Maddie Ziegler

I find Maddie Ziegler's trajectory quietly remarkable. Child stars who grow up on reality television usually get flattened by the exposure; she somehow used it as a launchpad instead. Dancing in Sia's Chandelier at eleven, she communicated grief and chaos with a maturity most adult performers never reach — that video still unsettles me in the best way. What I respect most is how deliberately she has transitioned, choosing acting and modeling work that lets her grow rather than coasting on nostalgia. Her instrument was always expressiveness, not just technique, and that travels across mediums. I genuinely want to see what she does at thirty.

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Name (English)

Maddie Ziegler

Name (Japanese)

マディー・ジーグラー

Reading

までぃー・じーぐらー

Born

September 30, 2002 (age 24)

Origin

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Height

170 cm

Occupation

dancer / actor / model / television actor / voice actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Horse

• Official sitehttp://www.thezieglergirls.com/about-maddie/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/maddieziegler/
• Xhttps://x.com/maddieziegler
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maddie%20Ziegler
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16240603

Tags

• Pennsylvania
• dancer
• actor
• model

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.