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{{Infobox dancer

|name = Madison "Maddie" Nicole Ziegler

|image = File:Maddie Ziegler ~~2024~~.jpg

|image = File:Maddie Ziegler 2025.jpg

|gender = Female

|age = {{age|2002|09|30}}

|birthdate = September 30, 2002

|nationality = American

|hometown = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

|hometown = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania California

|height = 5'7”

|eye color = Blue

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|pets = Maliboo (dog; deceased) Molly (dog; deceased) Boots (dog) Peanut (cat; rehomed)

|nicknames = Maddie Mads Maddog Mini Sia

}}'''Madison Nicole "Maddie" Ziegler''', (born on September 30, 2002 to Melissa Gisoni and Kurt Ziegler), is an American dancer, actress, model, and television personality. Maddie’s rise to fame began at the age of seven when she competed on the CBS televised dance competition (judged by famous dancers such as Paula Abdul), ''Live to Dance''. Although her episode never aired due the show's early cancellation, there are clips of her performing on the show online. One year later, Maddie had another television opportunity when her mother signed her, as well as her younger sister [[Mackenzie]], onto Lifetime's popular reality television show ''Dance Moms''. The show follows young girls and their mothers across the United States to various dance competitions.

}}'''Madison Nicole "Maddie" Ziegler''', (born on September 30, 2002 to Melissa Gisoni and Kurt Ziegler), is an American dancer, actress, model, and television personality. She is also the real life sister of [[Mackenzie Ziegler]]. Maddie’s rise to fame began at the age of seven when she competed on the CBS televised dance competition (judged by famous dancers such as Paula Abdul), ''Live to Dance''. Although her episode never aired due the show's early cancellation, there are clips of her performing on the show online. One year later, Maddie had another television opportunity when her mother signed her, as well as her younger sister [[Mackenzie]], onto Lifetime's popular reality television show ''Dance Moms''. The show follows young girls and their mothers across the United States to various dance competitions.

Maddie's most famous work includes starring in Sia's music ~~video~~ "''Elastic Heart''" alongside actor Shia LaBeouf. The music video has gotten much negative reception, with many critics and viewers claiming that the intimate choreography between the two stars could be viewed as pedophilia. Sia has clarified that she did not intend for it to come across this way, and that Maddie and Shia are both supposed to be portray in werewolves you have been trying to escape the cage enclosure they are trapped in for years. However, both the "''Chandelier''" and "''Elastic Heart''" music videos have made Ziegler into a worldwide dancing phenomenon.She even starred in Sia's "''Big Girls Cry''" music video. As of April 2017, "Chandelier" music video has over 1.5 billion views and is the 16th most viewed YouTube video of all time. Around this time, Maddie performed on the Ellen DeGeneres Show again, as well as Saturday Night Live. Maddie also began working on her acting in 2015, having felt inspired by her emotional work in the Sia videos. She gave a small dance performance in the popular teen drama ''Pretty Little Liars'', which was followed by acting parts in the shows ''Austin and Ally'' and ''Nicky, Ricky, Dicky, and Dawn''.

Maddie's most famous work includes starring in Sia's music videos. One of those videos was "''Chandelier''" and another was "''Elastic Heart''" alongside actor Shia LaBeouf. The latter music video has gotten much negative reception, with many critics and viewers claiming that the intimate choreography between the two stars could be viewed as pedophilia. Sia has clarified that she did not intend for it to come across this way, and that Maddie and Shia are both supposed to be portray in werewolves you have been trying to escape the cage enclosure they are trapped in for years. However, both the "''Chandelier''" and "''Elastic Heart''" music videos have made Ziegler into a worldwide dancing phenomenon. She even starred in Sia's "''Big Girls Cry''" music video. As of April 2017, "Chandelier" music video has over 1.5 billion views and is the 16th most viewed YouTube video of all time. Around this time, Maddie performed on the ''Ellen DeGeneres Show'' again, as well as ''Saturday Night Live''. Maddie also began working on her acting in 2015, having felt inspired by her emotional work in the Sia videos. She gave a small dance performance in the popular teen drama ''Pretty Little Liars'', which was followed by acting parts in the shows ''Austin and Ally'' and ''Nicky, Ricky, Dicky, and Dawn''.

In January 2016, Maddie won the People's Choice Award for DailyMail's Seriously Popular. Though at first she denied it, it was made official that the sixth season of Dance Moms will be her last; as Maddie & Mackenzie are leaving the show after that season. The official announcement was made in February 2016. Shortly after, Maddie was hired as the judge for ''So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation''. Maddie wrote her own autobiography called ''The Maddie Diaries'', which quickly became a New York Times bestseller. Also in 2016, Maddie began working on her film career. The first to be released was an animated movie called ''Ballerina'', in which she voiced the role of Camille. ''The Book of Henry'', Ziegler's first live-action film, was released in 2017. She held a lead role in the film as pre-teen Christina Sickleman. In addition to these two films, Maddie is set to star in Sia's upcoming movie entitled ''Sister'', in which she will play the autistic sister of a drug dealer. In September 2017, Sia released a new video for Rainbow---a song track for My Little Pony's movie, while Maddie starred in it.

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! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Place Awards

|-

~~| rowspan="1"~~ |2008

|2008

|To Be a Star

|Ballet

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|[[Abby Lee Miller]]

|iHollywood Nationals (LA)

|2nd in Mini Solos Platinum

|2nd in Mini Solos Platinum iHollywood Mini Female A-Lister

|-

| rowspan="2" |Manhattan

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|Regional Petite Miss StarQuest

|-

| rowspan="36" |2012

| rowspan="37" |2012

|Starpower (Woodbridge I)

|2nd in Age 9-11 Power Solos Regional Junior Miss Starpower

|-

|unknown

|Starbound (Nutley)

|Regional Little Miss Starbound

|-

|Airmail Special

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|Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)

|1st in Junior Solos

|1st in Junior Solos Titanium Award

|-

|Lifeline

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|1st in Preteen Solos 1st Overall

|-

| rowspan="6" |2016

| rowspan="7" |2016

|Bond Girl

|Jazz

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|1st in Senior Solos 1st Overall

|-

| rowspan="2" |The People's Choice

| rowspan="3" |The People's Choice

| rowspan="2" |Lyrical

| rowspan="3" |Lyrical

| rowspan="2" |unknown

| rowspan="3" |unknown

|Dream NDC (Placentia)

|1st in Teen Solos 1st Overall

|-

|Sheer Talent (Nationals)

|Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)

|Special Performance

|-

|Sheer Talent Nationals

|4th in Teen Solos Platinum Special Performance

|-

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==Dance Titles==

*Regional Small Fry Miss Dance Educators of America 2009

*National Small Fry Miss Dance Educators of America 2009

*National Petite Miss Fire & Ice 2009

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*Regional NYCDA Mini Female Outstanding Dancer 2011

*Regional WCDE Elite Mini Dancer 2011

*Regional JUMP Mini Female VIP 2011

*Regional NUVO Mini Female Breakout Artist 2011

*Regional Hollywood Vibe Junior Dancer of the Year 2011

*Regional Petite Miss Starpower 2011

*Regional Petite Miss Starpower 2011 (different location)

*Regional Petite Miss StarQuest 2011

*National Little Miss Starbound 2011

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*National Petite Miss Starpower 2011 (different location)

*National Small Fry Miss Dance Educators of America 2011

* National iHollywood Mini Female A-Lister 2011

*National iHollywood Mini Female A-Lister 2011

*Regional JUMP Mini Female VIP 2012

*Regional WCDE Elite Mini Dancer 2012

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*3rd - National Junior Female Best Dancer 2015

*Runner-Up Regional Radix Female Teen Core Performer 2016

==Choreographer Credits==

===Solo===

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! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Year

! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Dancer

! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Dance Name

! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Dance Style

|-

|2017

|Herself

|Cellophane

|Contemporary

|}

===Duet===

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! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Year

! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Dancers

! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Dance Name

! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Dance Style

|-

|2012

|Herself & [[Chloe Lukasiak]]

|Dream

|Lyrical

|}

==Awards and Nominations==

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 {{Infobox dancer
 |name = Madison "Maddie" Nicole Ziegler
-|image = File:Maddie Ziegler 2024.jpg
+|image = File:Maddie Ziegler 2025.jpg
 |gender = Female
 |age = {{age|2002|09|30}}
 |birthdate = September 30, 2002
 |nationality = American
-|hometown = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
+|hometown = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania <br> California
 |height = 5'7”
 |eye color = Blue
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 |pets = Maliboo (dog; deceased) <br> Molly (dog; deceased) <br> Boots (dog) <br> Peanut (cat; rehomed)
 |nicknames = Maddie <br> Mads <br> Maddog <br> Mini Sia
-}}'''Madison Nicole "Maddie" Ziegler''', (born on September 30, 2002 to Melissa Gisoni and Kurt Ziegler), is an American dancer, actress, model, and television personality. Maddie’s rise to fame began at the age of seven when she competed on the CBS televised dance competition (judged by famous dancers such as Paula Abdul), ''Live to Dance''. Although her episode never aired due the show's early cancellation, there are clips of her performing on the show online. One year later, Maddie had another television opportunity when her mother signed her, as well as her younger sister [[Mackenzie]], onto Lifetime's popular reality television show ''Dance Moms''. The show follows young girls and their mothers across the United States to various dance competitions.
+}}'''Madison Nicole "Maddie" Ziegler''', (born on September 30, 2002 to Melissa Gisoni and Kurt Ziegler), is an American dancer, actress, model, and television personality. She is also the real life sister of [[Mackenzie Ziegler]]. Maddie’s rise to fame began at the age of seven when she competed on the CBS televised dance competition (judged by famous dancers such as Paula Abdul), ''Live to Dance''. Although her episode never aired due the show's early cancellation, there are clips of her performing on the show online. One year later, Maddie had another television opportunity when her mother signed her, as well as her younger sister [[Mackenzie]], onto Lifetime's popular reality television show ''Dance Moms''. The show follows young girls and their mothers across the United States to various dance competitions.
-Maddie's most famous work includes starring in Sia's music video "''Elastic Heart''" alongside actor Shia LaBeouf. The music video has gotten much negative reception, with many critics and viewers claiming that the intimate choreography between the two stars could be viewed as pedophilia. Sia has clarified that she did not intend for it to come across this way, and that Maddie and Shia are both supposed to be portray in werewolves you have been trying to escape the cage enclosure they are trapped in for years. However, both the "''Chandelier''" and "''Elastic Heart''" music videos have made Ziegler into a worldwide dancing phenomenon.She even starred in Sia's "''Big Girls Cry''" music video. As of April 2017, "Chandelier" music video has over 1.5 billion views and is the 16th most viewed YouTube video of all time. Around this time, Maddie performed on the Ellen DeGeneres Show again, as well as Saturday Night Live. Maddie also began working on her acting in 2015, having felt inspired by her emotional work in the Sia videos. She gave a small dance performance in the popular teen drama ''Pretty Little Liars'', which was followed by acting parts in the shows ''Austin and Ally'' and ''Nicky, Ricky, Dicky, and Dawn''.
+Maddie's most famous work includes starring in Sia's music videos. One of those videos was "''Chandelier''" and another was "''Elastic Heart''" alongside actor Shia LaBeouf. The latter music video has gotten much negative reception, with many critics and viewers claiming that the intimate choreography between the two stars could be viewed as pedophilia. Sia has clarified that she did not intend for it to come across this way, and that Maddie and Shia are both supposed to be portray in werewolves you have been trying to escape the cage enclosure they are trapped in for years. However, both the "''Chandelier''" and "''Elastic Heart''" music videos have made Ziegler into a worldwide dancing phenomenon. She even starred in Sia's "''Big Girls Cry''" music video. As of April 2017, "Chandelier" music video has over 1.5 billion views and is the 16th most viewed YouTube video of all time. Around this time, Maddie performed on the ''Ellen DeGeneres Show'' again, as well as ''Saturday Night Live''. Maddie also began working on her acting in 2015, having felt inspired by her emotional work in the Sia videos. She gave a small dance performance in the popular teen drama ''Pretty Little Liars'', which was followed by acting parts in the shows ''Austin and Ally'' and ''Nicky, Ricky, Dicky, and Dawn''.
 In January 2016, Maddie won the People's Choice Award for DailyMail's Seriously Popular. Though at first she denied it, it was made official that the sixth season of Dance Moms will be her last; as Maddie & Mackenzie are leaving the show after that season. The official announcement was made in February 2016. Shortly after, Maddie was hired as the judge for ''So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation''. Maddie wrote her own autobiography called ''The Maddie Diaries'', which quickly became a New York Times bestseller. Also in 2016, Maddie began working on her film career. The first to be released was an animated movie called ''Ballerina'', in which she voiced the role of Camille. ''The Book of Henry'', Ziegler's first live-action film, was released in 2017. She held a lead role in the film as pre-teen Christina Sickleman. In addition to these two films, Maddie is set to star in Sia's upcoming movie entitled ''Sister'', in which she will play the autistic sister of a drug dealer. In September 2017, Sia released a new video for Rainbow---a song track for My Little Pony's movie, while Maddie starred in it.
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 ! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Place Awards
 |-
-| rowspan="1" |2008
+|2008
 |To Be a Star
 |Ballet
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 |[[Abby Lee Miller]]
 |iHollywood Nationals (LA)
-|2<sup>nd</sup> in Mini Solos<br />Platinum
+|2<sup>nd</sup> in Mini Solos<br />Platinum<br />iHollywood Mini Female A-Lister
 |-
 | rowspan="2" |Manhattan
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 |Regional Petite Miss StarQuest
 |-
-| rowspan="36" |2012
+| rowspan="37" |2012
 |Starpower (Woodbridge I)
 |2<sup>nd</sup> in Age 9-11 Power Solos<br />Regional Junior Miss Starpower
+|-
+|unknown
+|unknown
+|unknown
+|Starbound (Nutley)
+|Regional Little Miss Starbound
 |-
 |Airmail Special
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 |-
 |Sheer Talent<br />Nationals (Las Vegas)
-|1<sup>st</sup> in Junior Solos
+|1<sup>st</sup> in Junior Solos<br />Titanium Award
 |-
 |Lifeline
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 |1<sup>st</sup> in Preteen Solos<br />1<sup>st</sup> Overall
 |-
-| rowspan="6" |2016
+| rowspan="7" |2016
 |Bond Girl
 |Jazz
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 |1<sup>st</sup> in Senior Solos<br />1<sup>st</sup> Overall
 |-
-| rowspan="2" |The People's Choice
+| rowspan="3" |The People's Choice
-| rowspan="2" |Lyrical
+| rowspan="3" |Lyrical
-| rowspan="2" |unknown
+| rowspan="3" |unknown
 |Dream NDC (Placentia)
 |1<sup>st</sup> in Teen Solos<br />1<sup>st</sup> Overall
 |-
-|Sheer Talent (Nationals)
+|Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)
+|Special Performance
+|-
+|Sheer Talent Nationals
 |4<sup>th</sup> in Teen Solos<br />Platinum<br />Special Performance
 |-
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 ==Dance Titles==
+*Regional Small Fry Miss Dance Educators of America 2009
 *National Small Fry Miss Dance Educators of America 2009
 *National Petite Miss Fire & Ice 2009
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 *Regional NYCDA Mini Female Outstanding Dancer 2011
 *Regional WCDE Elite Mini Dancer 2011
+*Regional JUMP Mini Female VIP 2011
+*Regional NUVO Mini Female Breakout Artist 2011
 *Regional Hollywood Vibe Junior Dancer of the Year 2011
+*Regional Petite Miss Starpower 2011
+*Regional Petite Miss Starpower 2011 (different location)
 *Regional Petite Miss StarQuest 2011
 *National Little Miss Starbound 2011
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 *National Petite Miss Starpower 2011 (different location)
 *National Small Fry Miss Dance Educators of America 2011
-* National iHollywood Mini Female A-Lister 2011
+*National iHollywood Mini Female A-Lister 2011
 *Regional JUMP Mini Female VIP 2012
 *Regional WCDE Elite Mini Dancer 2012
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 *3rd - National Junior Female Best Dancer 2015
 *Runner-Up Regional Radix Female Teen Core Performer 2016
+==Choreographer Credits==
+===Solo===
+{| class="mw-collapsible mw-uncollapsed wikitable sortable" data-expandtext="Show" data-collapsetext="Hide" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="width:99%; font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
+|-
+! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Year
+! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Dancer
+! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Dance Name
+! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Dance Style
+|-
+|2017
+|Herself
+|Cellophane
+|Contemporary
+|}
+===Duet===
+{| class="mw-collapsible mw-uncollapsed wikitable sortable" data-expandtext="Show" data-collapsetext="Hide" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="width:99%; font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
+|-
+! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Year
+! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Dancers
+! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Dance Name
+! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Dance Style
+|-
+|2012
+|Herself & [[Chloe Lukasiak]]
+|Dream
+|Lyrical
+|}
 ==Awards and Nominations==