Hilary Duff

Hilary Duff
Hilary Duff at the red carpet at the 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards
Background information
Birth name	Hilary Erhard Duff
Born	September 28, 1987 (1987-09-28) (age 21) Houston, Texas, USA
Genre(s)	Pop, teen pop, dance-pop, bubblegum pop, pop rock
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer, songwriter, fashion designer, film producer, spokesperson
Instrument(s)	Vocal
Years active	1997—present
Label(s)	Walt Disney (2001—2003) Buena Vista (2001—2004) Hollywood (2002—2008)
Website	Official website Duff's signature

Hilary Erhard Duff (born September 28, 1987) is an American actress, pop singer-songwriter and entrepreneur. After working in local theater plays and television commercials in her childhood, Duff gained fame for playing the title role in the television series 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 four RIAA certified Platinum albums and over thirteen million albums sold worldwide. 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's last studio album, Dignity, was released in April 2007 and was certified Gold in August 2007.

She has also launched a clothing line, "Stuff by Hilary Duff", and two exclusive perfume collections with Elizabeth Arden. Duff and her mother were listed as producers for the movie Material Girls, As of September 2008, her upcoming films include animated comedy Foodfight!, and independent films Greta, Safety Glass and Stay Cool.