Show: The Disney Channel’s “Lizzie McGuire”
Date of birth: Sept. 28, 1987
Place of birth: Houston
Length of time in current gig: Began filming “Lizzie McGuire” at age 13, in September 2000. She left the production after 65 episodes, which continue to roll out as “premiere events” on The Disney Channel.
Breakout moment: When “The Lizzie McGuire Movie” made double its production cost in only four weeks in spring 2003.
Who knew? Ms. Duff approves all business decisions related to her merchandising empire and once nixed a Hilary Duff swimsuit idea, saying it looked “really obnoxious.”