Paris Hilton Biography

Fast Facts

• Earned a Teen Choice Award for Best Scream in the 2005 horror film "House of Wax," along with nominations for Choice Breakout and Best Frightened Performance a the MTV Movie Awards
• Attended the Canterbury School, a Connecticut boarding school, transferred to the Dwight School in New York City before dropping out to get her high school GED
• Heiress of Rick and Kathy Hilton of the Hilton Hotel and real estate dynasty
• Began a well-financed campaign to put herself in the public eye and obtain celebrity status, on screen, on TV and in music
• In 2004, started her own music label, Heiress Records
• Media named Hilton "New York's leading It Girl" in 2001
• Originally sentenced to serve a 45-day sentence in jail but was released from the facility in California after only 22 days
• Wears blue-colored contact lenses, and is a natural brunette
• In high school, landed lead roles in school plays "The Diary of Anne Frank" and "Annie․"
• Owns a chain of night clubs called Club Paris