Biography: Hilary Duff: birth name: Hilary Erhard Duff; born on  September 28, 1987 in Houston, Texas; height: 5 feet 1 (155 cm) Zodiac Sign: Libra. Duff gained fame for playing the title role in the television series Lizzie McGuire. Lizzie McGuire, which first aired on the Disney Channel on January 12, 2001, was a ratings hit  drawing in 2.3 million viewers per episode.

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Hilary‘s role in the show led to her becoming highly popular among children between the ages of seven and fourteen. Duff went on to have a film career; her most commercially successful movies include Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003), and A Cinderella Story (2004).

Besides acting, Duff is also a singer. Duff’s first full-length studio album, Metamorphosis (2003), reached number one on the U.S. and Canadian charts.

Hilary launched her own clothing line, “Stuff by Hilary Duff”, in March 2004, with clothes distributed through Target in the United States, Kmart in Australia, Zellers in Canada, and Edgars Stores in South Africa. The company, initially started as a clothing line, has expanded its business into other areas such as furniture, fragrances, and jewelry, targeted at the teen and preteen crowd.

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