Madison "Maddie" Nicole Ziegler (born September 30, 2002)[1] is an American child dancer, actress, and model. She is known for appearing in Lifetime's long-running reality show Dance Moms and for starring in music videos of Sia's songs, including "Chandelier" and "Elastic Heart", which cumulatively have attracted more than 1 billion views on YouTube. Ziegler has also guest-starred on scripted shows and performed on talk shows and other broadcasts, and she has been seen on magazine covers and in feature articles. She models for Capezio, among other brands.😇
Early lifeEdit
Ziegler was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Melissa Ziegler-Gisoni and Kurt Ziegler, who owned a mortgage company.[2][3] She is of Polish, German, and Italian descent.[4] Her parents divorced in 2011, citing the financial and emotional toll that dance took on the family. She has been an active member of the Abby Lee Dance Company since the age of two. She trains in tap, ballet, lyrical, contemporary, acro, jazz, and aerial dance.[5] Maddie Ziegler has a younger sister, Mackenzie (b. June 4, 2004),[6] two older half-brothers from her father's previous marriage, and two older step-siblings from her mother's marriage to Greg Gisoni, a Vice President at Westinghouse Electric Company.[3][7]
Ziegler attended Sloan Elementary School until 2013, when she left to be homeschooled.[8] Ziegler and her family live in Murrysville, Pennsylvania.✌🏻️🇦🇺
