Madison "Maddie" Nicole Ziegler (born September 30, 2002) is an American child dancer, actress and model. She is best know for appearing on Lifetime's reality series Dance Moms, and for her appearances in numerous music videos including Sia's "Chandelier" and "Elastic Heart".
Maddie was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Melissa Ziegler-Gisoni and Kurt Ziegler. She is of Polish, German & Italian decent. She has been an active member of the Abby Lee Dance Company (ALDC) since 2004 age 2. She is trained in lyrical, tap, ballet, contemporary, acro, jazz and aerial dance. Maddie has a younger sister Mackenzie (MackZ) who is also an active member of the ALDC as well as two older step brothers from her father's previous marriage.
In 2010 at age 3, she performed for Paula Abdul's reality television program Live to Dance but the program was canceled before her performance aired. In 2011, Ziegler's mother earned a role on Lifetime's Dance Moms, a program that documents the day-to-day lives of the young dancers on the Abby Lee Dance Company Elite Competition Team. On the program, Ziegler appears alongside her mother and younger sister, Mackenzie. In 2013, she made guest appearances on the spin-off program, Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition. In 2012, Ziegler landed her first professional acting job, portraying the character of Young Deb on the Lifetime series Drop Dead Diva. She will continue her acting career in 2015 with a guest spot on the Disney Channel series Austin & Ally.
Maddie has appeared in music videos for artists including Alexx Calise, Sia, and Todrick Hall. Sia's "Chandelier", which Ziegler stars in, received nominations at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards for Video of the Year and Best Choreography, winning the latter. She later starred with Shia LaBeouf in "Elastic Heart", also by Sia.
Ziegler has modeled for various fashion lines including Glitzy Girl, Sally Miller, and Purple Pixies. She was the "cover star" of the summer 2014 issue of Kode magazine.In October 2014, Ziegler and her sister released a fashion line, The Maddie & Mackenzie Collection, through Mod Angel. In November, they released their winter clothing line.
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