Maddie Ziegler

Maddie Ziegler is an American dancer and actress. She became known as a child on a dance competition show, gained worldwide fame with her performances in Sia's music videos, and then turned to film acting.

Madison Nicole Ziegler was born on September 30, 2002 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She started ballet lessons at a very young age and trained under the Abby Lee Dance Company. In 2011, at the age of eight, she was cast on Lifetime's reality show Dance Moms and remained on the show until 2016. Her younger sister, Mackenzie Ziegler, is also known for the same program.

Sia videos and cinema

In 2014, she danced the lead role in the video for Sia's song Chandelier, instantly bringing her international recognition. Other Sia videos followed, such as Elastic Heart and Cheap Thrills; These clips have been viewed billions of times on YouTube. In 2016, he was a jury member in the competition So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation.

One of her first forays into acting was voicing the character of Camille in the 2016 animation Ballerina. He then starred in the movie The Book of Henry (2017). In 2021, he played the character named after the movie in Music, directed by Sia; In the same year, she appeared in The Fallout and as Velma in Steven Spielberg's West Side Story. His subsequent works include Fitting In (2023) and My Old Ass (2024).

Ziegler's memoir, The Maddie Diaries, published in 2017, hit the New York Times bestseller list. Time magazine has named him among the most influential young people of the year several years in a row. Coming from a dance background and making a place for herself in cinema, Ziegler continues her career mainly in acting.