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Full Name:	Haylie Duff
Birth Name:	Haylie Katherine Duff
Famous As:	Actress
Date of Birth:	February 19, 1985
Place of Birth:	Houston, Texas, U.S.
Height:	5' 5
Nationality:	American
Hair Color:	Brown
Father:	Bob Duff
Mother:	Susan Duff
Sister(s):	Hilary Ann Lisa Duff (younger; actress, singer)
Education:	Attended Harvard University (online courses)
Claim to Fame:	As Cousin Amy on the Disney Channel's Lizzie McGuire (2001)

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Haylie Duff
Duff at the premiere of War, Inc., April 2008
Background information
Birth name	Haylie Katherine Duff
Born	February 19, 1985 (1985-02-19) (age 24) Houston, Texas, USA.
Genres	Pop, teen pop, dance-pop
Occupations	Actress, singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocal
Years active	1997—present (acting) 2003—present (singing)
Labels	Hollywood Records
Associated acts	Hilary Duff, Kool G Rap, Ashley Tisdale, Vanessa Hudgens

Haylie Katherine Duff (born February 19, 1985) is an American actress and singer songwriter. She is the older sister of Hilary Duff.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Actress 2.2 Singer 2.3 Songwriter 2.4 Television 2.5 Public image 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Films 4.2 Awards 4.3 Television 4.3.1 Guest appearances 4.4 Host 4.5 Musical 5 Discography 5.1 Singles 5.2 Soundtracks 5.3 Other singles 6 References 7 External links

Early life

Duff was born in Houston, Harris County, Texas. She is two and a half years older than her sister, the popular musician and actress Hilary Duff. Her mother, Susan Colleen (née Cobb), a homemaker and film producer (co-executive producer of A Cinderella Story (2004) and producer of The Perfect Man (2005) and Material Girls (2006), as well as the manager of her sister Hilary. Her father, Robert Erhard (Bob) Duff, is a partner and owner in a chain of convenience stores with father John B. Duff and who resides at the family home in Houston to maintain the family's business. She began her acting career as an offshoot of her early dance training. Growing up in Texas, Duff began ballet at an early age. By age ten, Duff landed a role in the Houston Metropolitan Dance Company’s production of The Nutcracker.

Career

Actress

Duff's early career started by making guest appearances on made for television movies such as Hope and True Women and on TV shows such as The Amanda Show. In addition to guest-starring roles on Chicago Hope, Boston Public, and Third Watch, Duff became a familiar face starting in late 2002 as Amy Saunders/Sanders on the children's television series, Lizzie McGuire. The star of that show was Duff’s younger sister, Hilary, whose own acting career was just starting to take off at the time. Hilary’s career would quickly eclipse her sibling's in short time, but Haylie would continue to maintain a presence on the small screen.

In 2004, Duff made a guest appearances on That's So Raven as Katina Jones. After making guest appearances on television, Duff received her first role in a feature film when she was cast in Napoleon Dynamite. She then by making guest appearances, which include Joan of Arcadia and American Dreams. She also lent her voice talent to the Christmas animation In Search Of Santa which was targeted at kids and which also featured sister Hilary Duff. In 2005, Duff joined the cast of the TV show 7th Heaven, playing Sandy Jameson, best friend to Simon's girlfriend in A Pregnant Stage, where she got pregnant by Martin Brewer.

In summer 2006, Duff joined the Broadway cast of Hairspray, portraying mean girl Amber Von Tussle, and playing the part through the beginning of October 2006. Duff has also starred in Material Girls with her sister Hilary.

Following Material Girls, Duff appeared in various made-for-television or straight-to-DVD movies including Nightmare, My Sexiest Year, Legacy, Backwoods, Love Takes Wing, Love Finds a Home and most recently My Nanny's Secret.

On January 22, Duff landed a role in the show Barely Legal, which her sister appears in, as "the big sister who visits from time to time." ¹ An update to Hilaryduff.com on July 1, 2009 stated that Hilary decided to turn down NBC's script for the pilot because it did not match the initial pitch.²

Duff has upcoming films which are scheduled to release in both 2009 and 2010, Fear Island (formerely known as Deep Cove (film))(2010) as Jenna, Tug as Jill, Slightly Single in L.A. as Kim and the animated film Foodfight, as Sweetcakes, in which the case of a release date, has been pushed back many times.

Singer

Duff has recorded numerous singles for various soundtracks with her sister, with most of them appearing on the Disneymania discs. She was featured on legendary rapper Kool G Rap's album Half A Klip, providing the background vocals on the track "On The Rise Again" produced by DJ Premier. She was recording a debut album stated for release in 2005-2006 but was dropped from her record company. She had supposedly completed work on her debut album Walk the Walk due mid 2008.³⁴ Duff confirmed that this was false; she is not working on or releasing an album at this time.⁵ Haylie also sang "A Whatever Life" for the Stuck In The Suburbs soundtrack and "Sweetest Pain" for the Raising Helen soundtrack.

Duff was involved in a court battle with Paris Hilton over the song Screwed. Both Duff and Hilton had recorded it in 2004, Duff having planned it for her album, and Hilton for it to be released as her debut single, however after what seemed like Hilton had withdrawn from the fight, she was awarded the song by the court, and Duff was left without it. Even though she won the battle for "Screwed", Hilton released "Stars Are Blind" instead, releasing "Screwed" in Asia only.

Songwriter

Duff wrote or co-wrote several songs on three of Hilary Duff's albums, Metamorphosis (2003), Hilary Duff (2004), and the song "Gypsy Woman", on Hilary's fourth album, Dignity (2007).

Television

Duff hosted the reality show Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods, which searched for the next actress to take over the lead role in Legally Blonde: The Musical where she was previously in the chorus.⁶ She is also an executive producer of the show.

Public image

Duff appeared on the cover of Maxim in January 2006 and is featured in their Girls of Maxim gallery.⁷ Duff and sister Hilary Duff are ranked number two on E!'s "Favorite Famous Sisters".

Personal life

Duff had a brief relationship with singer Benji Madden, member of the band Good Charlotte in 2006. Duff began dating actor Nick Zano in February 2008. In 2009, Duff and Zano purchased a house together close to Duff's home in Toluca Lake, California. They are often seen together.

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1997	True Women	uncredited cameo	made for TV movie
	Hope	Martha Jean Pruitt
1998	Addams Family Reunion	Gina Adams	straight-to-video
2000	Dreams in the Attic	Jessica
2001	The Newman Shower	Jane
2003	I Love Your Work	Frat Brat Girlfriend
2004	Napoleon Dynamite	Summer Wheatly
	In Search of Santa	Lucinda
2005	Dishdogz	Cassidy	made for television
2005	7th Heaven	television series
2006	Material Girls	Ava Marchetta
2007	Nightmare	Molly Duggan	made for television
	My Sexiest Year	Debbie
2008	Legally Blonde - The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods	Host/herself
	Legacy	Lana Stevens	aka Pretty Little Devils
	Backwoods	Lee	made for TV movie/ DVD release 2009
2009	Love Takes Wing	Annie Nelson	made for series
	Love Finds a Home	Annie Nelson	made for series
	My Nanny's Secret	Claudia	made for television
	Fear Island	Jenna	completed
2010	Foodfight!	Sweet Cakes	completed
	Slightly Single in L.A.	Jill	pre-production
	Tug	Kim	post-production
	Video Girl	?	In Production

Awards

• Teens Choice Awards 2006 - Nominated - TV Choice Breakout Star for 7th Heaven.
• Teens Choice Awards 2005 - Winner - Choice Breakout Performance, Female for Napoleon Dynamite.
• Young Artist Award 1999 - Winner - Best Performance in a TV Movie/pilot/Mini- Series for Adams Family Reunion.
• Razzie Award 2007 - Nominated - Worst Actress for Material Girls.
• Razzie Award 2007 - Nominated - Worst Screen Couple with Sister Hilary Duff for Material Girls.

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005-2007	7th Heaven	Sandy Jameson	(Season 10-11)

Guest appearances

• 1999: The Amanda Show as Girl in crowd
• 2000: Chicago Hope as Jenny
• 2001: Boston Public as Sylvia (two appearances)
• 2002: Lizzie McGuire as Cousin Amy (Three appearances)
• 2003: Third Watch as young Faith Mitchell
• 2004: American Dreams as Shangri- Las (with Hilary Duff)
• 2004: That's So Raven as Katina
• 2004: One on One as Mandy
• 2005: Complete Savages as Jessica
• 2005: Joan of Arcadia as Stevie Marx (three appearances)

Host

• 2008: Legally Blonde - The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods as Host

Musical

• 2006: Hairspray

Discography

Singles

Year	Song
2004	"Our Lips Are Sealed"

Soundtracks

Year	Song	Soundtrack
2003	"Girl In The Band"	The Lizzie McGuire Movie
	"What Dreams Are Made Of (Ballad Version)"(With Yani Gellman)"	The Lizzie McGuire Movie
2004	"Sweetest Pain"	Raising Helen
	"A Whatever Life"	Stuck In The Suburbs
	"One In This World"	A Cinderella Story
	"Our Lips Are Sealed" w/ Hilary Duff	A Cinderella Story
2005	"Babysitting Is A Bum Deal" w/ Seth MacFarlane in character of Stewie Griffin	Family Guy: Live in Vegas
2006	"Material Girl" w/Hilary Duff	Material Girls

Other singles

Year	Song	Album
2002	"Same Old Christmas" w/Hilary Duff	Santa Claus Lane
2004	"The Siamese Cat Song" w/Hilary Duff	DisneyMania 2
2005	"The Siamese Cat Song" [Cat-Scratch Remix] w/Hilary Duff	DisneyRemixMania

References

External links

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