Hillary Duff Biography

After gaining fame for her starring role on the television show Lizzie McGuire she has gone on to have a film career with roles in high profile releases such as The Lizzie McGuire Movie Cheaper by the Dozen Cheaper by the Dozen 2 and A Cinderella Story. Duff has also expanded her repertoire into pop music with three albums: 2003's Metamorphosis 2004's Hilary Duff and 2005's Most Wanted.
Hilary Duff was born in Houston Texas the second child of Robert Erhard Duff owner of a chain of convenience stores and Susan Colleen Cobb a homemaker. Duff's middle name of Erhard was the maiden name of her paternal grandmother Mary Erhard who was of part German descent.[1] After Duff's mother encouraged her to take an acting class alongside her older sister Haylie both girls won parts in various local theatre productions. At the age of six the Duff sisters participated in the ballet The Nutcracker Suite with Columbus Ballet Met in San Antonio. The siblings became more enthusiastic about the idea of acting professionally and eventually relocated to California with their mother. Robert Duff stayed at the family home in Houston to maintain their business. After several years of auditions and meetings the Duff sisters were cast in several television commercials and launched their careers. [2]
Most of Duff's first few acting roles were small starting off with an uncredited appearance in Hallmark Entertainment's western miniseries True Women (1997). She also served as an extra again uncredited in writer/director Willard Carroll's ensemble comedy drama Playing by Heart (1998). Her first major part was as the star of the 1998 film Casper Meets Wendy playing the young witch Wendy who encounters the animated character Casper. Like Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997) the second sequel to the successful Casper (1995) the film was released direct-to-video with generally unenthusiastic reviews.

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