The American actress, singer, TV personality, writer, and model is named Haylie Katherine Duff. She has played several significant roles in both the small and big screens, in addition to making guest appearances in a number of movies and television shows, although never having been cast in the main role in any of the productions to date. Her roles as Amy Sanders on Lizzie McGuire and Sandy Jameson on the television series “7th Heaven” propelled her to stardom. Her performances as Summer Wheatley in Napoleon Dynamite and Annie Nelson in Love Takes Wing are also well-known. Haylie became a star in her own right after “Napoleon Dynamite” became an unexpected hit. She also took home an award for her outstanding performance. In addition to being a singer and songwriter, Haylie has written and co-authored multiple songs for her sister’s studio albums and has recorded multiple singles for different soundtracks. She has starred in several noteworthy stage productions, including “Hairspray” and “Love, Loss, and What I Wore,” in addition to her work in television and movies. She has ventured into the field of modeling as well.Early Life & Childhood
Early Life & Childhood
On February 19, 1985, Haylie Duff was born in Houston, Texas. Her mother, Susan Colleen Duff, is a producer of motion pictures. She co-executive produced the 2004 film “A Cinderella Story,” produced the 2005 film “The Perfect Man,” and produced the 2006 film “Material Girls.”
Along with his father, John B. Duff, her father, Robert Erhard Bob Duff, operates a chain of convenience stores. Robert lives in Houston in order to manage the family business.
Hilary Erhard Duff, her sister, is a singer and actress as well. Early on in her career, she gained recognition as the teenage idol of the Disney Channel comedy series “Lizzie McGuire.”
As a result of her training in dance, Haylie began her acting career at a very young age. She started taking ballet lessons at a young age. At the age of eight, she was chosen to participate in the two-act ballet “The Nutcracker Suite,” which was originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, presented by Houston Metropolitan Dance Company. To pursue an acting career, she relocated to Los Angeles in 1993 together with her mother and sister.
Career of Haylie Duff
During the beginning of her acting career, Haylie Duff had a number of cameos. Her first on-screen cameos were in made-for-television movies such as “True Women,” a 1997 CBS miniseries that was adapted from the 1993 Janice Woods Windle novel and helmed by Karen Arthur. In 1998, she starred in her first motion picture, “The Addams Family Reunion.”
She then made an appearance as a guest on Dan Schneider’s American live action sketch comedy and variety show, “The Amanda Show.” In 1999, Nickelodeon showed it. She also had appearances as a guest star on Boston Public, Chicago Hope, and Third Watch.
She became well-known in 2002 when Terri Minsky’s live-action scripted teen sitcom “Lizzie McGuire” starred her as Amy Sanders. It made its Disney Channel debut.
In addition, Haylie made a cameo appearance on “American Dreams,” an NBC drama series that ran from 2002 to 2005. She made a cameo in the American television fantasy drama “Joan of Arcadia” in 2003. For two seasons, the show was broadcast on CTV and CBS.
She appeared as Katina Jones as a guest on “That’s So Raven” in 2004. The American supernatural sitcom made its Disney Channel debut in January 2003 and ran for its entire run until November 2007.
Her part in Napoleon Dynamite was as Summer Wheatley in the motion picture. It was an American comedy film from 2004 that Jared Hess and Jeremy Coon co-produced. The movie was a huge hit.
A Christmas animated film called “In Search of Santa” starred Haylie Duff as well as her sister Hilary. November 2004 saw the debut of William R. Kowalchuk’s 2004 family movie.
She was cast as Sandy Jameson, Simon’s girlfriend Rose’s best friend, in the television series “7th Heaven” in 2005. Brenda Hampton was the creator and producer of this drama television series.
She played cruel girl Amber Von Tussle in the June 2006 episode of Hairspray, an American musical based on the 1988 John Waters movie of the same name. She left her position in October of 2006.
She and her sister Hilary both acted in “Material Girls” in 2006. She, together with her sister and mother, co-produced the movie. The film is a teen comedy, directed by Martha Coolidge and based on a screenplay by John Quaintance.
In addition, she starred in a number of made-for-TV or direct-to-DVD movies, including “Nightmare,” “Legacy,” “My Sexiest Year,” “Backwoods,” “Love Finds a Home,” “Love Takes Wing,” and “My Nanny’s Secret.”
She provided the voice of “Foodfight!”, an animated movie. Larry Kasanoff directed the computer-animated adventure comedy picture, which was produced by Threshold Entertainment. 2012 saw the release of the movie. She launched her own blog that same year, “Real Girl’s Kitchen,” which the Cooking Channel picked up and turned into a show in 2014 that starred the two sisters together. She starred in the movie “Badge of Honor” in 2015.
She has collaborated with her sister on multiple singles as a singer for different soundtracks. The majority were featured on the Disneymania DVDs. “The Lizzie McGuire Movie,” “In Search of Santa,” “A Cinderella Story,” and “Material Girls” are a few of the noteworthy soundtracks.
She contributed backup vocals to the song “On the Rise Again” from rapper Kool G Rap’s album “Half a Klip.” She also performed the songs “A Whatever Life” and “Sweetest Pain” from the soundtracks of “Stuck in the Suburbs” and “Raising Helen,” respectively.
She sung a duet with Seth MacFarlane on the song “Babysitting Is a Bum Deal” from the album “Family Guy: Live in Las Vegas.” Additionally, Haylie co-wrote a number of songs for Hilary’s first two studio albums.
Large-scale Works of Haylie Duff
“Legally Blonde: The Musical–The Search for Elle Woods” is an MTV reality series that Haylie Duff hosted. The program looked for a performer to play the lead in “Legally Blonde: The Musical.” In June 2008, Haylie made her stage debut in the musical. She served as the show’s executive producer as well.
She starred in Michael Storey’s thriller “Fear Island,” which was released in 2009. The movie’s initial title, “Deep Cove,” was eventually replaced with “Fear Island.”
Christie Will is the writer and director of the American romantic comedy film “Slightly Single in L.A.” with Haylie in it. December 2012 saw the release of the movie.
Honors & Accomplishments of Haylie Duff
For her role in “The Addams Family Reunion,” Haylie Duff won the 1999 Young Artist Award for Best Supporting Young Actress.
In 2005, she was given her first Teen Choice Award for her performance as Summer Wheatley in the feature picture Napoleon Dynamite.
Individual Life of Haylie Duff
Haylie Duff stated in 2009 that she considers herself to be more spiritual than religious. “There are many aspects of Christianity that I support and many aspects that I oppose. Although I don’t often attend church, I do believe that I have strong personal convictions,” she remarked in an interview.
She told Matt Rosenberg she was engaged in April 2014. At the time of their engagement, the pair had been dating for over a year. On May 11, 2015, Ryan Ava Erhard, their daughter, was born.
Random Facts of Haylie Duff
She was listed among the top 100 most attractive women in the world on Maxim’s 2007 list, and she adorned the magazine’s cover in 2006.
In her free time, she maintains a food blog and enjoys cooking and eating.
Net worth of Haylie Duff
The estimated net worth of Haylie Duff is about $1 million.