The Basics. Her full name is Hilary Erhard Duff and she was born in Houston, Texas. (Photo: WENN)
She’s said that if she wasn’t famous, she’d have most likely become and interior designer or a makeup artist. (Photo: WENN)
You probably remember her dating Aaron Carter in the 2000’s. You probably know she was married to professional hockey player Mike Comrie for 6 years. But did you know she dated Joel Madden? She was 16 when she started dating the lead vocalist of Good Charlotte. (Photo: WENN)
Back when she was a kid, Hilary Duff was home schooled. It started when she was eight years old. (Photo: WENN)
Random fact: she hates bell peppers! This veggie happens to be Hilary’s ultimate food aversion. (Photo: WENN)
When asked by BuzzFeed which was her favorite Hilary Duff song, she said it probably was Come Clean. “I feel like I sound like such a baby, but it’s just a pretty solid song. It’s a good song that has withstood years and years of music changing and all that.” (Photo: WENN)
Hillary has co-written three young adult novels with author Elise Allen: Elixir (2010), Devoted (2011), and True (2013). He first novel became a New York Times Best Seller. (Photo: WENN)
She’s had blue/green hair. “I’ve never done anything like this. I was just in Cabo with my son Luca and I was staring at the ocean and I was like, ‘I want that on my head.’ So this happened,” she told Ellen DeGeneres in an interview. (Photo: WENN)
In an interview with Cosmo, Hillary confessed she “definitely had a crush” on Chad Michael Murray, his A Cinderella Story co-star. “We had a few kissing scenes in the movie and I remember feeling pretty nervous about that.” (Photo: WENN)
She currently stars on the comedy-drama television series Younger. She plays Kelsey Peter, who is best friends with her co-worker Liza, the main character who is really in her 40’s but is pretending to be a twentysomething. (Photo: WENN)
Remember the days when we would rush back from school to watch Lizzie McGuire trying to survive her teenage years?
Well, today Hilary Duff is reaching the big 3-0, and we just can’t believe it (and neither can you!), not only because it feels like it was yesterday when we were singing along the lines “Hey now, hey now, this is what dreams are made of”, but also because Hilary is looking better than ever.
She’s clearly been working out a lot and taking good care of herself since her modern-Cinderella days, but she’s been up to a lot more. Things didn’t end for Hilary Duff after the end of Lizzie McGuire: music, books, relationships, makeovers, more TV…
If you want to catch up with one of your favorite TV stars from your childhood, make sure to click through our photo gallery above to find our 10 things you didn’t know about Hilary Duff.
