Mackenzie Ziegler

**Mackenzie Frances Ziegler** (born June 4, 2004) is the youngest child of Melissa Ziegler-Gisoni and Kurt Ziegler and is the younger sister of Maddie Ziegler.

Whilst on *Dance Moms*, Mackenzie was always the youngest dancer on the team. She was often pressured by Abby and Melissa to follow in the footsteps of older sister Maddie.

Besides dance, Mackenzie is also interested in music. In 2014, she released her debut album entitled "Mack Z". The album reached #1 on the iTunes pop chart list in America, as well as reaching #7 on their overall album charts..

Mackenzie and her family chose to depart from the show mid-Season 6 to pursue other projects. Not long after, the sisters left the ALDC completely and switched to Dance Mechanics.

### Early Life

Ziegler was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Melissa Ziegler-Gisoni and Kurt Ziegler and grew up in Murrysville, Pennsylvania. She is of Polish, Italian and German descent. Her parents divorced when she was 6 years old after a 2009 bankruptcy. Her mother remarried Greg Gisoni in 2013. Ziegler has an older sister, Maddie, is also a dancer and actress, as well as two older paternal half-brothers, Ryan and Tyler, and two older step-siblings, Matthew and Michelle. She began dancing at the Abby Lee Dance Company in Pittsburgh at the age of two. With that company, she won titles in dance competitions.

### Career

Ziegler first appeared on television in 2011 on Lifetime's reality dance show *Dance Moms*, alongside her mother and sister. In 2016, the Zieglers left the show after six seasons to pursue other projects. Ziegler also appeared on *Dance Moms'* sister shows *Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition* and *Abby's Studio Rescue*.

In 2014, Ziegler released her debut album titled *Mack Z*, which she also used as a stage name for singing appearances. The album peaked at #1 on the iTunes pop charts, as well as #7 on iTunes' albums sales chart across all genres. The music video for the album's lead single, "Girl Party", also reached #1 on the iTunes pop chart. The video of the single has been viewed more than 80 million times. Later that year, her videos for "Shine" and "Christmas All Year Long" premiered. She continued to release singles and videos as Mack Z in 2015 and 2016. In 2014, Ziegler and her sister released a limited edition fashion line, *The Maddie & Mackenzie Collection*, through Mod Angel.

In 2015, Ziegler made her acting debut on Nickelodeon's sitcom *Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn* and appeared in a WowWee commercial alongside her sister. She returned to *Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn* in January 2017 in the episode "Keeping Up with the Quadashians". Also in 2015, she walked the Polo Ralph Lauren Runway in New York City and appeared in an ad campaign video for *Glamour Magazine*.

In November 2016, Ziegler released her first single under her full name, a duet with singer Johnny Orlando, titled "Day & Night". The duet's music video was released on December 21, 2016, and has been viewed more than 24 million times. In 2017–2018, Ziegler and Orlando presented their Day & Night Tour throughout North America and the UK. Her 2017 video "Breathe" has been viewed more than 44 million times, and the video of her 2018 duet with Orlando, "What If", has been viewed more than 60 million times.

In 2016, she and her sister were the faces of Clean & Clear's fall back-to-school campaign. Ziegler was the face of Polo Ralph Lauren's children's spring 2016 collection and was named a brand ambassador for girls' fashion line Emily West in 2017. In 2016, Ziegler collaborated with TurnBoard to release the Kenzie Ziegler TurnBoard, a turning practice tool for dancers. In 2017 and 2018, Ziegler collaborated on dance-inspired activewear clothing lines with tween retailer Justice. Justice also collaborated with her on a video of her song, "Teamwork", a back-to-school social media campaign with an anti-bullying theme, to promote the line. Later that year, Ziegler released a tee-shirt line called Tee4Too, and, with FanJoy in 2019, she released a line of sweatshirts and tee-shirts.

Ziegler and her sister conducted a dance workshop tour of Australia in January 2017. Ziegler is featured in a 2017 dance advertisement for General Electric. They conducted another dance workshop tour of Australia and New Zealand in mid-2018.

From 2018 to 2020, Ziegler starred as Cassie, a teenage girl coping with unpopularity, in the high school drama series *Total Eclipse* on the Brat TV digital network. She was an executive producer for the show. She also co-starred as the same character in the film *Brat Holiday Spectacular* (2018). In February 2018, Ziegler and her sister appeared on The Slow Mo Guys YouTube channel. She appeared on the cover of the April/May 2018 issue of *Girls' Life* magazine. Ziegler released a self-help book in May 2018, titled *Kenzie's Rules for Life: How to be Happy, Healthy, and Dance to Your Own Beat*, "a collection of inspirational, upbeat lessons for kids learning to navigate life." The book ranked No. 7 on the *Publishers Weekly* best-seller list for juvenile non-fiction. In fall 2018, Ziegler launched her own cosmetics line, "Love, Kenzie".

Ziegler was a contestant on *Dancing with the Stars: Juniors* in 2018, reaching the finals. On one episode of this show she danced together with her sister for the first time on television since *Dance Moms*. On November 20, 2018, Ziegler released her second studio album, *Phases*. One of the singles on the album, "Wonderful", was written by Sia, and Ziegler premiered the song on *Dancing with the Stars*. In December 2018, Ziegler starred as Dorothy in a holiday stage pantomime adaptation, *The Wonderful Winter of Oz*, in Pasadena, California. In mid-2019, Ziegler signed with Arista Records and toured the US as the warm-up act for PrettyMuch. She stars as the title character in an animated film, released in the US in November 2019 with the American title *Ice Princess Lily*, about an ice princess who befriends a dragon to defeat the evil snowman who rules her land.

Ziegler and her sister were guest judges in 2020 on the Quibi dance competition show *Floored*. She duetted with Sia on her song "Exhale", released in June 2020. In 2020–2021, Ziegler competed on *The Masked Singer* spin-off *The Masked Dancer* as "Tulip" and finished in third place.

## Awards and Nominations

 2017
 2018

## External Links

* Official Website (Ziegler Girls Website)
* Official Website (Personal Website)
* Instagram Account
* Twitter Page
* TikTok Account
* Facebook Page
* YouTube Channel (MackZ)
* YouTube Channel (Music Channel)
* YouTube Channel (Personal Channel)
* iTunes Page (MackZ)
* iTunes Page (Kenzie)
* IMDb Page
* Famous Birthdays Page