HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Hilary Duff is about to add some drama to the Upper East Side.
The 21-year-old singer and actress has signed on to appear in multiple episodes of "Gossip Girl," Entertainment Weekly reports.
Duff will portray a movie star named Olivia Burke who is in search of the total college experience. That leads her to NYU, where she enrolls alongside Blair (Leighton Meester), Dan (Penn Badgley) and Vanessa (Jessica Szohr), who becomes her roomie.
Duff will make her debut on the hit CW series in the fourth episode of the new season, which is scheduled to air Oct. 5.
In November, NBC announced that it had inked a talent and development deal with Duff, but the network later passed on her comedy pilot, "Barely Legal."
"Hilary is an incredibly versatile talent with a huge following whose career we know will continue to soar on NBC," Teri Weinberg, Executive Vice President of NBC Entertainment said in a statement at the time. "We are confident we will develop great ideas that would feature her vast talents and are thrilled to have this opportunity."
Duff, who starred on "Lizzie McGuire" from 2001-2004, has mainly focused on her film career in recent years. Her upcoming movies include "Stay Cool" and "The Story of Bonnie and Clyde."
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