Hilary Duff - In The Soul Collector, won a Young Artist Award.

Hilary Duff, in 1999, she appeared in a supporting role in the television film The Soul Collector, which was based on a (Maureen Child) Kathleen Kane novel.

Hilary Duff won a Young Artist Award for "Best Performance in a TV Movie or Pilot (Supporting Young Actress)" for Duff's role in the movie.

Hilary Duff - Early career

Hilary Duff's early career was marked by playing minor roles, starting off with an uncredited appearance in Hallmark Entertainment's western miniseries True Women in 1997.

Hilary Duff also served as an uncredited Extra (actor), in writer-director Willard Carroll's ensemble dramedy Playing by Heart in 1998.

Hilary Duff's first major role was as a star of the 1998 film Casper Meets Wendy, a direct-to-video sequel to Casper in which Hilary Duff plays the young witch Wendy the Good Little Witch, who encounters the animated character Casper the Friendly Ghost. The film was released to mostly unenthusiastic reviews

Hilary Duff - Early life of career

Hilary Duff's mother encouraged her to take up acting classes alongside her elder sister, Haylie Duff, which resulted in both girls winning roles in various local theater productions. At the ages of 8 and 6, respectively, the Duff sisters participated in the ballet, The Nutcracker Suite with Columbus BalletMet in San Antonio, Texas.

Haylie/ Hilary Duff siblings became more enthusiastic about the idea of choosing acting as a profession, and eventually relocated to California with their mother. Duff's father stayed at the family home in Houston to take care of their business.

After several years of auditions and meetings, the Duff sisters (Haylie Duff and Hilary Duff) were cast in various television commercials.

Hilary Duff - Family

Hilary Duff was born in Houston, Texas on September 28, 1987.

Hilary Duff is the 2nd child of Susan Colleen (née Cobb) and husband Robert Erhard Duff.

Hilary Duff's mother is a homemaker and a film producer.

Hilary Duff's father is a partner in a chain of convenience stores, who resides at the family home in Houston to maintain the family's convenience store business.

Hilary Duff has an elder sister, Haylie Duff. Haylie Duff is also an actress/singer.

Hilary Duff - Launched a clothing line, "Stuff by Hilary Duff" and two exclusive perfume.

Hilary Duff has launched a clothing line, "Stuff by Hilary Duff", and two exclusive perfume collections with Elizabeth Arden.

Hilary Duff and her mother were listed as producers for the movie Material Girls, As of September 2008, Hilary Duff upcoming films include animated comedy Foodfight!, and independent films Greta, What Goes Up and Stay Cool.

Hilary Duff - Platinum albums and Greatest Hits

Hilary Duff has expanded her repertoire into pop music, with three RIAA certified Platinum albums and over thirteen million records sold worldwide.

Hilary Duff's 1st studio album, Metamorphosis (2003), was certified triple platinum and Hilary Duff followed it up with two more platinum albums, Hilary Duff (2004) and Most Wanted (2005). Hilary Duff had a musical comeback with the release of her third studio album, Dignity (2007), which was certified Gold in August 2007.

In November 2008 Hilary Duff released another Greatest Hits compilation, Best of Hilary Duff.

Hilary Duff - Hilary Erhard Duff

Hilary Duff with birth name Hilary Erhard Duff was born on September 28, 1987, Houston, Texas, U.S..

Hilary Duff is an American actress singer-songwriter, fashion designer, film producer, and spokesperson. After working in local theater plays and television commercials in Hilary Duff's childhood, she gained fame for playing the title role in the television series Lizzie McGuire.

Hilary Duff went on to have a film career; Hilary Duff's most commercially successful movies include Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003), and A Cinderella Story (2004).

Hilary Duff's Genre(s) Pop, teen pop, pop rock, dance-pop, bubblegum pop, electronic rock, electropop, synthpop; Instrument(s) Vocals; Label(s) Walt Disney (2001—2003), Buena Vista (2001—2004), Hollywood (2002—2008).

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Hilary Duff subsequently ventured into motion pictures and has many successful films to her credit including The Lizzie McGuire Movie, Cheaper by the Dozen, A Cinderella Story and Cheaper by the Dozen 2. Hilary Duff has most recently appeared in According to Greta and Stay Cool.

As of December 2010, Hilary Duff's upcoming films include, Bloodworth, The Story of Bonnie and Clyde, and She Wants Me.Hilary Duff has since expanded her repertoire into pop music with the release of three RIAA-certified platinum albums: Metamorphosis, her debut studio album, was certified triple platinum and was supplemented by a further two platinum albums, Hilary Duff and Most Wanted.

In 2007, Hilary Duff released her third studio album, Dignity, which was certified gold later than year and spawned singles "With Love" – her highest charting US single to date – and "Stranger". Best of Hilary Duff, a compilation of her greatest hits, was released in the last quarter of 2008 producing her a third #1 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs with the single "Reach Out". Duff has sold over thirteen million records worldwide; her contributions to the music industry have gained her commercial and critical success worldwide while Billboard ranked her the 69th Artist of the 2000s decade.

Branching into the fashion industry, Hilary Duff has also launched her own clothing lines, Stuff by Hilary Duff and Femme for DKNY Jeans, and two exclusive perfume collections with Elizabeth Arden as well as having been signed on to modelling agency IMG Models.

Other business ventures include writing a young adult novel Elixir and being accredited as an executive producer for According to Greta and a producer for the films Material Girls and Beauty & the Briefcase.