Personal Information
◆ Full name: Hilary Erhard Duff Born and renamed Hilary Ann Duff
◆ Alias: Hil,Juicy
◆ Birthday: Monday, September 28, 1987
◆ Zodiac Sign: Libra
◆Birth time: 7:32pm
◆Age: 21
◆Occupation: Singer, Actress, Costume Designer
◆Birthplace: Houston, Texas
◆Current Residence: California and Houston
◆Height: 163cm
◆Hair color: blonde with a brownish tint (now). , original color is blonde!
◆Eye color: brownish green
◆Education: Harvard online
◆Family members: Bob (Dad), Susan (Mom), Haylie (Sis)
◆Current boyfriend: Mike Comrie (2007)
◆Ex-boyfriends: Joel Madden (2004 -2006), Aaron Carter (2003)
◆ Best friends: Taylor Hoover & Haylie Duff
◆ Pets: 4 dogs + 1 cat
◆ Favorite food: Okra, Olives
◆ Favorite color: black. p> ◆Favorite Color: Pink
◆Favorite Animal: Dog
◆Favorite Subject: Math and History
◆Favorite Holiday: Christmas
◆Favorite Sport: Swimming
◆Music: Pop dance,Hip-Hop, Pop, Rap, Rock
◆Singers: Lil' Romeo, Pink, John Mayer, Van Morrison, Vanessa Carlton, Michelle Branch, R Kelly, Nas, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Kid Rock, Bow Wow. Christina Aguilera, Madonna, Mandy Moore, Dream, Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, Macy Gray, Jessica Simpson
OVERVIEW:
Born Hilary in Houston, USA, she was born in 2001 and raised in the United States. After that, she acted in "Cinderella Story", "Agent Cody Banks", "Perfect Man", "Cheaper by the Dozen", and "Material Girls", etc. She entered the music industry and became a singer. Hillary's career has been characterized by an elegant demeanor, as she has become a certified platinum artist with over 13 million albums sold to date. Today, Hillary is still in her usual sweet image and shining in the limelight, releasing her latest album "Dignity of Love" under the Hollywood Records Group.
At the age of 19, Hilary was already a mature singer and songwriter. Her debut No. 1 album, Metamorphosis, went quadruple platinum, and her self-titled sophomore album and Most Wanted*** sold 3 million copies. Hillary has had many Top 40 hits including 'So Yesterday', 'Come Clean', 'Fly' and 'Wake Up'. Most Wanted" was her second No.1 album and stayed at No.1 for two weeks. From this album onwards, she intensified her exploration of her personal style and music, wearing a wig and experimenting with different outfits in the music video 'Wake Up'. In the music video 'Wake Up', she wears a wig and tries on different outfits, while in 'Beat of My Heart', she shows off her fashion style, with a more danceable and dynamic sound.
In the album's companion single, 'Dignity Dignity', Hilary shares her personal experiences and observations of living in Los Angeles: "Where's your dignity? I think you've lost it in the Hollywood glitter and glamor. （Where's your dignity／I think you lost it in the Hollywood Hills"; 〈Danger〉 depicts an old man's restless heart; and 〈With Love〉 subverts the common baroque love song title: "I accept your honesty / Your words mean a lot to me / I'm always ready to listen to you" reveals a relationship that is happy in front of the eyes, but chilling behind the scenes. With each song on the album, Hilary unplugs from her past and explores the true meaning of love and life.
Hilary has a number of highly anticipated films coming out this year, including War Inc., in which she stars alongside John Cusack, Ben Kingsley, and Marisa Tomei***, and the animated Vantage Point film Foodfight, in which she is the voice. and the animated feature film Foodfight, which she was the voice of. Recently, Hilary's exclusive perfume With Love has been launched and its advertisement was shot by renowned photographer and director Matthew Rolston. Despite her busy schedule, her music and upcoming tours will be at the forefront of her personal agenda in the near future. Hillary has always maintained a strong relationship with her fans, and now she's promising more - more than ever - and with dignity - with her music.
Though she rose to fame early, this smart girl is very much her own person, knowing what she's good at and what she shouldn't be doing, which is especially rare in an actress who came from a child star background.
Edit this section of the main film works
"Ghostbusters - meets Wendy" Casper meets Wendy (1998)
"Female soldiers report" Cadet Kelly (2002)
"Teenage Special Agent Cody" Agent Cody Banks ( 2003)
The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003)
Cheaper By the Dozen (2003)
A Cinderella Story (2004)
Raise you voice (2004)
The Perfect Man (2005)
Cheaper By the Dozen 2 (2005)
Material Girls (2006)
FOOD FIGHT! (2008) (voice)
War.Inc (2008)
Greta Greta (2008)
Edit ☆Early Life and Career
Duff was born in Houston, Texas. Houston, the second child of Robert Duff, who owned a chain of convenience store companies, and Susan Colleen Cobb, a homemaker. After Duff's mother persuaded her to follow her older sister, Haylie Duff, into acting classes, both girls got some acting gigs in local theaters. When she was six years old, the Duff sisters performed in the Columbus Ballet's ballet Nutcracker in San Antonio. The sisters became more enthusiastic about the idea of becoming professional performers and eventually settled in California with their mother. Robert Duff stayed home in Houston to look after the business. After several years of auditions and interviews, the Duff sisters were involved in several television commercials and began their acting careers.
Edit ☆ Television and film
Most of Duff's initial roles were small, and she played an unassuming figure in the TV series True Women (1997) for Hallmark Entertainment. She also played an equally unremarkable role as an extra in author and director Willard Carroll's musical comedy Playing by Heart (1998). Her first major role was a starring role in the 1998 film Jasper Meets Wendy, as a young witch named 'Wendy', who meets a cartoon character named 'Casper'. However like Casper (1995), the sequel to the successful movie Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997), the show was launched as a direct-to-video premiere and was met with disinterest. It was a big blow to Duff's career.
Duff went on to play a supporting role in a TV movie, The Soul Collector. The movie was based on a novel by Kathleen Kane and starred Bruce Greenwood as an angel who helps a woman farmer (played by Melissa Gilbert) who has lost her husband. Duff eventually won the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Television Movie or Pilot.
Duff's first impactful performance was on the NBC television series Daddio. Michael Chiklis, one of the actors involved in the show, said, "After the first day of working with her, I remember saying to my wife, 'This young girl is going to be a movie star.' She took control of herself with extreme ease and was comfortable expressing herself." Before the series began airing, Duff dropped out of the show's cast and was less inclined to continue her acting career. Her agent and her mother motivated her to keep trying, and with that she successfully auditioned for the sitcom New Growing Pains a week later.
New Growing Pains, which first aired on the Disney Channel in January 2001, generated a staggering 2.3 million viewers per episode and became the career breakthrough Duff had been waiting for for so long. Her performance on the show made her immensely popular among teens aged 7 to 10-somethings. Critic Richard Hough of the New York Daily News called her 'a 2002 version of Annette Funicello'. After Duff fulfilled her 65-set contract with Disney for New Growing Pains, and also worked on the completion of the follow-up film to the successful New show, The Civilian Divas (2003), Disney had an idea to go ahead and have Duff do more movies and have her do a TV series that would have aired in prime time on ABC, but that plan ultimately fizzled out.
The first film Duff worked on after New Growing Pains was Human Nature (2002), which screened as an independent film at the Cannes and Sundance Film Festivals. Written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry, the film centers on a female naturalist played by Patricia Arquette. Duff plays the museumer as a young man.
Duff then starred alongside Christy Carlson Romano and Gary Cole in the Disney Channel television movie Cadet Kelly, which became the Disney Channel's most-watched film in nineteen years. Her first screened film in a major role was Agent Cody Banks (2003) with Frankie Muniz. The movie was successful enough to allow for a sequel to it, but Duff was not involved. Later that year Duff played one of the 12 children of the parents played by Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt in Cheaper by the Dozen. The movie became one of the highest-grossing for her. She reprised the role in the 2005 sequel Cheaper by the Dozen 2. However, the sequel did not earn comparable box office receipts to the first film and received various criticisms.
In 2004, Duff appeared in a romantic comedy, A Cinderella Story (translated as Cinderella's Glass Phone in Taiwan), a new version of the Cinderella story. The film received moderate box office success, and some critics were impressed with Duff's performance in it, as well as that of her co-star in the show, Chad Michael Murray. The movie grossed $66,068,046 worldwide, creating a commercial success. Later that year, she starred in the movie Raise Your Voice. The film was heavily criticized, although some reviews were positive about Duff's dramatic and different role in the film. Las Vegas Weekly wrote, "Simply combine Duff's bad acting and bad singing with a bad script and bad directing, and Powerpuff is an insult-to-time piece of garbage that begs for silence." Most reviews were also negative about Duff's singing in the film (with individual reviews outright stating that her voice was digitally manipulated), without mentioning her acting. Duff was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award in the 'Worst Actress' category for her performance in the film. It also received lower box office receipts, making it the least commercially successful of Duff's films to date.
Duff went on to play the oldest daughter of a female figure (Heather Locklear) who is divorced and moves to New York City desperately searching for a man to live with in a subsequent film, The Perfect Man (2005). Reviews were mostly negative and box office results were disappointing. That year, Duff was once again nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for her performances in Super Perfect Man and Sons and Daughters.
Her next movie was Material Girls. Directed by Martha Coolidge, co-starring Madonna, and produced by Maverick Entertainment, the indie film stars Duff and her real-life sister, Haylie Duff, as wealthy sisters who struggle to regain their fortune after losing their reputations to scandal. The film will be released on August 18, 2006 in the United States. The Duff sisters will also lend their voices to Lionsgate Entertainment's animated drama Foodfight! scheduled for 2008. The show's director, Larry Kasanoff, said he is "absolutely thrilled to have the Duff sisters on board. Duff also traveled to Bulgaria to film the movie War.Inc during the recording of her fourth album, Dignity of Love. Inc., in which she played a psychic and eccentric Arab pop singer, and she called the experience "a life-changing one". The movie was scheduled to be released on Nov. 1, 2007, but so far there has been no response.
Edit First album
Duff covered the Brooke McClymont-penned song "I Can't Wait" for the New Growing Pains TV series soundtrack album in 2002, and sang "The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room" for Disney's first Disneymania album. Her first album was Santa Claus Lane (2002), a collection of Christmas songs. One of the songs, "Tell Me a Story", was accompanied by the Disney Channel, and the song shot up to the top 100 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album's title track was included on The Santa Clause 2 album, and another song was used in the movie Sons and Daughters.
Duff performed several songs for Civil Divas, including "Why Not", which reached the Top 20 charts in Australia. Duff's second album, Metamorphosis (2003), shot to the top of the North American charts, thanks to the ****ed-up efforts of music producers The Matrix and others. The album became one of the best-selling records in the United States that year and has sold over 3.7 million copies to date. The album's lead single "So Yersterday" reached the top 10 on the song charts in several countries, and its music video has been shown several times on the MTV channel, however the album's "Come Clean" was Duff's first song to reach the top 40 in the United States, and reached the top 20 elsewhere. The final single, 'Little Voice', was not released in the U.S., but created a minor stir in Canada and Australia, and later in 2003, Duff embarked on her first tour, 'the Metamorphosis Tour'.
Another Disneymania album was released in January 2004, including a duet between Duff and her sister, 'The Siamese Cat Song'. Another song, Circle of Life, featured the collaboration of many Disney Channel stars, including Duff. Duff also covered The Go-Go's "Our Lips Are Sealed" with her sister **** for the soundtrack album of the movie Wireless Two Hearts. The soundtrack album also included two other Duff songs. Our Lips Are Sealed was well-received on Music Television's 'TRL' program on the MTV channel, but did not reach the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States.
Album tracks:
1. So Yesterday
2. Come Clean (DJ)
3. Workin' It Out
4. Little Voice
5. Where Did I Go Right? (Lyric)
6. Anywhere but Here (Fresh)
7. The Math
8. Love Just Is
9. Sweet Sixteen
10. Party Up
11. Metamorphosis
12. Inner Strength
13. Why Not (The Civil Divas finale)
Edit Second Album
Duff co-wrote several of the songs on her sophomore album, which was named after herself and called Hilary Duff'. The album was sharper and more rock-oriented than Metamorphosis. The album was released on her 17th birthday (in September 2004) and reached #2 in the US and #1 in Canada. The album has sold over one and a half million copies to date***, but despite popular music television appearances, the single "Fly" lost on the US singles chart. That single, as well as "Someone's Watching over Me", both reached the Australian Top 40. However, as the album was not as successful as Metamorphosis, no further singles were released. Duff then embarked on a nine-month 'Most Wanted' tour.
Album tracks:
1. Fly
2. Do You Want Me
3. Weird
4. Hide Away
5. Mr James Dean
6. Underneath This Smile
7. Dangerous To Know
8. Who's That Girl
9. Shine
10. I Am
11. The Getaway
12. Cry
13. Haters
14. Rock This World
14. This World
15. Someone's Watching Over Me (Theme Song from "The Greatest Showman" <U>[font color=#0000cc])[/font]</U>
16. Jericho
17. The Last Song
17. Last Song
18. Who's That Girl (Acoustic Mix)
19. Our Lips Are Sealed (Bonus Track)
20. My Generation (Bonus Track)
Edit This Third Albums
Duff's third album, Most Wanted (2005), included her favorite songs from her first two albums, remixed versions, and several new songs written after being influenced by rock artists. Duff describes it not as an anthology of successful songs, but as her business situation telling her it was time for a new album. She took more creative control of this album than her previous ones, with her boyfriend Joel Madden, who is also in the band Good Charlotte, and his brother Benji Madden helping Duff write and produce some new songs together. The lead single, "Wake Up," received the highest chart position for a Duff song on the Billboard Hot 100 and was her highest charting single in the United States. The song was played over and over again on Music Television on the MTV channel. The video for the second single, "Beat of My Heart", was equally popular, but the single itself did not reach the top of the charts. The album reached number one on the Billboard 200 and became Duff's third album to reach number one in Canada. As of March 2006, the album has sold 1.3 million copies in the United States.
Album tracks:
1. Wake Up
2. The Getaway
3. Beat Of My Heart
4. Come Clean (2005 remix)
5. Mr. James Dean
5. Mr. James Dean
5. Mr. James Dean
6. Mr. James Dean
6. So Yesterday
7. Metamorphosis
8. Rock This World (2005 Remix)
9. Break My Heart
10. Fly
11.
11. Girl Can Rock
12. Our Lips Are Sealed
13. Why Not (2005 Remix)
Edit Fourth Album
Duff's fourth album Dignity of Love In order to crystallize the ideal work she had in mind, she enlisted the help of Grammy Award-winning Kara Dioguard (Stephanie Kwan, Little Wildcat, Kelly Clarkson), top songwriters and producers Chico Bennett & Richard Vission (Madonna, Arthur Boy, The Killers), Tim & Bob (Nas, Madonna, Jennifer Lopez), Vada Nobles (Rihanna, Lauren Hill, Faith Evan, Natasha Bettinfeld, Warren G. Bowen, Rachel Bowen, and many others). Bettinfeld, Warren G), Fredwreck (Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Fergie), Black Eyed Peas leader Will.I.Am and veteran top producer Rhett Lawrence. Duff says this is a more danceable album than his previous albums. Duff said, "I don't know how to explain what we're doing now, but I think it's fun and it's new to me."
Album tracks:
1.Stranger
2.Dignity Self-Respect
3.With Love
4.Danger
5. Danger
5. Gypsy Woman
6. Never Stop
7. No Work, All Play
8. Between You And Me
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10. Happy Happy
11. Burned Burned
12. Outside Of You Outside Of The World
13. I Wish I Wish
14. Play With Fire Play With Fire
Edit Personal Life
In 2000 Duff began working with singer Aaron. Duff began dating singer Aaron Carter, and their relationship lasted a year and a half before Carter moved on to actress Lindsay Lohan, who later returned to Duff. Carter later claimed he cheated on Duff with her best friend and said Duff 'broke his heart' and apologized for his behavior. Duff and Lindsay Lohan were later reported to have 'bad blood' between the two due to their relationship with Carter. As late as 2006 it was reported that the two still hadn't reconciled, and Duff said "Sometimes I really feel like I hate her [Lohan], she's too extreme for me."
In 2004 Duff began dating Joel Madden, lead singer of the rock band Good Charlotte. The pair went public with their relationship in June 2005 after a series of tabloid stories and rumors. In a June 2006 interview with Elle magazine, Duff was quoted as saying, "Of course I like that I'm a virgin. That doesn't mean I don't think about sex, because everyone I know has and you want to fit in." However, the pair split in November 2006
Duff is involved in several charities, is an avid supporter of animal rights, is a member of Kids with Ideas and once donated $250,000 to victims of Hurricane Katrina. She founded a clothing brand, Stuff by Duff, on March 12, 2004, and her products are available in the United States, Canada and Australia.
In August 2005, Duff said she received a filling for an incisor that she had cracked on a microphone during a concert. Later in 2005, Duff took a month's vacation to make up for her 18th birthday, and at the end of 2005, Duff also said she had lost weight, which led to media scrutiny about whether she had an eating disorder, which Duff vehemently denied. In a recent interview on the Australian television program 'Today, Tonight', Duff said she lost weight by developing an athletic lifestyle.
Edit Amateur life
Hilary Duff, in addition to acting, singing and earning money, has a healthy public image, and is very passionate about public service; she was a 1998/1999 Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund She was a member of the 1998/1999 Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund Advisory Board and a member of the 2001 Youth Advisory Committee of Kids With A C
.