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  3. Lizzie McGuire cast: Where are they now?

Lizzie McGuire cast: Where are they now?

By Madeline Boardman and Sydney Bucksbaum Updated September 06, 2022 at 06:24 AM EDT
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Lizzie McGuire, then and now

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Hey now, hey now—can you believe it's been almost 20 years since Lizzie McGuire ended? We can't—especially after being so close to seeing her again! In August 2019, Disney+ announced it was bringing the iconic teen comedy back into our lives, as the streaming service was set to launch the Lizzie McGuire revival series featuring most of the original stars. Production began months later, only to grind to a halt in January 2020. In a 2022 interview with Women's Health, the series' star Hilary Duff revealed that the reboot fell apart because Disney was not on board with authentic story lines befitting of a more mature McGuire.

While we may never know what Lizzie McGuire got up to in her 30s, we're still grateful we got to know her and the other characters at all, thanks to the ensemble cast assembled for Disney Channel's tween hit. But what have they all been up to since the original show ended? Find out, ahead.

Related: Hilary Duff wants to move the Lizzie McGuire revival series to Hulu—Disney+, listen up!

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Hilary Duff as Lizzie McGuire

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After picking up early credits in TV movies and videos, Hilary Duff hit the small screen in Lizzie McGuire in 2001, leading the series as its title teenage girl. Duff played McGuire for the length of the show's three-year run, going on to expand her résumé with big-screen turns in A Cinderella Story, Raise Your Voice, The Perfect Man, Material Girls, War, Inc., Stay Cool, and What Goes Up, as she continued her music career, racking up five studio albums. She had a six-episode arc on Gossip Girl, starred on Younger for seven seasons as Kelsey Peters, and leads the Hulu series How I Met Your Father.

Related: Hilary Duff admits there was a point where she 'couldn't stand Lizzie McGuire'

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Lalaine as Miranda Sanchez

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Lalaine starred opposite Duff as Lizzie McGuire's best friend, Miranda Sanchez. The actress, who got her start in TV movies, made an appearance in two episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer during Lizzie McGuire's run, also dropping her own studio album and EP during that time. After saying goodbye to Miranda, Lalaine earned credits for Her Best Move, Easy A, One Night Alone, The Man With the Red Balloon, and Definition Please, and episodes of the web series Off the Clock and Raymond & Lane.

Related: Lizzie McGuire's Hilary Duff, Lalaine, Jake Thomas reunite in photo

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Adam Lamberg as David "Gordo" Gordon

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Adam Lamberg rounded out Lizzie McGuire's main trio as Gordo. The actor, who earned prior credits for I'm Not Rappaport and Max Keeble's Big Move, played Lizzie's pal for three years, also starring alongside the gang in 2003's The Lizzie McGuire Movie. Lamberg wrapped his onscreen career soon after, picking up his final roles in 2005's When Do We Eat? and the 2008 indie Beautiful Loser. The former child star went on to attend the University of California, Berkeley and now does fundraising and special events consulting in New York City. The reboot series was going to be his return to acting.

Related: Hilary Duff remembers Lizzie McGuire 15 years later

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Hallie Todd as Jo McGuire

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Hallie Todd joined Lizzie McGuire as Lizzie's mom, Jo McGuire. She came into the part after racking up roles in Brothers, Going Places, Murder, She Wrote, and Life with Roger. While she took a bit of a break from her acting career, Todd appeared in the American Girl video Lea to the Rescue, as well as wrote and costarred in the wrestling drama The Last Champion.

Related: Hilary Duff reunites Lizzie McGuire cast for throwback table read of iconic bra episode

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Robert Carradine as Sam McGuire

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After appearing in The Cowboys, Orca, Coming Home, The Long Riders, The Big Red One, and Revenge of the Nerds, Robert Carradine played Lizzie's father, Sam McGuire. Following his run on the show, Carradine kept working, earning a long list of credits with appearances in Supercross, Tooth and Nail, Sex and Breakfast, Django Unchained, Justice, The Marshal, High Holiday, and many more.

Related: Every episode of Lizzie McGuire, ranked

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Jake Thomas as Matt McGuire

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Lizzie McGuire found its Matt McGuire in child star Jake Thomas. He played Lizzie's little brother after popping up in episodes of 3rd Rock From the Sun and Touched by an Angel, and playing Martin Swinton in A.I. Artificial Intelligence. Thomas went on to appear in episodes of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Cory in the House, Cold Case, House, Ghost Whisperer, Criminal Minds, NCIS, CSI: NY, Storytellers, S.W.A.T., and more.

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Ashlie Brillault as Kate Sanders

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Ashlie Brillault made her onscreen debut as Lizzie McGuire's Kate Sanders, the school's resident popular girl. During the show's run, she hit the big screen in The Lizzie McGuire Movie and appeared in an episode of One on One. She ended her acting career in 2004, turning her focus to law. Brillault earned a law degree from the University of Denver and went on to pursue a career in the field.

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Clayton Snyder as Ethan Craft

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Clayton Snyder had a memorable turn in Lizzie McGuire as school hottie Ethan Craft. Snyder took a few years off after his debut role to attend high school and college, returning to acting in recent years with gigs in NCIS, Rules of Engagement, Hit Women, and Edgar Allan Poe's Murder Mystery Dinner Party, Mondays, Wayward Guide, and more.

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