Maddie Ziegler

Madison "Maddie" Nicole Ziegler was born on September 30, 2002 in Murrysville, Pennsylvania. She is the eldest daughter of Melissa Ziegler-Gisoni and Kurt Ziegler and is the sister of Mackenzie Ziegler.

During her time on Dance Moms, Maddie was known to be Abby's go-to girl and number girl and also her favorite. Maddie was often placed at the top of the pyramid.

This would often cause the other moms to argue with Abby due to unfair treatment of their kids. In mid-season six, Maddie and her family decided to depart ways from the show and the studio to pursue other jobs. Not long after Maddie and Mackenzie left the show, they switched over to a dance studio called Dance Mechanics.

Other Information

 * Maddie's middle name Nicole is in honor of her cousin Nicole.
 * Her lucky number is 13, as in M is the 13th letter of the alphabet.
 * She has stated that her favorite dance move is a switch sissone 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.
 * 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.
 * 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 5 movies so far; The Book of Henry, Leap!, Music, To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You and Steven Spielberg's West Side Story remake. She is set to star alongside Kate Hudson in an upcoming film, “Music”, directed by Sia.
 * 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 2020, Maddie will star alongside Jenna Ortega in a movie called The Fallout. Maddie plays a shy dancer named Mia.
 * 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."