up show business, but his mother urged Duff not to abandon her dream. From the Next week, Hilary Duff has landed the lead role in a new Disney Channel show, Lizzie McGuire.
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Lizzie McGuire soon became a runaway hit, making Hilary Duff a household name, especially with the tween set, though the young actress's fan base soon extended across all age ranges: "I don't think the Disney Channel gives us enough credit for the age range Lizzie McGuire actually has," she said. "College students come up to me, grandparents, famous people." Duff starred in 65 episodes over two seasons and reprised the role in a 2003 film, The Lizzie McGuire Movie, which grossed over $55 illion worldwide.
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Duff's success as Lizzie McGuire also led her to make other deals with Disney, starring in the 2002 Disney Channel movie Cadet Kelly and releasing an album, Santa Claus Lane, for the company's music label. In 2003, Duff and Disney entered negotiations for an extension to the Lizzie McGuire franchise, but talks broke down over pay disputes.
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Nevertheless, 2003 proved to be a banner year for Hilary Duff, as the 16-year-old starred in three movies — Agent Cody Banks, The Lizzie McGuire Movie and Cheaper by the Dozen — and released her first non-Disney studio album, Metamorphosis. The album, which featured songs written by both Hilary and Haylie Duff, eventually went three times platinum in the United States. Duff was frequently described as a "teen idol" and the modern equivalent of Annette Funicello, who rose to prominence as the star of The Mickey Mouse Club half a century before.
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In 2004, Duff starred in A Cinderella Story, which was moderately successful at the box office, and Raise Your Voice, which bombed. She also released her second album, the eponymous Hilary Duff, which was certified platinum, and launched her own fashion line, "Stuff by Hilary Duff," with mass distribution through Target and K-Mart. She also started dating Good Charlotte front man Joel Madden, a relationship that lasted until November 2006.
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By 2005, Duff was attempting to reshape her public image away from tween fare, so that she could be taken seriously as an adult actress. She starred The Perfect Man (2005) with Heather Locklear and in Material Girls (2006) with her sister Haylie, but both films bombed with movie audiences. Duff was offered the lead role in the 2008 reboot of the 90210 television franchise, but passed on the part, preferring to move on from her high school image. Her third studio album, Dignity, was released in 2007 and offered a more mature, adult sound. Working with Kara DioGuardi, Duff co-wrote all but one song on the album.
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On August 14, 2010, Duff married her longtime boyfriend Mike Comrie, an professional hockey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL.
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In recent years, Duff has taken smaller roles in several independent films to bolster her image as a serious actress. Her next lead role will be in The Story of Bonnie and Clyde, scheduled for release in late 2011 or early 2012.
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Hilary Duff is heavily involved in charitable organizations, especially focusing on animal rights, and working with children. After Hurricane Katrina, Duff donated $ 250,000 to help victims, and even encouraged fans to donate. Duff said he takes his job as a role model very seriously: "I went through a period of about a year, when I was very afraid of ruining, or do something wrong I want to grow as a person, and I want to make mistakes I am a man, too So I think I went to a place ... where should I really be myself. "
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As we look ahead, Hilary Duff is well aware of the extraordinary opportunities that allowed him to achieve such success at a young age. "I wonder what life would have been like to have a different life. Sometimes I wish that was not always looked or do not have to worry saw somewhere. But I have experienced things other girls do not. I have traveled, I have financial independence, I have a beautiful home and I'm happy with my work. I do not deal with questions that many women are different. "
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