Chloe Lukasiak

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Chloe Lukasiak
Born Chloe Elizabeth Lukasiak
(2001-05-25) May 25, 2001 (age 23)
Churchill, Pennsylvania
Occupation Dancer, Television Personality, Actress, Model
Years active 2011 – present
Website officialchloelukasiak.com

Chloe Elizabeth Lukasiak is an American dancer, television personality, actress, and model. She is best known for being an original cast member of Lifetime's reality television series, Dance Moms during Season 1 through Season 4 and from her YouTube channel "Chloe Lukasiak".

Early life

Chloe Lukasiak was born on May 25, 2001 in Churchill, Pennsylvania[1] to Christi Lukasiak and Marc Lukasiak. She has a younger sister, Clara.[2] The family resides in Mars, Pennsylvania.[3]

Lukasiak began dance classes at Abby Lee Dance Company at age two.[3] From the ages of four to thirteen, Lukasiak competed throughout the United States as part of ALDC, winning numerous titles at the regional, state, and national levels at the few small competitions that would allow filming for Dance Moms, including Junior Miss Dance Masters of America 2011.[4] Lukasiak competed in many dance genres: lyrical, contemporary,[3] musical theatre, ballet, jazz, hip-hop, acro, and Bollywood.

Career

2011–14: Dance Moms

In 2011, Lukasiak and her mother, alongside Abby Lee Dance Company owner Abby Lee Miller, other young dancers, and their mothers, were cast on Lifetime's Dance Moms. Together they made up Miller's "Junior Elite Competition Team" and their activities as such were presented on the show. After the Los Angeles national competition in July 2014 (filmed for an episode aired October 7, 2014), Lukasiak's mother decided that the environment of the TV show along with her own negative relationship with Miller was detrimental to her daughter and they decided to leave ALDC.[5] The finale episode of Season 4 was their last appearance on Dance Moms because of a comment made by Miller about Chloe's eye.[6][lower-alpha 1]

2014– present career

After leaving the Lifetime show, Lukasiak became active on her YouTube channel, gaining over 90 million views and over 1,000,000 subscribers as per May 2016.

As of January 2015, Lukasiak is a student at Studio 19 Dance Complex. Chloe's competition team went on to win nationals in July.[8] She won "Choice Dancer" at the 2015 Teen Choice Awards[9] and the "Dancers Choice Award" for "Favorite Dancer 17 & Under" at the 2015 Industry Dance Awards.[10]

Lukasiak became a spokesmodel for Just For Kix, an American dancewear company, in October 2014. With the company's partnership, she created an anti-bullying campaign called #NobodyisYOU. She was featured in several music videos relating to the cause alongside dancers such as Avery Jade.[11][12]

Lukasiak has appeared in numerous music videos, as during the filming of Dance Moms she appeared in videos for artists Brooke Hyland[13] and LUX (daughter of actor Ted Danson)..[14] On February 25, 2015, she appreared as the lead for Jess Godwin's song "Fool Me Once".[15] She has also has appeared in videos for Solveig Romero's "Turn It Up"[16] and Bianca Ryan's "Alice".[17]

Lukasiak began modeling for such fashion lines as Glitzy Girl, 90 Degree by Reflex, and Sally Miller in 2015.[3] She has also been featured in several catalogs and websites such as Dance Spirit magazine, Inside Dance magazine, Chiche magazine, LVLten magazine, Nation-Alist magazine, OK! Magazine, and Lowcountry Parent magazine.[citation needed] Lukasiak has an active social media presence, with more than 4 million Instagram followers,[18] over 600,000 Twitter followers,[19] and her YouTube channel.[20]

Lukasiak was cast as Gwen Murphy in the Lifetime TV movie Center Stage: On Pointe. The movie will air on June 25, 2016. The film was shot in Vancouver, Canada, and filming concluded in November 2015. She was also cast as Savannah Stocker in the new film Cowgirl's Story alongside former Bridge to Terabithia star Bailee Madison. In 2016, Chloe partnered with Ownzones.com to launch her web series Dance Classes With Chloe.[21]

Personal Life

Outside of dance Chloe makes time for friends including her former ALDC teammates Paige Hyland,[22] Nia Frazier,[23] and Brooke Hyland.[24] In 2015 Chloe dated "Best Friends Whenever" star Ricky Garcia.[25] They broke up in 2016 due to their busy schedules.[26]

Filmography

Television

Year Series Role Notes Ref.
2011–14 Dance Moms Herself Series regular (seasons 1-4); 97 episodes
2011 Today (The Today Show) Episode dated September 12, 2011 [citation needed]
2012 The View Performer ALDC Dance "A Child is Born" (Season 15, Ep. 110) [citation needed]
Anderson Live Herself Episode: "Renegade Moms & Kristen Johnston" [citation needed]
Katie Episode dated October 3, 2012 [citation needed]
2013 The View Performer ALDC Dance "The Last Text", episode dated February 20, 2013 [27]
Good Morning America Herself Guest, 1 episode [citation needed]
2015 The Doctors Episode dated October 13, 2015 [28]
2016 Center Stage: On Pointe Gwendolyn "Gwen" Murphy Television film [29]
2016 Cowgirl's Story Savannah Stocker TBA [30]

Music Videos

Year Song Artist Notes Source
2011 "It's Like Summer" LUX Lead; released with Dance Moms season 1 finale [14]
2012 "Summer Love Song" Brooke Hyland Supporting; released with Dance Moms season 2 finale [13]
2015 "Fool Me Once" Jess Godwin Lead [15]
"Turn It Up" Solveig Romero Supporting [16]
"Alice" Bianca Ryan ballerina [17]
"Wrapped Up For Christmas" Forever in Your Mind Supporting [31]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipients and nominees Outcome Source
2015 Teen Choice Awards Choice Dancer Chloe Lukasiak Won [32]
2015 Industry Dance Awards Dancer's Choice Awards 2015 - Favorite Dancer 17 & Under Chloe Lukasiak Won [33]
2016 Shorty Awards Shorty Awards - Best in Dance Chloe Lukasiak Nominated [34]

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