Mackenzie Ziegler

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

## Early Life

Mackenzie Frances Ziegler was born on June 4, 2004 to Melissa Ziegler-Gisoni and Kurt Ziegler in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Murrysville, Pennsylvania. She is of Polish, Italian, and German descent. Her parents separated when she was 6 after a 2009 bankruptcy. Her mother remarried to a man named Greg Gisoni in 2013. Mackenzie has an older sister named Maddie, who is also a dancer and actress, in an addition to two paternal-half brothers, Ryan and Tyler, and two older step-siblings, Matthew and Michelle. She started dancing at the Abby Lee Dance Company at age two. With that company, she won titles in dance competitions.

### Career

Mackenzie first appeared on the television dance reality TV series Dance Moms, alongside her mother and sister. In 2016, the Zieglers left the show after six seasons to pursue other projects. Mackenzie 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 Turn Board to release the Kenzie Ziegler Turn Board, 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 Fan Joy 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 Pretty Much. 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.

## Other Information

* Her zodiac sign is a Gemini.
* Mackenzie has been taking voice lessons and dance lessons since she was two and a half.
* Mackenzie's older half-brother Tyler, has a tattoo of her birthday in Roman Numerals on his side. He has a similar tattoo for Maddie on his chest.
* Mackenzie's first name was originally Taylor for two days after she was born.
* She has done some modeling through Ralph Lauren alongside Levi Miller in 2014 and 2016.
* Mackenzie has stated that Maddie is a huge inspiration to her and that she really looks up to her.
* Her earliest memory with Maddie was when she was just born, and Maddie squeezed her really hard her face turned red.
* Mackenzie's middle name is Frances in honor of Melissa's mother.
* She describes herself as being a night owl as she can be really hyper before bed.
* Mackenzie has mentioned that one of her bad habits is biting her nails and that she has to get acrylics to allow them to grow out.
* Mackenzie prefers apple juice over orange juice.
* In 2019, Mackenzie voiced the character of Lily in Ice Princess Lily, which is the American version of the German film, Tabaluga.
* In April 2020, Mackenzie and Maddie guest-starred on an episode of Liza Koshy's dance show, entitled Floored.
* In June 2020, Mackenzie released a song called "Exhale" with Australian singer/songwriter, Sia.
* In November 2020, Mackenzie released another song called "Donuts" but this time with Yung Bae.
* In July 2023, Mackenzie released a song called "Anatomy".