The project tanked when Hilary and the network differed on their vision for adult Lizzie. After years of being identified with the character, and multiple passes on offers to reboot her, she agreed to revisit Lizzie in a series for Disney+. As a child star on Lizzie McGuire, she was the quintessential everygirl, as warm as she was vulnerable. Hilary’s appeal as an actress has always been her easy familiarity. “I’ve gotten to a place of being peaceful with the changes my body has gone through.” A deviled egg, which she made this morning because her chickens are laying, waits on her plate as Mom’s version of a treat. “We eat butter in this house, and olive oil, and sodium, and sugar,” says Hilary, taking a bite of a turkey, arugula, and pickle sandwich. And food is a big source of that happiness.

It’s hard to leave a place that’s held such joy. It’s stroller and car-seat city, scooters everywhere.”īut this is the house where she recovered from her 2016 divorce, where she learned to parent Luca as a single mom, where she eventually wed Koma on the front lawn, and where their girls were born. “We’re busting at the seams here,” she says. She worries her days in this house are numbered-her family, which also includes musician husband Matthew Koma, three dogs (including a 130-pound Saint Bernard), and seven chickens, has outgrown it. When Mae was born, the baby took over her office, so now Hilary’s bedroom is her last sanctuary. Besides Banks, she has son Luca, 10, from her previous marriage to retired hockey player Mike Comrie, and daughter Mae, 1. At 34 years old, she’s the mother of three children.

But who can deny a little indulgence in the face of such ingenuity?īanks scampers out of view on Zoom, and Hilary, left alone in her bright and airy bedroom, shakes her head affectionately.

Banks says yes, though her mother suspects otherwise. “Did you eat any vegetables for lunch?” Hilary asks. “Can I have a treat?” The child tilts her blonde head to one side as her mother looks upon her with amusement. “I have an idea…” says Hilary Duff’s 3-year-old daughter, Banks, her finger tapping her mouth. Now she’s focused on what makes her feel happy and whole and content-on the inside. The actress spent years trying to live up to Hollywood’s standards.

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