Hilary Duff Biography
Hilary Duff became a household name and a worldwide phenomenon thanks to her starring role in the hit Disney series Lizzie McGuire. With her wholesome blonde looks and exuberant personality, Duff stepped into the part of the likable middle-schooler with ease, though she had very little professional experience before the show debuted in early 2001.
Duff was suddenly dubbed the new "tween queen" in the media, a superstar for a generation of pre-teens whose age group had now grown to include ten-year-olds. This new "tween" category was a marketing phenomenon that took off with Duff and her cohorts around 2002. But as Newsweek's Kate Stroup noted, the Texas teen was a cut above. "Duff, who's got a giddy charm and unexpected vulnerability in person, has established herself as the best actress of her generation," Stroup asserted, "easily outclassing the Olsen twins and Nickelodeon's Amanda Bynes."
Duff was born on September 28, 1987, and grew up in Boerne, Texas, a part of the state known as Hill Country. She was close to her older sister, Haylie, who was two years her senior, and took gymnastics and ballet lessons from an early age. She eventually won a part in The Nutcracker with BalletMet Columbus in the Ohio company's tour of the Christmastime classic. Their mother, Susan, who had once worked as a makeup artist, decided to take the girls to Los Angeles, California, to try their luck in television commercials. Right away, they landed jobs. "We were like, 'This is so easy!'" Duff recalled when Taylor Hanson spoke with her for an Interview article. "Then we went back to Texas ... and came back to L.A. for the next pilot season. We thought that would be easy, too, but you audition and audition, and you don't get anything."
Duff was suddenly dubbed the new "tween queen" in the media, a superstar for a generation of pre-teens whose age group had now grown to include ten-year-olds. This new "tween" category was a marketing phenomenon that took off with Duff and her cohorts around 2002. But as Newsweek's Kate Stroup noted, the Texas teen was a cut above. "Duff, who's got a giddy charm and unexpected vulnerability in person, has established herself as the best actress of her generation," Stroup asserted, "easily outclassing the Olsen twins and Nickelodeon's Amanda Bynes."
Duff was born on September 28, 1987, and grew up in Boerne, Texas, a part of the state known as Hill Country. She was close to her older sister, Haylie, who was two years her senior, and took gymnastics and ballet lessons from an early age. She eventually won a part in The Nutcracker with BalletMet Columbus in the Ohio company's tour of the Christmastime classic. Their mother, Susan, who had once worked as a makeup artist, decided to take the girls to Los Angeles, California, to try their luck in television commercials. Right away, they landed jobs. "We were like, 'This is so easy!'" Duff recalled when Taylor Hanson spoke with her for an Interview article. "Then we went back to Texas ... and came back to L.A. for the next pilot season. We thought that would be easy, too, but you audition and audition, and you don't get anything."
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Born Hilary Ann Lisa Duff on September 28, 1987, in Houston, TX; daughter of Bob (a retail executive) and Susan (a business manager) Duff.
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Address: Office--c/o Boo Management and Consulting, 10061 Riverside Dr., Ste. 1061, Toluca Lake, CA 91602
Website: http://www.hilaryduff.com
Website: http://www.hilaryduff.com
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