Maddie Ziegler: Difference between revisions

|image = File:Maddie Ziegler 2021.jpg

|age = 20

|hometown = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

|height = 5'6"

|hair color = Blonde (currently) <br> Brown (naturally)

|profession = Actress <br> Author <br> Dancer <br> Model <br> Student

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

}}'''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 popular CBS televised dance competition (judged by famous dancers such as Paula Abdul), ''Live to Dance''. Although her episode never aired due the show's 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''.

In January 2016, Maddie won the People's Choice Award for Daily Mail'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 new 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.

In 2018, she was cast as the role of Velma in ''West Side Story''. It made it’s premiere in December of 2021, being named the "Greatest Film of the Year".

| rowspan="1" |2008

|1st in Novice Solos

Platinum

|DEA Nationals (New York City)

|Fire and Ice (Pittsburgh)

| rowspan="2" |Fire and Ice Nationals (Gatlinburg)

|National Petite Miss Fire and Ice

|Platinum

|1st in Small a fry Solos

Platinum

|Onstage New York (Pittsburgh)

|Gold

|did not place

| rowspan="8" |Sunshine and Lollipops

|1st in Petite Solos

Platinum

|2nd in Small Fry Solos

Platinum

|Dance Masters of Pennsylvania

|DMP Seven Springs

|Gold

|Fire and Ice (Pittsburgh)

|1st in Mini Solos

Diamond

|1st in Mini Solos

High Gold

|Onstage New York (Pittsburgh)

|1st in Mini Solos

Platinum

| rowspan="28" |2011

|Onstage New York (Pittsburgh)

|1st in Mini Tap

Exceptional Stage Presence Award

Platinum

| rowspan="2" |Starpower World Championship (Uncasville)

| rowspan="2" |Beautiful

| rowspan="2" |Lyrical

| rowspan="2" |[[Gianna Martello]]

| rowspan="2" |Starpower (Providence)

|1^st in Age 8 & Under Power Solos

|1st in 8 & Under Lyrical Solos

5 Stars

|iHollywood Nationals (Los Angeles)

|2nd in Mini Solos

Platinum

| rowspan="2" |Starbound Nationals (Lake Tahoe)

|Dance Masters of Pennsylvania

|1st in 7-8 Division

Platinum

|Platinum

Technique Award

|1st in Mini Solos

High Gold

| rowspan="3" |Universe

| rowspan="3" |Lyrical

| rowspan="3" |unknown

| rowspan="3" |Starpower World Championships (Orlando)

|1^st in Age 8 & Under Power Solos

|1st in 8 & Under Lyrical Solo

|National Petite Miss Starpower

|Hollywoodvibe (Pittsburgh)

|1st in Junior Solo

Platinum

|2nd in Mini Solos

Light Up the Stage Award

| rowspan="8" |Cry

| rowspan="8" |Lyrical

| rowspan="8" |[[Gianna Martello]]

| rowspan="4" |Onstage New York (Pittsburgh)

|5 Star Adjudication in Age 9-11 Power Solos

|Platinum

| rowspan="36" |2012

|2^nd in Age 9-11 Power Solos

|American Dance Alliance (Miami)

| rowspan="3" |Fire and Ice (Pittsburgh)

|1^st in Junior Solos

|N/A

|1^st in Junior Solos

|1^st in Petite Level II Solos

| rowspan="2" |Energy Nationals (Los Angeles)

| rowspan="23" |2013

|Masters of Dance Arts Nationals (New Orleans)

|Masters of Dance Arts (Fort Wayne)

|Masters of Dance Arts (Bernardsville)

| rowspan="7" |Leaving Berlin

| rowspan="7" |Lyrical

| rowspan="7" |unknown

|1^st in Mini Solos

|Onstage New York (Pittsburgh)

|Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)

|1^st in Junior Solos

|Masters of Dance Arts (Atlanta)

|Masters of Dance Arts (Buffalo)

|r

|1^st in Junior Solos

| rowspan="2" |Happiness

| rowspan="2" |Lyrical

| rowspan="2" |unknown

|1^st in Age 9-11 Power Solos

|1^st in Junior Solos

|Starbound Benefit (Atlantic City)

|Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)

|World Class Talent (Rockville)

|1^st in Preteen Solos

| rowspan="3" |Timeless

| rowspan="3" |Lyrical

| rowspan="3" |unknown

|Masters of Dance Arts (Detroit)

|Sheer Talent Nationals (Foxwoods)

|The Dance Awards Nationals (NYC)

|World Class Talent (Riverside)

|World Class Talent (Woodbridge)

|Sheer Talent Nationals (Foxwoods)

|1^st in Preteen Solos

| rowspan="6" |2016

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

| rowspan="2" |Lyrical

| rowspan="2" |unknown

|Sheer Talent (Nationals)

|4^th in Teen Solos<br />Platinum

|Fire and Ice (Pittsburgh)

| rowspan="4" |2016

|Fire and Ice (Pittsburgh)

|Fire and Ice (Pittsburgh)

|Fire and Ice (Pittsburgh)

| rowspan="4" |[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Chloe Lukasiak]]<br />and others

| rowspan="2" |[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Paige Hyland]]<br />[[Chloe Lukasiak]]<br />and others

| rowspan="2" |[[Nia Frazier]]<br />and others

|Fire and Ice (Pittsburgh)

|[[Selah Curran]]<br />[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />[[Mackenzie Ziegler]]<br />and others

|Fire and Ice (Pittsburgh)

|Fire and Ice (Pittsburgh)

|Fire and Ice Elite Invitational (Pittsburgh)

|Fire and Ice (Pittsburgh)

*National Petite Miss Fire and Ice 2009

* Maddie's seasonal solos so far have been 'Rhythm in Your Nursery Rhymes' (2009), 'Sunshine and Lollipops' and 'Big Bow Wow' (2010) ' Bei Mir Bist Du Schon', 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow', 'Cry' and 'Acapella' (2011), 'The Girl I Wanna Be', 'Airmail Special', and 'Quiet Voices' (2012), 'Leaving Berlin' (2013), 'The Game of Love', 'Timeless', and 'Happiness' (2014), 'All God's Creatures' and 'These Boots Were Made For Walking' (2015), and 'The People's Choice' and 'The Hostage' (2016).

* Maddie's seasonal duets so far have been Miracle Worker, Everlasting Friends, Inside of Me, We're Alright, Bodies Electric, Through the Glass, Walking Through the Storm, and Run Baby Run.

* Maddie's seasonal trios so far have been Eyes in the Back of My Head, Camille Colette and Fifi, Pin-Up Girls, and We Believe.

* Maddie's seasonal groups so far have been the groups outside of Dance Moms listed in the above category.

* Maddie has been in more than 5 music videos.

* Maddie played the role of young Deb on ''Drop Dead Diva ''and learned a dance routine for the episode, portraying Deb as a young dancer.

* Her favorite solo as of season 3.5 of ''Dance Moms '' would be "Uphill Battle" because it was challenging and was different from the choreography she usually gets.

* Melissa has stated in several interviews throughout the course of ''Dance Moms ''that her favorite solos of Maddie's are "I'm Already There," "All of My Life," "Quiet Voices," and "All God's Creatures."

* Maddie was tweeted by the famous popstar Sia in 2014 and was asked to star in the music video for "Chandelier." The video has over 200,000,000 views as of September 2014.

* Her best friends are [[Kalani Hilliker]], Stephanie Mincone, [[Kendall Vertes]] and Millie Bobby Brown.

* Maddie and Mackenzie began to be homeschooled in the 2013-2014 school year in order to focus on dance.

* Maddie takes classes in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, acrobatics, lyrical, and contemporary.

* In 2012, a rumor surfaced that Maddie's birthname was Taylor. However, an interview on a special episode of Dance Moms revealed that this actually applies to Mackenzie.

* Maddie enjoyed being Abby's favorite but felt guilty because she wanted the other girls to have the same chances she has had.

* Maddie loves working with Brian Friedman.

* Maddie has two older half-brothers from her father's previous marriage, Tyler and Ryan Ziegler.