Hilary Duff

Hilary Erhard Duff is an American actress and singer born on the September 28, 1987. She has enjoyed much success in her acting and singing career and is one of the highest paid teenage stars in the world. Hilary Duff gained early recognition for her role on the television show Lizzie McGuire. Her film career has been quite prolific with high profile releases such as 'The Lizzie McGuire Movie', 'Cheaper by the Dozen', 'Cheaper by the Dozen 2' and 'A Cinderella Story'. Besides these, she has also starred in 'Raise Your Voice' and 'The Perfect Man'. Her upcoming comedy flick 'Material Girl' is for an August 25, 2006 release. Duff has also lent her voice to the computer animated comedy 'Foodfight!' to be released in 2007. She has also expanded her popularity in the pop music industry with a number of successful music album releases. Her first album was a collection of Christmas songs labeled 'Santa Claus Lane', and released in 2002. Her 2003 release, 'Metamorphosis' was #1 on the US and Canadian pop charts. Her self titled album was released in 2004 and debuted at #1 on the Canadian charts and #2 on the US charts. In 2005, she released 'Most Wanted', a collection of songs from her previous two albums along with new songs inspired by rock artists such as 'The Killers' and 'Muse'. Hilary Duff's ever growing popularity is evident with an enormous fan following all over the world. She launched a clothing brand named 'Stuff by Duff' on March 12, 2004, which is being distributed by Target across the US and Australia and by Zellers in Canada.