Mackenzie Ziegler

Ziegler first appeared on television in 2011 on Lifetime's reality dance show Dance Moms, alongside her mother and sister.[16] In 2016, the Zieglers left the show after six seasons to pursue other projects.[17] Ziegler also appeared on Dance Moms' sister shows Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition[18] and Abby's Studio Rescue.[19][20]

In 2014, Ziegler released her debut album titled Mack Z, which she also used as a stage name for singing appearances.[20] 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.[21][22] The video of the single has been viewed more than 80 million times.[23] Later that year, her videos for "Shine" and "Christmas All Year Long" premiered.[24][25] She continued to release singles and videos as Mack Z in 2015 and 2016.[26] In 2014, Ziegler and her sister released a limited edition fashion line, The Maddie & Mackenzie Collection, through Mod Angel.[27]

In 2015, Ziegler made her acting debut on Nickelodeon's sitcom Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn and appeared in a WowWee commercial alongside her sister.[28][29] She returned to Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn in January 2017 in the episode "Keeping Up with the Quadashians".[30] Also in 2015, she walked the Polo Ralph Lauren Runway in New York City[31] and appeared in an ad campaign video for Glamour Magazine.[32]

In November 2016, Ziegler released her first single under her full name, a duet with singer Johnny Orlando, titled "Day & Night".[20][33] The duet's music video was released on December 21, 2016, and has been viewed more than 24 million times.[34] In 2017–2018, Ziegler and Orlando presented their Day & Night Tour throughout North America and the UK.[35][36] Her 2017 video "Breathe" has been viewed more than 45 million times,[37] and the video of her 2018 duet with Orlando, "What If", has been viewed more than 60 million times.[38]

In 2016, she and her sister were the faces of Clean & Clear's fall back-to-school campaign.[2][20] Ziegler was the face of Polo Ralph Lauren's children's spring 2016 collection[39][40] and was named a brand ambassador for girls' fashion line Emily West in 2017.[41] In 2016, Ziegler collaborated with TurnBoard to release the Kenzie Ziegler TurnBoard, a turning practice tool for dancers.[20][42] In 2017 and 2018, Ziegler collaborated on dance-inspired activewear clothing lines with tween retailer Justice.[43] 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.[44] 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.[20]

Ziegler and her sister conducted a dance workshop tour of Australia in January 2017.[41][45] Ziegler is featured in a 2017 dance advertisement for General Electric.[46] They conducted another dance workshop tour of Australia and New Zealand in mid-2018.[47][48]

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.[35][49][50] She was an executive producer for the show.[51] She also co-starred as the same character in the film Brat Holiday Spectacular (2018).[52] In February 2018, Ziegler and her sister appeared on The Slow Mo Guys YouTube channel.[53] She appeared on the cover of the April/May 2018 issue of Girls' Life magazine.[54] 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."[55] The book ranked No. 7 on the Publishers Weekly best-seller list for juvenile non-fiction.[56] In fall 2018, Ziegler launched her own cosmetics line, "Love, Kenzie".[57]

Ziegler was a contestant on Dancing with the Stars: Juniors in 2018, reaching the finals.[58] On one episode of this show she danced together with her sister for the first time on television since Dance Moms.[59] On November 20, 2018, Ziegler released her second studio album, Phases.[3] One of the singles on the album, "Wonderful", was written by Sia,[60] and Ziegler premiered the song on Dancing with the Stars.[61] In December 2018, Ziegler starred as Dorothy in a holiday stage pantomime adaptation, The Wonderful Winter of Oz, in Pasadena, California.[4] In mid-2019, Ziegler signed with Arista Records and toured the US as the warm-up act for PrettyMuch.[62] 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.[63]

Ziegler and her sister were guest judges in 2020 on the Quibi dance competition show Floored.[64] She duetted with Sia on her song "Exhale", released in June 2020.[65] In 2020–2021, Ziegler competed on The Masked Singer spin-off The Masked Dancer as "Tulip", finishing in third place.[66] In 2023, she and her sister launched a back-to-school fashion collection with American Eagle Outfitters.[67]