Maddie Ziegler

Madison "Maddie" Nicole Ziegler (born September 30, 2002) is the eldest child of Melissa Ziegler-Gisoni and Kurt Ziegler and is the older sister of Mackenzie Ziegler.

During her time on Dance Moms, Maddie was known to be Abby's favorite. This often caused tension between the moms and Abby, with them arguing that the other girls deserved just as much attention.

Maddie gained worldwide recognition in 2014 after appearing in the viral music video for Sia's "Chandelier". She has since gone on to become a significant part of Sia's artistic image- appearing in multiple other music videos for the singer as well as touring with her.

Maddie and her family chose to depart from the show mid-Season 6 to pursue other projects.

Other Information

 * Her zodiac sign is a Libra.
 * Maddie's half-brother, Tyler, has a tattoo of her birthday in roman numerals on his chest. He also has a similar tattoo for Mackenzie on his side.
 * Maddie's first name was initially Taylor, for two days after she was born.
 * Maddie's lucky number is 13, as "M" is the 13th letter in the alphabet.
 * Maddie was on top of the pyramid the most out of all of girls of the series.
 * She has stated that her favorite dance move is a switch sissonne and that she considers it to be her signature dance move.
 * Maddie started taking dance, voice, and acting lessons at the Abby Lee Dance Company at 2.5 years old.
 * Melissa says Maddie is a "Type A" personality and needs to be prepared by organizing her upcoming wardrobe and arriving early to events.
 * Maddie had several callbacks for the show: "Billy Elliott", But she couldn't attend because of her contract with Lifetime. And she wouldn't even be able to compete with the ALDC because she'd be a professional dancer, and professional dancers cannot attend dance competitions.
 * According to Maddie, Melissa first began her dancing at a "random ballet school" when she was two years old.
 * She got braces during the fall of 2012 but had them taken off sometime before the filming for  'Twas the Fight Before Christmas.
 * Once at a meet and greet, A fan took Maddies phone, took selfies, and then disabled it for an   hour.
 * In February 2016, she was a background dancer in Disneyland's 60th Anniversary.
 * Maddie and Sophia Lucia were supposed to have a tap duet, But never got it.
 * As of 2018, she has appeared in a total of six music videos for Australian singer Sia. Additionally, she appeared in one music video for collaborative group LSD, which features the singer.
 * Maddie has starred in a total of 6 movies so far; The Book of Henry, Leap!, Music, To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You, Steven Spielberg's West Side Story remake and the upcoming drama The Fallout.
 * Sometime in late 2019, Maddie started dating Australian singer/songwriter, Eddie Benjamin. She wants to keep this relationship more private than her last one, so it wasn't speculated that she had a boyfriend until December 2019.
 * In 2019, Maddie became an ambassador for the athletic wear brand, Fabletics.
 * In April 2020, Maddie and Mackenzie guest-starred on an episode of Liza Koshy's dance show, Floored.
 * In April 2020, Maddie started fostering a puppy from The Labelle Foundation. She ended up adopting the dog, naming him Boots.
 * In June 2020, Maddie launched a makeup line with Morphe called "Morphe X Maddie Ziegler."
 * In October 2020, she collaborated with famous Tik Tok star Charli D'Amelio in a YouTube Video titled Get Ready With Me and Maddie Ziegler on Charli's channel.
 * Despite not being shown on the show, Maddie and Chloe were very close and still keep in contact today.

"Maddie Face"


The "Maddie Face" is a facial expression that Maddie Ziegler performed in 2011 in her "Cry" Solo, This face is memorable and iconic due to the fact her little sister, Mackenzie Ziegler had to imitate her Cry solo. Maddie made the face iconic while giving Mackenzie a pep talk and showing her how to it: the gesture is performed by making a somewhat distressed face while forcing a smile, looking up, and running your hand down the side of your face. Maddie performs the Maddie face herself in Sia's music video, "Elastic Heart"

Other Credits
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Pyramid
To see 's placements on the pyramid, visit the /Pyramid subpage.

Dances
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Gallery
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