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Trivia
Birth name: Hilary Ann Duff
Date of birth: 28 September 1987
Place of birth: Houston, Texas,
USA
Nickname: Hil
Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m)
Older sister actress Haylie Duff is in music
group Inventing Venus.
Daughter of producer Susan Duff.
She was rated the #1 Hottest Teen Female
Star for 2003 based on her acting, singing, public appearances, and
charity work.
For her 2003 debut album Metamorphosis, she
won the 2004 Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Female Singer, and Best New
Female Artist at the 2004 World Music Awards. Her video "Come
Clean" was nominated for Best Pop Video at the 2004 MTV Video Music
Awards and the album was nominated for Best International Album at the
2004 Juno Awards (Canada's version of the Grammys).
Shot the music video to her song "So
Yesterday" on Venice Beach in Marina Del Rey, California.
Re-did the song "Our Lips Are
Sealed" by The Go-Go's with sister Haylie Duff for the A Cinderella
Story Soundtrack.
Likes all types of music but dislikes techno
music.
Plans on starting a design for dogs called
Little Dog Duff named after her late dog of the same name.
Accepted the lead role in A Cinderella Story
(2004) because Charles Perrault's story "Cinderella" was her
favorite fairy tale when she was growing up.
Her favorite film is Romy and Michele's High
School Reunion (1997).
Has been homeschooled since the age of 10.
Along with her sister, currently taking two online correspondence
courses via the Harvard Extension School.
Has been working for the charity Kids With a
Cause (which helps children stricken by poverty, hunger, sickness, a
lack of education, abandonment, neglect and/or abuse) since it was
founded in September 1999, and is the 2004 Official International
Spokesperson for the non-profit organization.
In preparation for her driving test, she
drove herself between filming locations during principal photography for
A Cinderella Story (2004).
Shares a birthday with the following
celebrities: Naomi Watts, Bam Margera, Janeane Garofalo, as well as
Oscar-winning actresses Gwyneth Paltrow and Mira Sorvino.
For her 17th birthday, her sister arranged a
trip to Mexico for her and two friends.
Considered for the part of Lola in
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004) but that part eventually
went to Lindsay
Lohan.
Was voted the 19th Greatest Teen Idol of all
time by VH1 in 2003. She also hosted the special.
According to the Chinese Calender, she was
born in the year of the rabbit.
Her favorite episode of her hit show
"Lizzie McGuire" (2001) is First Kiss where her character
Lizzie falls in love with the paperboy and shares a kiss with him.
Won the Fake ID Award in 2004 at the second
annual TRL awards. The Fake ID Award is given to the hottest star under
21 and is voted by the people on mtv.com.
Was voted the Biggest Breakthough of 2003 at
VH1's Big in 2003 award show.
Has her own clothing line "Stuff by
Hilary Duff" at Target stores which made $5 million in its first
year in stores.
She enjoys gymnastics, swimming, reading,
singing, writing, and hanging out with older sister, Haylie Duff.
One of Teen People 25 Hottest Stars Under 25
[2004].
Was named the 14th Greatest Teen Idol of all
time by VH1 in 2003, based on her acting, singing, public appearances
and charity work.
Performed at 'President George Bush' 's
youth inaugural concert. [2005]
Donated sales from her sold out Most Wanted
Tour to the Tsunami victims in South Asia. [2005]
Donated
many signed head-shots to Rocky Stone to be auctioned off to raise money
to buy more toys for the Toy Mountain Campaign 2004. She was also very
kind enough to give a personalized & signed head-shot to everyone
listed in the "Special thank-you to:" section on http://www.rockyskidz.com
site that helped out in this past years Toy Mountain Campaign 2003.
Is recording tracks with the help of
boyfriend Joel Madden and his brother Benji Madden for her newest album
due in summer 2005.
Boyfriend Joel Madden is the lead singer for
Good Charlotte
Visited Kitchener, Ontario, Canada in
February 2005 to perform in a Tsunami relief fund raiser.
Her clothing brand "stuff by duff"
was also sold by Zellers (a large Canadian discount store chain).
Zellers heavily advertised the clothing line on national television in
the summer of 2004.
Said that her favorite movie she has filmed
so far was The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003).
Her mom is a music producer.
Announced that she will donate $200,000 to
the American Red Cross and $50,000 to USA Harvest to help the victims of
Hurricane Katrina.
Her song "Wake Up" hit Disney
Radio before making it to national airwaves.
Got into singing after watching her sister,
Haylie, perform.
Her father, Bob Duff, owns a chain of
convenience stores.
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