Ziegler began taking ballet lessons at the age of two and joined the Abby Lee Dance Company at age four, where she trained in tap, ballet, lyrical, contemporary, acro and jazz.

Her parents divorced when she was six years old, and her mother married Greg Gisoni in 2013. She is of Polish, German and Italian descent.

Ziegler was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Melissa Ziegler-Gisoni and Kurt Ziegler, who owned a mortgage company. Her social media presence includes an Instagram account with more than 13 million followers. She was included in the 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the Hollywood & Entertainment category. Ziegler was included by Time magazine on its list of the '30 most influential teens' in each year from 2015 to 2017. Her film roles include Camille Le Haut in the animated film Ballerina (2016), Christina Sickleman in The Book of Henry (2017), the title role in Music (2021), Mia in the high school drama The Fallout (2021), Velma in Steven Spielberg's 2021 West Side Story and Lindy in Fitting In (2023). Her 2017 memoir, The Maddie Diaries, was a New York Times Best Seller. Ziegler was a judge on the 2016 season of So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation, toured with Sia in North America and Australia in 20 and has given dance tours with her sister, Mackenzie. Ziegler has appeared in films, television shows, concerts, advertisements and on magazine covers. She appeared in Lifetime's reality show Dance Moms, from 2011 (at age 8) until 2016, and starred in a series of music videos by Sia, beginning with ' Chandelier' and ' Elastic Heart', which have in total attracted more than 6 billion views on YouTube. Madison Nicole Ziegler ( / ˈ z ɪ ɡ l ər/ born Septem) is an American actress and dancer.

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