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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 25) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Pop, teen pop, dance-pop
Occupations	Actress, singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocal
Years active	1997—present (acting) 2003—present (singing)
Labels	Hollywood Records 2003-2006
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 actress and singer-songwriter Hilary Duff. She was known on her role as Sandy Jameson in the series 7th Heaven, & Annie Nelson in the made for television movie Love Takes Wing and its sequel Love Finds a Home.

Early life

Duff was born in Houston, Harris County, Texas. She is two and a half years older than her sister, Hilary. Duff's mother, Susan Colleen (née Cobb) is 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

Acting

Duff at the premiere of War, Inc. at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2008

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 sister'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. The film earned her her first Teen Choice Award win. 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. In 2005, Duff joined the cast of the TV show 7th Heaven, playing Sandy Jameson, best friend to Simon's girlfriend Rose, who ended up getting 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.

Throughout 2009 and 2010 she appeared in Fear Island, Tug and Slightly Single in L.A.. She will also appear in the film Foodfight! alongside Charlie Sheen, Hilary Duff and Eva Longoria but due to distribution issues the film is yet to have an official release.

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. She is also an executive producer of the show.

Music

Duff in Hairspray performing "Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now".

Duff has recorded numerous singles for various soundtracks with her sister, with most of them appearing on the Disneymania discs. Notable soundtracks are: In Search of Santa, The Lizzie McGuire Movie, A Cinderella Story, and Material Girls. She was featured on rapper Kool G Rap's album Half a Klip, providing the background vocals on the track "On the Rise Again" produced by DJ Premier. Duff also sang "A Whatever Life" for the Stuck In The Suburbs soundtrack and "Sweetest Pain" for the Raising Helen soundtrack.

In addition to singing, Duff has also wrote and co-wrote several songs for her sister Hilary's studio albums, Metamorphosis and Hilary Duff, as well as the song "Gypsy Woman", on Hilary's third studio album, Dignity.

Public image

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

Filmography

Musical

• 2006: Hairspray

Awards

Discography

Singles

Soundtracks

Other singles

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Haylie Duff

• Haylie Duff at the Internet Movie Database
• Haylie Duff at TV.com
• Haylie Duff cast bio on The CW
• Haylie Duff Online