Hilary Duff is an American actress, singer, and an author who rose to instant fame with her lead role in Disney’s comedy series, ‘Lizzie McGuire’ (2001-04). She was only 13 when she began to shoot for ‘Lizzie McGuire’. The series became so popular that ‘Disney’ decided to adapt it into a movie—‘The Lizzie McGuire Movie’ came in 2003, and proved a hit!
Her debut movie was ‘Casper Meets Wendy’ (1998), and her list of successful movies include ‘Agent Cody Banks’ (2003), ‘Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), ‘A Cinderella Story’ (2004), ‘Raise Your Voice’ (2004), ‘The Perfect Man’ (2005), ‘Cheaper by the Dozen 2’ (2005), ‘According to Greta’ (2009), ‘Bloodworth’ (2011), ‘She Wants Me’ (2012) etc.
She has also appeared in TV series like ‘Frasier’ (2004), ‘Ghost Whisperer’ (2009), ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’ (2009), ‘Gossip Girl’ (2009), ‘Community’ (2010), ‘Two and a Half Men’ (2013), ‘The Talk’ (2016-17).
She also has also appeared in several unsuccessful movies which include ‘Material Girls’ (2006), ‘Stay Cool’ (2009), ‘Flock of Dudes’ (2016) etc. Her highest grossing movie till date remains to be ‘Cheaper by the Dozen’.
She is currently starring in television series ‘Younger’ (2015) in the main role.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
