Paris Hilton Biography Filmography Awards

Paris Whitney Hilton was born February 17, 1981 in New York City, the eldest of four children of Richard Hilton and Kathy Richards. Her younger sister is Nicky Hilton, and her younger brothers are Barron Hilton and Conrad Hilton. Paris is an American celebrity and heiress of the Hilton Hotel fortune, as well as her father's real estate fortune. She is a socialite, model, entrepreneur, and actress.

On her mother's side of her family, Hilton is a niece of two popular child stars of the 1970s, Kim Richards and Kyle Richards, who appeared in the motion picture Escape to Witch Mountain and TV shows like Nanny and the Professor, Little House on the Prairie, and later, ER.

Her grandfather on paternal's side are hotel chairman Barron Hilton and his wife, the former Marilyn Hawley, and her paternal great-grandparents were Hilton Hotel founder Conrad Hilton and his first wife, Mary Barron. When Conrad Hilton died in 1979, he left nothing in his will to his children or other descendants. Barron Hilton contested this decision and won in 1988. According to Forbes magazine in 2005, the net worth of Barron Hilton is estimated at just over US $1 billion, of which Paris is expected to inherit a little over US $50 million.

After She graduated high school at the Dwight School in New York, Paris decided not to attend a university. A naturally brown-eyed curly brunette, Paris worked as a fashion model for Catherine Malandrino and Marc Bouwer, and on an ad campaign for Italian label Iceberg. She appeared in cameo roles in Zoolander (2001), The Cat in the Hat (2003) and Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004). Paris appeared in many other movies.

She was engaged to Tommy Hilfiger model Jason Shaw from mid 2002 to early 2003. On May 29, 2005 she anounced her engagement to Paris Latsis a Greek shipping heir. However, on October 1, 2005 Hilton announced that the five month engagement had been called off.

She is the founder of Heiress Records, a label on which she plans to release her debut album in 2006, tentatively titled Paris is Burning. Her planned first single entitled 'Screwed' was leaked to the Internet and has been remixed by Alex G. Her producers for the album include Jane Wiedlin from The Go-Go's and Scott Storch. She will be covering Blondie's hit "Heart of Glass" for her album. She describes the album as pop, rock and hip hop, she says it sounds like Blondie and Madonna. Hilton has announced in some interviews that her highly anticipated album is due in April 2006.

Filmography

Wishman (1991)
Sweetie Pie (2000)
Zoolander (2001)
One Night In Paris
Nine Lives (2002)
QIK2JDG (2002)
L.A. Knights (2003)
Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)
Wonderland (2003)
The Cat in the Hat (2003)
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004)
Raising Helen (2004)
The Hillz (2004)
House of Wax (2005)
National Lampoon's Pledge This! (2006)
Bottom's Up (2006)

Discography

TBD (2006)