Hilary Duff made her acting debut in the 1997 American Western CBS TV miniseries, ‘True Women’ where she starred as an uncredited extra. In 1998, she made her silver screen debut in the American fantasy comedy film ‘Casper Meets Wendy’ directed by Sean McNamara. The film was panned by critics and received a 17% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. In 2001, she starred as ‘Elizabeth "Lizzie" McGuire’ in the American comedy television series ‘Lizzie McGuire’ created by Terri Minsky. The series ran for 2 seasons and aired its final episode in 2004. She next appeared in the 2003 Harald Zwart-directed American spy comedy film ‘Agent Cody Banks.’ The film received a mixed response from critics and grossed over $58.8 million on a budget of $28 million. That same year, she also played the role of ‘Lorraine Baker’ in the American family comedy film ‘Cheaper by the Dozen’ directed by Shawn Levy. The film, despite opening to a mixed reception, managed to come out as a commercial success and grossed over $190.5 million on a budget of $40 million. In 2004, she portrayed ‘Samantha "Sam" Montgomery’ in the American teen romantic comedy film ‘A Cinderella Story’ directed by Mark Rosman. Even though the film received mostly negative reviews, it did decent business at the box office and grossed over $70.1 million on a budget of $19 million.Â
Duff was next seen in films like ‘The Perfect Man’ (2005), ‘Cheaper by the Dozen 2’ (2005), ‘Material Girls’ (2006), ‘War, Inc.’ (2008), ‘Stay Cool’ (2009), ‘What Goes Up’ (2009), ‘Beauty & the Briefcase’ (2010), ‘Bloodworth’ (2011), ‘She Wants Me’ (2012), ‘Wings’ (2012), and ‘Wings: Sky Force Heroes’ (2014). In 2015, she joined the main cast of the American comedy-drama television series ‘Younger’ as ‘Kelsey Peters.’ The series aired 84 episodes in a span of 7 seasons before going off-air in 2021. She next appeared in television series like ‘The Talk’ (2016-2017), ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ (2018), and ‘The Bachelor’ (2022). She was last seen playing the role of ‘Sophie Tompkins’ in the American sitcom ‘How I Met Your Father’ in 2022.
Human Nature is a romantic comedy drama film which tells the story of an obsessive scientist, and a female naturalist whose lives take an interesting turn after they discover a man who was born and raised in the wild.
After her mother’s third marriage, a rebellious and suicidal teen named Greta is sent to live with her maternal grandparents. She soon starts dating a young guy who works as a cook, but her grandparents are concerned due to his criminal past.
When Tom Baker, a father of twelve children, receives an offer to coach at his alma mater, he decides to accept it and relocates his entire family to his hometown. But before they can fully settle down, his wife goes off on a national tour to promote the book she has written. He must now balance his career dream and his responsibility towards his large family.
This film is a modern retelling of the popular folk story, Cinderella. The story is about a girl named Sam who is exploited by her stepmother and stepsisters. Her only friend is her online pen pal, Nomad, whom she decides to meet at a school dance.
After losing her brother in a car accident, Terri thinks of leaving her small town to attend a performing arts school in Los Angeles. Though her father forbids her from going, she leaves for Los Angeles, to spend a summer at the school.
A retired coach named Tom Baker, take his family on a vacation, to relax and spend time with his children, who are all growing up. However, they are all soon drawn into a battle with his old rival.
Lizzie McGuire joins her class on a pre-high-school trip to Rome, where she discovers her uncanny resemblance to Italian pop-star Isabella, famous half of the Paolo-Isabella duo. When Paolo and Isabella break-up, Paolo who seems quite infatuated with Lizzie, asks her to replace Isabella for upcoming concert. As Lizzie ponders over her new-found spotlight and Paolo’s attention, her family decides to fly over.
An American private corporation takes over a war-torn nation and hires a hitman to kill a local politician. The hitman is supposed to pose as the corporation’s trade show representative who must organize the wedding of a Middle Eastern pop star, which will allow him the opportunity to kill his target.
Holly is tired of her single mother having failed relationships one after another. Soon her mother starts receiving romantic emails from a secret admirer, unaware of the fact that this perfect man is actually a creation of her daughter who is trying to make her happy.
Cody Banks is trained to become a spy for the CIA, after which he is assigned to befriend a young woman Natalie. His task is to gain access to her scientist father, as he is working for an organization that is producing deadly nanobots.
This comedy film revolves around two wealthy sisters who are going to inherit their family’s cosmetics fortune. However, they are stripped of all their wealth, and are almost brought to the streets, due to a scandal that takes place.
When Lady X, the evil icon of Brand X, tries to take over the world, Dex Dogtective along with Daredevil Dan and Sunshine Goodness and other residents of a supermarket city, band together to stop her.
Playing by Heart is a romantic comedy drama film which revolves around eleven different characters, who are all related as they create a story of love, heartbreak, hope, acceptance and forgiveness.
