Hilary Duff

Biography of Hilary Duff

Hilary Erhard Duff was born on September 28, 1987 in Houston, Texas. She is an American singer, actress, author and entrepreneur. She owes her breakthrough to the Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire.

Hilary Erhard Duff is the daughter of Susan Duff née Cobb, who is also her manager, and Robert Erhard "Bob" Duff, who is a partner in a chain of convenience stores. Duff has a sister named Haylie, who is about two and a half years her senior and is also a singer and actress. Her parents divorced in 2007.

Duff started her career at the age of six dancing with the Cecchetti Ballet. She later filmed various television commercials, despite a congenital speech defect - she could not pronounce the "R". It only worked when she was singing, as her choir teacher remarked. She got her first starring role in the 1998 film Casper Meets Wendy.

Duff played Natalie Conners in the film Agent Cody Banks and the trendy Lorraine Baker in Cheaper by the Dozen (both 2003). In 2004, she starred in the films A Cinderella Story and Raise Your Voice. She also lent her voice to Princess Crystal in the film The Search for Santa (2004).

In 2005, Duff starred alongside Heather Locklear and Chris Noth in the feature film The Perfect Man. In addition, she shot the sequel to Cheaper by the Dozen that same year. In 2006, she played Tanzie Marchetta in Material Girls alongside her sister Haylie Duff.

From 2006 to 2007, Duff directed the film War Inc.with John Cusack, which opened in theaters in May 2008. In 2007 she also directed the films According to Greta, which was released in US theaters in 2009, and What Goes Up, which was also released in 2009.

She accepted a starring role in the comedy Stay Cool, which opened in 2011. She was also able to secure another role: she starred in the film adaptation of the book Provinces of Bloodworth.

In 2009, Duff guest starred as Olivia Burke on Gossip Girl. She also impersonated the role of movie star Kim Powers in the film She Wants Me (2012).

Since 2015, Duff has starred in Younger alongside Sutton Foster and Debi Mazar, marking her first starring role in a television series since Lizzie Mcguire.

Duff released her debut album Santa Claus Lane in 2002. This was followed by her breakthrough as a singer with her second album Metamorphosis, released on August 26, 2003.

The third album, Hilary Duff, was released on September 28, 2004 and is rockier than the first.

Duff's fourth album Dignity, originally announced for November 2006, was released on April 3, 2007.

On November 11, Duff's first best-of album was released in the USA, which was also her last album on the Hollywood Records label.

As of January 2016, Duff has sold over 16 million records worldwide. The most successful release is the second studio album Metamorphosis, which sold over five million copies.

Duff signed a modeling contract with IMG Models in New York City in 2007.

Duff launched her own fashion line, Stuff by Duff, in 2004, in addition to designing her own line of dog clothes dedicated to her late dog, Reminton (LDD - Lil'Dog Duff). However, "Stuff by Duff" broke up again in 2008.

In 2010, Duff published her first novel, Elixir, with Simon & Schuster. The sequel, Devoted, came out the following year.

Duff dated Aaron Carter from 2001 to 2003. From 2004 to 2006, she was in a relationship with Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden. In 2007 she met former Canadian ice hockey player Mike Comrie, whom she married on August 14, 2010 in Santa Barbara, California. Their son was born on March 20, 2012 in Los Angeles. In early 2014, the two announced their separation. She officially filed for divorce on February 20, 2015. On December 21, 2019, Duff married musician Matthew Koma, who is the father of their daughter, who was born on October 25, 2018. Their second daughter was born on March 24, 2021.