Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981) is an American celebutante, businesswoman, model, actress and recording artist. She is an heiress to a share of both the Hilton Hotel fortune and the real estate fortune of her father Richard Hilton. Hilton rose to fame around 2003, when her sex tape titled 1 Night in Paris appeared on the internet one week before the reality series The Simple Life began airing in December 2003. As an actress, she has appeared in several minor roles, most notably in the horror film House of Wax (2005). In 2006, she released her debut self-titled album Paris. Hilton has since garnered notoriety as a result of several legal incidents, the repercussions of which have caused Hilton to serve time in a correctional institution in 2007.
