Hilary was discovered as a
child by producer Suzy Sachs, who coached her in acting. When she was nine years
old she starred in her first play as "Mowgli" in "The Jungle Book."
She began to appear regularly in local theater and school plays. She went to school
in Bellingham, where she lived with her family, until she was 16. She competed
in the Junior Olympics and Washington State championships in swimming; she ranked
5th in the state in all-around gymnastics (which would come in handy for starring
in Next Karate Kid, The (1994) years later).
In
1990, Hilary and her mother moved to Los Angeles, where she enrolled in South
Pasadena High School, and started acting professionally. She appeared in Buffy
the Vampire Slayer (1992) but Next Karate Kid, The (1994) where she got the part
competing against hundreds of other actresses was her breakout role. Ever since
then she has been much in demand, and has worked non-stop in movies. She won the
Best Actress Oscar for Boys Don't Cry (1999). Offscreen, she married Chad Lowe
on September 28, 1997. An aficionado for anything that involves the outdoors,
she enjoys: sky diving, river rafting, and skiing.
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