Haylie Duff

Haylie Duff
Duff at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival
Born
Haylie Katherine Duff

(1985-02-19) February 19, 1985 (age 38)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
  • television personality
Years active1997–present
Partner(s)Matt Rosenberg (2012–present; engaged)
Children2
RelativesHilary Duff (sister)
Websiterealgirlskitchen.com

Haylie Katherine Duff (born February 19, 1985) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Sandy Jameson in the television series 7th Heaven, Amy Sanders in Lizzie McGuire and Summer Wheatley in Napoleon Dynamite. An avid food blogger, Duff had her own cooking show, The Real Girl's Kitchen, in 2014. She is the older sister of Hilary Duff.

Early life

The older sister of Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff was born in Houston, Texas. Duff's mother, Susan Colleen Duff (née Cobb) is a film producer who was a co-executive producer of A Cinderella Story (2004), a producer of The Perfect Man (2005) and Material Girls (2006), and the manager of Hilary; she was previously a homemaker. Her father, Robert Erhard "Bob" Duff, a partner and owner in a chain of convenience stores with his father, John B. Duff, 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 the age of eight, Duff landed a role in the Houston Metropolitan Dance Company's production of The Nutcracker Suite.

Career

Acting

Duff in the cast of Hairspray performing "Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now" during a street performance of the song

Duff's early career started by making guest appearances on made-for-television films such as True Women and on TV series 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 Sanders on Lizzie McGuire. In 2004, Duff made a guest appearance 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 as Summer Wheatley in Napoleon Dynamite. The film earned her first Teen Choice Award win. She continued making guest appearances, which include Joan of Arcadia and American Dreams. She also lent her voice talent to the Christmas animation film In Search of Santa which again, featured sister Hilary. In 2005, Duff joined the cast of the television series 7th Heaven, playing Sandy Jameson, best friend to Simon's girlfriend Rose.

In June 2006, Duff joined the Broadway cast of Hairspray, portraying mean girl Amber Von Tussle, and left the role in early October 2006.

Duff has also starred in Material Girls with sister Hilary, where she is credited as co-producer, with her mother and sister credited as producers. Following Material Girls, Duff appeared in various made-for-television or straight-to-DVD films including Nightmare, My Sexiest Year, Legacy, Backwoods, Love Takes Wing, Love Finds a Home and My Nanny's Secret.

Between 2008 and 2015, Duff appeared in various films and TV roles, including; Fear Island, Tug and Slightly Single in L.A. She lent her voice to the animated film Foodfight!, but due to distribution issues, the film was delayed for years until it finally saw a release in 2012. Duff hosted the reality show Legally Blonde: The Musical – The Search for Elle Woods, which searched for an actress to take over the lead role in Legally Blonde: The Musical where she had been in the chorus. She was also listed as an executive producer of the series. Duff's project was the film Badge of Honor in 2015.

Music

Duff has recorded numerous singles for various soundtracks with her sister, with most of them appearing on the Disneymania discs. Notable soundtracks include: 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. She is also featured on song "Babysitting Is a Bum Deal" on the album Family Guy: Live in Las Vegas, singing a duet with Seth MacFarlane as his character Stewie. In addition to singing, Duff has also written and co-written several songs for her sister Hilary's first two studio albums, Metamorphosis and her self titled second album. She also contributed the whistling to Hilary’s song "Sparks" from her album Breathe In. Breathe Out.

After signing with Hollywood Records, Duff planned on releasing "Screwed" in August 2004 as her debut solo single. When Paris Hilton revealed she had also recorded a version for her debut album, Duff claimed that she had procured the rights from the songwriters prior and attempted to block her from releasing the song. Hilton's version was leaked onto radio airplay before their management teams could settle the dispute, and Duff's team decided not to pursue the case further. In 2008, Duff's debut album, Walk the Walk, was scheduled to be released later in the year. The album included "Holiday" as its lead single, "Walk the Walk" as its title track, "Faded", "Crush", and "Just a Minute"; however, it was never released and Duff parted with Hollywood Records. The song "Holiday" was later re-recorded by Hilary Duff and released on her greatest hits album Best of Hilary Duff.

Other ventures

In 2012 she started her own blog called Real Girl's Kitchen, which was later picked up by the Cooking Channel and made into a show in 2014. In 2013, Duff released her first book called "The Real Girl's Kitchen". In 2017 Haylie started her own children's fashion line called Little Moon Society.

Personal life

Haylie and Hilary at the premiere of War, Inc., in 2008

In 2009, Duff stated, "I am a Christian, but I also don't really see myself as a religious person. I see myself as more of a spiritual person. There are a lot of things that I do agree with in Christianity and things that I don't agree with. I'm not a regular churchgoer, but I do think that I have my own beliefs that I feel strongly about."

In April 2014, Duff announced her engagement to Matt Rosenberg after a year and a half of dating. She and Rosenberg have two daughters.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Hope Martha Jean Pruitt
1998 Addams Family Reunion Gina Adams
2000 Dreams in the Attic Jessica
2003 The Newman Shower Wendy Short film
The Lizzie McGuire Movie Isabella Parigi (singing voice)
2004 In Search of Santa Princess Lucinda
Napoleon Dynamite Summer Wheatley
2005 I Love Your Work Fran
2006 Material Girls Ava Marchetta
Dishdogz Cassidy
2007 My Sexiest Year Debbie
2008 Legacy Lana Stephens Also known as Pretty Little Devils
2009 Fear Island Jenna / Megan Anderson
My Nanny's Secret Claudia
2010 Tug Kim
2011 Video Girl Khloe
2012 Foodfight! Sweet Cakes Voice role
Golden Winter Rory
The Lost Episode Megan
All About Christmas Eve Eve Wright TV movie
2013 Taken by Grace Carrie Everett
Slightly Single in L.A. Jill
Christmas Belle Isabella
2014 The Wedding Pact Elizabeth Carter
The Costume Shop Jessica
Muffin Top: A Love Story Jessica
A Belle for Christmas Kate
Naughty & Nice Sandra
2015 Desecrated Allie McClean
Badge of Honor Brittany Gallo
His Secret Family Sarah Goodman
2016 The Adventures of Panda Warrior GoGo Goat (voice: English dub)
2017 The Sandman Claire TV movie
The Bachelor Next Door Alex
The Lease Julia McNeil
Hacker Laura O'Brien
2021 The Baby Pact Elizabeth Becker
2022 My Sweet Monster Princess Barbara Voice role


Television

Year Film Role Notes
1997 True Women Elle Recurring role
1999 The Amanda Show Girl in Crowd Episode: "Talent Contest"
2000 Chicago Hope Jenny Episode: "Boys Will Be Girls"
2001 Boston Public Sylvia Episodes: "Chapter Nine" and "Chapter Sixteen"
2002–2003 Lizzie McGuire Amy Sanders Episodes: "Party Over Here", "Xtreme Xmas" and "Clue-Less"
2003 Third Watch Young Faith Episode: "Collateral Damage: Part 1"
American Dreams Shangri-La Episode: "Change a Comin"
2004 That's So Raven Katina Episode: "He's Got the Power"
One on One Mandy Episode: "Lost in the Headlights"
2005 Complete Savages Jessica Episode: "Save a Dance for Me"
Joan of Arcadia Stevie Marx Recurring role
2005–2007 7th Heaven Sandy Jameson Main role
2007 Nightmare Molly Duggan Television film
2008 Backwoods Lee
2009 Love Takes Wing Dr. Annie Nelson
Love Finds a Home Dr. Annie Watson
2011 Holiday Engagement Trisha "Trish" Burns
2012 Home Invasion Jade / Megan
Napoleon Dynamite Summer Wheatley Recurring role; voice
The Secret Life of the American Teenager Attorney Episode: "Lies and Byes"
Massholes Fictional Haylie Duff Episodes: "Rondo to Garnett" and "Brokeback Boston"
Blackout Suzanne Danfield Main role
All About Christmas Eve Eve / Evelyn Wright Television film
2013 Hats Off to Christmas! Mia
Christmas Belle Belle
2014 Sweet Surrender Chelsea
Naughty and Nice Dr. Sandra Love
Til Death Do Us Part Sarah
2014–2015 The Real Girl's Kitchen Host
2016–present Haylie's America
2016 The Bad Twin Dr. Jennifer Burgess Television film
2017 Real Rob Allison 3 episodes
2018 Deadly Delusion Julia McNeil Television film
2021 Blending Christmas Emma

Stage

Year Title Role
2006 Hairspray Amber Von Tussle
2010 Love, Loss, and What I Wore Amanda

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Peak
chart
positions
Album
AUS
CAN
"Our Lips Are Sealed"
(with Hilary Duff)
2004 8 7 A Cinderella Story
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

As featured artist

List of singles
Title Year Album
"On the Rise Again"
(Kool G Rap featuring Haylie Duff)
2008 Half a Klip

Other appearances

Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"Same Old Christmas" 2002 Hilary Duff Santa Claus Lane
"The Siamese Cat Song" 2004 Disneymania 2
"Girl in the Band" The Lizzie McGuire Movie
"What Dreams Are Made Of" (Ballad version) Yani Gellman
"Sweetest Pain" Raising Helen
"A Whatever Life" Stuck in the Suburbs
"One in This World" A Cinderella Story
"Babysitting Is a Bum Deal" 2005 Seth MacFarlane Family Guy: Live in Vegas
"Material Girl" 2006 Hilary Duff Girl Next Vol.1

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director
Title Year Director
"Our Lips Are Sealed" 2004 Chris Applebaum

Songwriting credits

Title Year Performer Album Notes Ref.
"Sweet Sixteen" 2003 Hilary Duff Metamorphosis Co-writer
"Inner Strength" Writer
"Mr. James Dean" 004 Hilary Duff Co-writer
"Haters"
"The Last Song"
"Gypsy Woman" 2007 Dignity
"Holiday" 2008 Best of Hilary Duff

Bibliography

Year Book Publisher
2013 Real Girl's Kitchen Rarzobill Books

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Nominated work Result
1999 Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series or Series – Supporting Young Actress Addams Family Reunion Won
2005 Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Breakout Performance – Female Napoleon Dynamite
2006 TV – Choice Breakout Star 7th Heaven Nominated
2014 Stellae Awards Best Actress[citation needed] Taken by Grace Won

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