Biography
Madison Nicole Ziegler (born September 30, 2002), known professionally as Maddie Ziegler, is an American actress and dancer. She is best known for her appearances on the reality television show Dance Moms and her role in Sia’s music video Chandelier.
She began her career as a dancer, appearing in various competitions and winning several titles. She rose to fame in 2011 when she appeared on Dance Moms. Since then, Maddie Ziegler has appeared in several films and television shows, including So You Think You Can Dance and Project Runway.
In addition to her acting and dancing career, Maddie Ziegler is also a model and has voiced several animated films.
American actress
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| Full name: | Madison Nicole Ziegler |
| Stage name: | Maddie Ziegler |
| Born: | September 30, 2002 (age 21) |
| Place of birth: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Nationality: | American |
| Height: | 1.66 meters |
| Parents: | Melissa Gisoni and Kurt Ziegler |
| Siblings: | Mackenzie Ziegler, Michele Gisoni, Tyler Ziegler, Ryan Ziegler, Mathew Gisoni |
| Husband • Spouse: | Unmarried |
| Boyfriend • Partner: | Eddie Benjamin (former), Kailand Morris (2018-2019), Gino Cosculluela (2014), Jack Kelly (2016-2018) |
| The children: | Elias Ziegler |
| Job: | Actors • Dancers |
| Net worth: | 5 million US dollars |
Early life and education
Maddie Ziegler was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, on September 30, 2002. She is the daughter of Kurt Ziegler (father), who owns a mortgage company, and Melissa Gisoni (mother). She has five siblings: Mackenzie Ziegler, Michele Gisoni, Tyler Ziegler, Ryan Ziegler, and Mathew Gisoni. Her grandparents are James A. Ziegler.
She has Polish, German, and Italian ancestry. Her parents divorced when she was six, and her mother eventually married Greg Gisoni. Maddie Ziegler began ballet lessons when she was two years old.
She began training with the Abby Lee Dance Company owned by Abby Lee Miller when she was four years old, where she studied tap, ballet, lyrical, modern, acrobatics, jazz, and aerial dance.
Maddie Ziegler has two older half-brothers from her father’s previous marriage, two older half-siblings from her stepfather, Greg Gisoni, a vice president of Westinghouse Electric Company, and a younger sister, Mackenzie Ziegler, a singer and dancer who co-starred with her on the show Dance Moms.
Maddie Ziegler attended Sloan Elementary School in Murrysville, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, until 2013, when she left to be homeschooled.
Personal life
Maddie Ziegler dated young Australian Jack Kelly, son of former New York Yankees baseball player Pat Kelly, from early 2017 to mid-2018.
As of 2019, Maddie Ziegler is dating singer-songwriter Eddie Benjamin.
She has dated Kailand Morris (2018–2019), Gino Cosculluela (2014), and Jack Kelly (2016–2018). Maddie Ziegler has a son named Elias Ziegler, born in 2022, but the identity of the father is unknown.
Career
Maddie Ziegler has won numerous awards at regional, state, and national dance competitions with Abby Lee Dance Company, including the 2014 Dancers Choice Award for Favorite Dancer Under 17. She was a contestant on Paula Abdul’s reality television show Live to Dance in 2010.
In 2011, eight-year-old Maddie Ziegler and her mother appeared on the first season of Lifetime’s Dance Moms, a reality show about young dancers on Abby Lee’s Abby Lee Dance Company’s Elite Competition Team and their bickering mothers.
Maddie Ziegler and Shia LaBeouf co-starred in Sia’s 2015 song Elastic Heart, which has received over 1 billion views on YouTube. Later that year, she completed the video trilogy from Sia’s 1000 Forms of Fear album by appearing in the music video for Big Girls Cry.
In 2014 and 2015, Maddie Ziegler performed dances to Sia’s songs on several television shows, including The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Dancing with the Stars, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Saturday Night Live, and at the Hollywood Bowl.
Maddie Ziegler’s first professional acting job came in 2012 when she played Young Deb in an episode of Lifetime’s Drop Dead Diva. Maddie Ziegler made a guest appearance on the mobile series HitStreak Summer’s Episode 34 in 2014.
She continued performing in 2015 with appearances on the Disney Channel show Austin & Ally and ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars. Maddie Ziegler made a guest appearance in the January 2016 episode of Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn’s “Ballet and the Beasts”.
Net worth
Maddie Ziegler has amassed a net worth of $5 million. She is best known for her appearances on Lifetime’s reality show Dance Moms and her work with pop singer Sia.
Maddie Ziegler began her dancing career at the age of 2 and has appeared in numerous stage plays, music videos and commercials.
Social media
- Instagram name: @Maddieziegler
- Twitter Username: @MaddieZiegler
- YouTube: Maddie Ziegler
- TikTok: @MaddieZiegler
List of movies played
- Jump!
- Moms love to dance
- West Side Story
- Consequence
- Henry’s Book
- To all the boys
