Haylie Duff

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Haylie Duff

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Img_capt = Duff at the premiere of "War, Inc."
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Haylie Katherine Duff
Born =birth date and age|1985|2|19
Houston, Texas, USA.
Associated_acts = Hilary Duff, Kool G Rap
Genre = Pop, teen pop, dance-pop
Occupation = Actress, singer-songwriter
Instrument = Vocal
Years_active = 1997 — present (acting)
2003 — present (singing)

Label = Hollywood Records

Haylie Katherine Duff (born February 19, 1985) is an American actress and singer songwriter. She is best known for being the sister of Hilary Duff and her supporting role on "7th Heaven" as well as playing supporting roles in the films "Material Girls" and "Napoleon Dynamite".

Biography

Early life

Haylie Duff was born in Houston, Texas. Her mother, Susan Colleen (née Cobb), is a homemaker and film producer, and her father Robert Erhard Duff 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. [http://www.wargs.com/other/duff.html] Haylie is two and a half years older than her sister, Hilary Duff, who is relatively more well known than Haylie for her career as a musician and an actress.

Career

Actress

She appeared in several episodes of "Lizzie McGuire", "That's So Raven" and on other TV programs, which include "Joan of Arcadia", "American Dreams", "Boston Public", and "Chicago Hope". She played Summer, a stereotypical popular teenager, in the 2004 independent film "Napoleon Dynamite". In 2005, Duff joined the cast of the TV show "7th Heaven", playing Sandy Jameson, best friend to Simon's girlfriend.

Duff was also in a straight to DVD release, "Cindy and The Halo Boy", co-starring Frankie Muniz of "Malcolm in the Middle" fame. In the film, Duff played the leader of a clique of girls in high school who was pregnant with a baby fathered by Muniz's character, nicknamed "Geekling", the leader of a clique of nerdy boys who had wispy mustaches and played the video game "Halo". 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.

Duff is also scheduled to shoot a horror film with Crispin Glover, "The I Scream Man". [ and another horror film costarring alongside the Mowry sisters in "Hollywood Horror". [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117963581.html?categoryId=28&cs=1 http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117963581.html?categoryId=28&cs=1] "Variety.com" 04-25-07 ]

inger

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). She 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 had supposedly completed work on her debut album "Walk the Walk" due mid 2008. [ [http://www.pr-inside.com/an-in-depth-review-of-the-elder-r468910.htm An in-depth review of the elder Duff's debut album ] ] Duff confirmed that this was false; she is not working on or releasing an album at this time. [ [http://justjared.buzznet.com/2008/06/09/haylie-duff-interview/#more-51011 Backstage Access With Haylie Duff] ]

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.

Television

Duff is currently hosting the reality show ', which is searching for the next actress to take over the lead role in '.cite news | last=Hetrick | first=Adam | title="Whipped into Shape": Legally Blonde MTV Reality Show to Debut June 2; Duff Hosts | publisher=Playbill | date=2008-05-02 | url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/117358.html | accessdate=2008-05-03] She is also an executive producer of the show.

=Public

Reception

Duff appeared on the cover of "Maxim" in January 2006 and is featured in their [http://www.maximonline.com/girls_of_maxim/pictures_and_bio/1165/HaylieDuff.girl Girls of Maxim] gallery.

Duff and sister Hilary Duff are ranked number two on "E!'s "Favorite Famous Sisters"."

As of February 2008, Duff has been seen with Nick Zano. [ [http://bricksandstonesgossip.com/2008/02/20/haylie-duff-out-in-west-hollywood/ Bricks and Stones Gossip ] ]

Filmography

* 2004: "Napoleon Dynamite" as Summer
* 2005: "Dishdogz" as Cassidy

* 2006: "Material Girls" as Ava Marchetta

* 2007: "Nightmare" as Molly Duggan

* 2008: "Legacy" as Lana Stevens (Trailer Title: "Pretty Little Devils")

* 2008: "Love Takes Wing" as Annie Nelson ("Love Comes Softly" series)

Series

* 2005-2007: "7th Heaven" as Sandy Jameson

Voice part

* 2004: "In Search of Santa" as Lucinda

* 2008: "Foodfight!" as Sweet Cakes

Host

* 2008: "" as Host

Musical

* 2006: "Hairspray"

Guest appearances

* 1997: "True Women" as unknown
* 1997: "Hope" as Martha Jean Pruitt

* 1998: "Addams Family Reunion" as Gina Adams

* 1999: "The Amanda Show" as Girl in crowd

* 2000: "Dreams in the Attic" as Jessica
* 2000: "Chicago Hope" as Jenny

* 2001: "The Newman Shower" as Wendy
* 2001: "Boston Public" as Sylvia (two appearances)

* 2002: "Lizzie McGuire" as Cousin Amy Sanders/Saunders (three appearances)

* 2003: "I Love Your Work" as Frat Brat Girlfriend
* 2003: "Third Watch" as young Faith

* 2004: "Napoleon Dynamite" as Summer Wheatly
* 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)

* 2007: "My Sexiest Year" as Debbie

* 2008: "Backwoods" as Lee
* 2008: "Doesn't Texas Ever End" as Mercedez
* 2008: "Deep Cove" as Jenna

* 2009: "Slightly Single in L.A." as Jill

Discography

Singles

* 2004: "Our Lips Are Sealed"
* 2008: "Holiday"

oundtracks

* 2003 "Girl In The Band" — "The Lizzie McGuire Movie" soundtrack
* 2003 "What Dreams Are Made Of (Ballad Version)"(With Yani Gellman) - "The Lizzie McGuire Movie" soundtrack
* 2004 "Sweetest Pain" — "Raising Helen" soundtrack
* 2004 "A Whatever Life" — "Stuck In The Suburbs" soundtrack
* 2004 "One In This World" — "A Cinderella Story" soundtrack
* 2004 "Our Lips Are Sealed" (with Hilary Duff) — "A Cinderella Story" soundtrack
* 2005 "Babysitting Is A Bum Deal" (duet with Seth MacFarlane in character of Stewie Griffin) — "" soundtrack
* 2006 "Material Girl" (with Hilary Duff) — "Material Girls"
* 2008 "Blow My Mind" — "Drop Dead Gorgeous" soundtrack & "Girl Next" CD

Other singles

*"Same Old Christmas" (with Hilary Duff)
*"The Siamese Cat Song" (with Hilary Duff)
*"The Siamese Cat Song" [Cat-Scratch Remix] (with Hilary Duff)

References

External links

* [http://cwtv.com/shows/7th-heaven/cast/haylie-duff Haylie Duff cast bio on The CW]
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* [http://www.wargs.com/other/duff.html "First draft" of the Ancestry of Haylie Duff]