   haylie katherine duff (born february 19, 1985) is an american actress, singer-songwriter, producer and food blogger. she is the older sister of actress and singer-songwriter hilary duff. she is best known on her role as sandy jameson in the television series 7th heaven (2005â07), as summer wheatley in napoleon dynamite (2004), and as annie nelson in the made-for-television films love takes wing and its sequel love finds a home (2009). ==early life== duff was born in houston, texas. she is two and a half years older than her sister, hilary. duff's mother, susan colleen (nÃ©e cobb) is a homemaker and film producer (co-executive producer of a cinderella story (2004) and producer of the perfect man (2005) and material girls (2006), as well as the manager of her sister hilary). her father, robert erhard "bob" duff, is a partner and owner in a chain of convenience stores with his father john b. duff and who resides at the family home in houston to maintain the family's business. she began her acting career as an offshoot of her early dance training. growing up in texas, duff began ballet at an early age. by the age of eight, duff landed a role in the houston metropolitan dance company's production of the nutcracker suite. ==career== ===acting=== duff's early career started by making guest appearances on made-for-television films such as hope{{disambi
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