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Hilary Erhard Duff (born September 28, 1987) is an American actress and singer. After gaining fame for her starring role on the television show Lizzie McGuire, she went on to have a film career, and her most commercially successful pictures include Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003), and A Cinderella Story (2004). She reportedly earned $15 million in 2005. Duff has expanded her repertoire into pop music, with three RIAA certified-platinum albums and over 13 million albums sold worldwide, and she has launched a clothing line (Stuff by Hilary Duff) and an exclusive perfume with Elizabeth Arden. Her upcoming films include the 2007 action thriller War, Inc. and animated comedy Foodfight!. Duff's new album entitled Dignity, is scheduled to be released on April 3, 2007 in the U.S and late March elsewhere.

Early life and career

Hilary Duff was born in Houston, Texas, the second child of Bob Erhard Duff, owner of a chain of convenience stores, and Susan Colleen Duff, a homemaker. After Duff's mother encouraged her to take an acting class alongside her older sister, Haylie Katherine Duff, both girls won parts in various local theatre productions. At the ages of eight and six, respectively, 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. Bob Erhard 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.

Duff began dating singer Aaron Carter in 2002. They met on the set of Lizzie McGuire, when Carter had a cameo role on a Christmas episode. The relationship lasted a year and a half. It was reported that Carter left actress Lindsay Lohan for Duff. Carter said he also cheated on Duff with her best friend, that Duff "got her heart broken" and that he is "sorry" for his actions. Duff and Lindsay Lohan were later reported to have been involved in a "feud" with each other, over their relationship with Carter. As of 2006, the two have reportedly still not reconciled.

From 2004 to 2006, Duff dated Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden. Duff's mother Susan announced their relationship in the June 2005 interview for Seventeen magazine, after a long period of tabloid speculation. In a June 2006 interview with ELLE magazine, Duff was quoted as saying "...(virginity) is definitely something I like about myself. It doesn't mean I haven't thought about sex, because everyone I know has had it and you want to fit in. " Duff later told MuchMusic that she didn't say the quotes attributed to her in the article and that the subject was "definitely not something that I would talk about..." Duff and Madden broke up in November 2006.

In late 2006 Duff took legal action against an alleged stalker and the stalker's roommate. The police are currently investigating. On November 3, 2006 Duff's stalker, Maksim Miakovsky, was arrested for threatening to kill her that weekend. He was booked on charges of making criminal threats and stalking. He came to the U.S. "for the sole purpose of meeting and becoming romantically involved with Ms. Duff." Miakovsky is currently being held on $200,000 bail at the Manhattan Beach jail. He was arraigned on November 7, 2006. On January 19, 2007 Miakovsky was sentenced to 117 days in jail and five years probation after pleading no contest to the charges, according to the Associated Press.

Duff is involved with several charities, is an animal rights enthusiast, a member of "Kids with a Cause," and has donated US$250,000 to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. In late August 2006 Duff traveled to a New Orleans elementary school and worked with USA Harvest to distribute meals. In 2005 she donated more than 2.5 million meals to Hurricane Katrina victims in the south.

In August 2005 Duff said she received veneers because she chipped off one of her front teeth on a microphone during a concert. On the internet, fans of Duff complained that her veneers were too large for her face and made her appear "horse-like". She has subsequently had her veneers redone to match the size of her original teeth. In late 2005 Duff took a month off from work as a belated eighteenth birthday present. She said that she wanted to take a short break after releasing Most Wanted and writing three new songs for it, shooting three films, and embarking on her U.S. "Still Most Wanted Tour". By 2005 Duff appeared to have lost weight, leading the media to speculate that she had developed an eating disorder, although Duff has denied this claim. Duff was interviewed on the Australian current affair show Today Tonight and stated that she lost weight by living a more active lifestyle.

Later, an article on Digital Spy stated that in 2006, Duff slimmed down to a US size zero because of the media reporting she had gained 15 pounds.

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Albums

1. Santa Claus Lane (October 15, 2002)

2. Metamorphosis (August 26, 2003)

3. Hilary Duff (September 28, 2004)

4. Most Wanted (August 16, 2005)

5. Dignity (April 3, 2007)

U.S. official singles

This is a complete list of her singles.

• "Santa Claus Lane" (October 7, 2002)
• "Tell Me a Story (About the Night Before)" (November 29, 2002)
• "I Can't Wait" (2003)
• "Why Not" (March 21, 2003)
• "So Yesterday" (July 26, 2003)
• "Come Clean" (January 17, 2004)
• "Our Lips Are Sealed" featuring Haylie Duff (June 1, 2004)
• "Little Voice" (June 15, 2004) - Australia release
• "Fly" (August 20, 2004)
• "The Getaway" (2004) - North America radio release
• "I Am" (2004) - U.S Radio Disney release
• "Weird" (2004) - Spain radio release
• "Someone's Watching over Me" (February 21, 2005) - Australia release
• "Wake Up" (July 15, 2005)
• "Beat of My Heart" (November 9, 2005)
• "Supergirl" (February 28, 2006) - U.S. digital release
• "Fly" (March 13, 2006) - UK release
• "Play with Fire" (August 15, 2006)
• "With Love"(February 6, 2007)

U.S. Radio Disney singles

All entries according to radio.disney.go.com.

• "Beat of My Heart"
• "Come Clean" *
• "Fly" *
• "Haters"
• "I Am"
• "I Can't Wait" *
• "Jericho"
• "Metamorphosis"
• "Mr. James Dean"
• "Our Lips Are Sealed" featuring Haylie Duff
• "Party Up"
• "Rock This World"
• "So Yesterday" *
• "Someone's Watching over Me"
• "Tell Me a Story (About the Night Before)" *
• "Girl Can Rock"
• "The Math" *
• "Wake Up"
• "Who's That Girl"
• "Why Not"
• "With Love"

A * indicates the song's music video is featured on Radio Disney's RDTV