

Hilary Duff's acting andsinging career took off in 2003 with appearances in three movies and a Top 40hit, "So Yesterday" (from her debut solo album, Metamorphosis). Duffwas already a star by way of the title role in the successful television seriesLizzie McGuire (2001-03) on the DisneyChannel. After filming The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003), she left the TV showfor a career on the big screen, and her busy year included the releases ofAgent Cody Banks (with Frankie Muniz) and Cheaper By The Dozen (with SteveMartin), as well as the production of A Cinderella Story (with Chad MichaelMurray as her Prince Charming) and Raise Your Voice, both in 2004. She releasedher second album, Hilary Duff in 2004, and in 2005 released Most Wanted, acollection of hits and remixes. Her other film credits include Cheaper by theDozen 2 (2005), Material Girls (2006, with Hilary's older sister, Haylie Duff),and What Goes Up (2009). In 2009 she also began a recurring role on the TVseries Gossip Girl. Hilary Duff married hockey player Mike Comrie on 14 August2010.