Chachi Gonzales

Olivia "Chachi" Hildén (née Gonzales) is an American dancer, choreographer and actress. She was a member of the dance crew I.aM.mE, which won the sixth season of America's Best Dance Crew in 2011.[1][2]

Olivia "Chachi" Hildén
Chachi Gonzales in 2012
Born
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Occupation(s)Dancer, choreographer, actress
Years active2011–present
SpouseJukka Hildén (m. 2019)
Children2

Life and career

Hildén was born Olivia Gonzales in Houston, Texas. At the age of 6, Gonzales enrolled at a local dance studio and was trained as a ballet dancer. Three years later at a dance event she attended, Gonzales witnessed a hip hop dance crew for the first time. One of the crews there was Marvelous Motion, whose members (Phillip Chbeeb, Di Zhang and Brandon Harrell) would later become her fellow crew members in I.aM.mE. Gonzales became immediately intrigued and decided to participate in hip hop from then on. She enrolled at Lanier Middle School where hip hop was one of the dance styles taught. Shortly after, her mother located the Marvelous Motion Studios and enrolled her in a few classes.

In 2010, after the disbandment of Marvelous Motion, its three members Phillip "Pacman" Chbeeb, Di "Moon" Zhang and Brandon "747" Harrell held an audition to create a new crew, I.aM.mE. Added to the lineup were the three new members: Olivia "Chachi" Gonzales, Emilio "Millie" Dosal, and Jana "Jaja" Vaňková in preparation for America's Best Dance Crew: Season of the Superstars. Gonzales was the youngest member of I.aM.mE.

Awards and appearances

Gonzales was one of the backup dancers for the Tribute to Britney Spears as part of the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards.

In 2012, she was named "Teen Choreographer of the Year" at the World of Dance 2012 Industry Awards,[3] and made a dance appearance with I.aM.mE in the Disney TV programme, Shake It Up.[4]

In June 2013, she choreographed the dance to the second theme song of the fashion doll franchise Monster High, in "We Are Monster High".[5]

She took the lead role in the 2014 feature film The Legend of DarkHorse County, directed by Shawn Welling and produced by Welling Films.[6][7][8]

Gonzales was one of the cast in the second season of teen drama East Los High which commenced on July 7, 2014.[9]

At the 2014 WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival awards, Gonzales won the Remi Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Legend of DarkHorse County.[10] In 2015, she won the silver Remi Awards for Original Comedy Short for the 2014 In the News episode "Dog Day" and for the AXI episode "Alive" for Best Dramatic Original Short Film. All of these films were produced by Welling Films of Houston, Texas.

In May 2015, Gonzales visited the Philippines for the second time to judge in the grand finals of the Jagthug World Dance Off competition which was held at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila on May 30, 2015.[11] Judging alongside her were Misha Gabriel and Andrew Veluz. They also taught two days of dance workshops at SM Megamall.

Personal life

Chachi Gonzáles dated Josh Leyva for a few years until their break up in late 2017 due to differences in future paths. In 2018, Gonzales began dating Finnish stunt performer and actor Jukka Hildén of the Dudesons fame and they got engaged in August 2018. They had met while filming the 2018 television series Ultimate Expedition.[12] On May 29, 2019, they announced publicly via Instagram and YouTube that Gonzales was pregnant. They married on September 28, 2019, in Lapland, Finland.[13] On November 25, 2019, Gonzales gave birth to a baby girl, whom the couple named Sophia Rose.[14] In April 2020, they moved from Los Angeles to Ähtäri, Finland, and later in 2020, they relocated to Helsinki, Finland.[15] On January 23, 2021, Gonzales announced via her Instagram page that she was several months pregnant with her second child. On July 20, 2021, Gonzalez welcomed her second child, Amélie Irene.

Filmography
Television and film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2012 Shake It Up I.aM.mE dancer Episode: "Wrestle It Up"
2012-2016 The AXI: Avengers of Xtreme Illusions Zoe Croft/Mira Cruz/Lead Dancer Recurring role
2014 The Legend of DarkHorse County ChaChi Bishop Film
2014 East Los High Jasmine Recurring role (seasons 2–3)
2015–2017 Chachi's World Herself Reality web series (go90)[16]
2016 Make It Pop Herself Episode: "Summer Splash Spectacular"; as Olivia 'Chachi' Gonzales
2016 Freakish Addy 4 episodes (season 1)
2016 Guidance Brianna Wheeler Web series (go90); main role (season 2)[17]
2018 Ultimate Expedition Herself Reality web series; all episodes
2018 Light as a Feather Noreen Listerman Recurring role (season 1), 5 episodes
2019 Posse Herself Episode #6.10
2020 Yökylässä Maria Veitola Herself Episode #6.7
2022 Masked Singer Suomi Herself Character name Party Animal
Music videos
Year Song Artist Notes
2012 "School Girl" Adam Irigoyen [18]
2013 "Thank You" Jason Chen [19]
2014 "Lips Are Movin" Meghan Trainor [20]

References
  1. "America's Best Dance Crew Season 6: Finale Recap : RealityWanted.com: Reality TV, Game Show, Talk Show, News – All Things Unscripted Social Network Casting Community". RealityWanted.com. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  2. Sorich, Sonya (June 5, 2011). "ABDC Season 6 winner: I Am Me wins America's Best Dance Crew 2011 | Television | Columbus Ledger Enquirer". Ledger-enquirer.com. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2012.
  3. "WOD 2012 Industry Awards: Teen Choreographer of the Year – Chachi Gonzales". Worldofdance.com. September 6, 2011. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  4. "Olivia "Chachi" Gonzales | DanceMedia, LLC". Dancespirit.com. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
  5. "We Are Monster High® Dance Tutorial with Chachi Gonzales". YouTube. June 17, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  6. "Shawn Welling Presents: A Double Film Screening of DarkHorse & The Messenger". DancersGlobal. April 5, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  7. Angel Alzona (January 27, 2012). "Friday Feature – Chachi: DarkHorse". Art Room Collective. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  8. "AXI 5 (Full Feature): The Legend of Dark Horse County". Facebook. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  9. "Chachi Gonzales Joins the cast of Hulu's East Los High Soap". soaps.about.com. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  10. "WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival wraps up 47th season". www.herehouston.com. April 18, 2014.
  11. "About - Jag Thug". jagthugworlddanceoff.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  12. Tähtivaara, Sarianne (August 1, 2020). "Hollywood-unelmaa eläneet Jukka ja Chachi Hildén muuttivat metsän keskelle – paistavat laavulla makkaraa ja haaveilevat suurperheestä". Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved September 7, 2020. Jukka lähti kuvaamaan Huippujengi-ohjelmaa ... Samoille vuorille kiipesi joukko tähtiä, joista yksi oli Chachi ... He ystävystyivät
  13. "Chachi Hildén on Instagram: "Today I married the love of my life. We met in the nature and felt it was only right to tie the knot in the beautiful wilderness of Lapland…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021.
  14. "Chachi Hildén on Instagram: "I don't even know where to begin because I'm so excited. BABY GIRL IS HERE IN OUR ARMS! The past few days have been such a roller coaster…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021.
  15. Saarinen, Mette (August 11, 2020). "MTV: Jukka Hildén muuttaa perheineen Helsinkiin – "Olen silti aina Ähtäriläinen"". Metropoli (in Finnish). Retrieved September 7, 2020. Hildén muutti huhtikuussa perheensä kanssa Los Angelesista ... Ähtäriin ... Nyt muutamme Helsinkiin
  16. Todd Spangler (March 23, 2016). "Verizon Go90 to Launch Kids' Dance-Competition Series From DanceOn". Variety. Retrieved August 6, 2019. "Dance-Off Juniors" follows Go90's previous launch of... "Chachi's World," a docu-series about dancer Chachi Gonzales (winner of MTV's "America's Best Dance Crew").
  17. Todd Spangler (October 12, 2016). "Arden Rose, Erica Dasher Star in 'Guidance' Season 2 on Verizon Go90". Variety. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  18. "Adam Irigoyen – School Girl". YouTube. November 11, 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
  19. "Thank You" - Official Music Video (Jason Chen Original) ft. ChaChi. YouTube. February 13, 2013.
  20. Meghan Trainor - Lips Are Movin. YouTube. November 19, 2014.
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