Who is Mackenzie Ziegler?
Mackenzie Ziegler is an American dancer, actress, singer, social media influencer and internet celebrity. She is best known for her role in “Dance Moms”. Since her appearance on the Lifetime show, Mackenzie has gone on to act in several TV shows and movies as well as release multiple popular singles, including a duet with pop star Sia.
Mackenzie also branched out into social media and became widely popular on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.
Personal life of Who is Mackenzie Ziegler?
Mackenzie Frances Ziegler was born on 4th June 2004 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, to Melissa Ziegler-Gisoni and Kurt Ziegler and grew up in Murrysville, Pennsylvania. She is of Polish, Italian and German descent. Mackenzie’s parents divorced when she was just 6 years old after a 2009 bankruptcy.
In 2013, Mackenzie’s mother married Greg Gisoni. She has one biological older sister Maddie, who is a fellow dancer and actress. In addition, Mackenzie has two older paternal half-brothers, Ryan and Tyler, and two older step-siblings, Matthew and Michelle.
Mackenzie started dancing under Abby Lee Dance Company in Pittsburgh when she was just two years old. Years later, Mackenzie also won titles under this company.
Kenzie and her sister Maddie have done a number of dance workshops across the world as well, including in Australia and New Zealand.
The career of Mackenzie Ziegler
Mackenzie Ziegler is known to her fans as Kenzie. While she was just two years old, Kenzie joined Abby Lee Dance Company in Pittsburgh. In 2011, she gained her initial recognition when she appeared on Lifetime’s hit show “Dance Moms” as a young child alongside her mom and sister Maddie. The young dancer also appeared on “Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition” and “Abby’s Studio Rescue.” Kenzie left the show in 2016 to pursue other projects.
In 2008, Kenzie released a self-help book titled “Kenzie’s Rules for Life: How to Be Happy, Healthy and Dance to Your Own Beat.”
In 2014, Kenzie branched out into the music industry and released her debut album, “Mack Z”. It topped the charts, and Kenzie chose “Mack Z” as her stage name. Her single “Girl Party” became a hit, and the music video has been viewed more than 70 million times. Kenzie kept releasing music under the name Mack Z for the next few years and had several more hit songs, including” Shine.”
Kenzie and her sister Maddie released a limited fashion line through Mod Angel called “The Maddie and Mackenzie Collection”.
In the same year, Kenzie made her acting debut in Nickelodeon’s “Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn.” She returned to the show again in 2017. In addition, she appeared in a commercial for WowWee with her sister Maddie.
In 2015, she walked the Polo Ralph Lauren runway in New York City and later became the face of their 2016 children’s collection.
In 2016, Mackenzie started releasing singles under her name Mackenzie Ziegler and released her first single under this stage name, a duet with Johnny Orlando titled “Day & Night.” The following year, Mackenzie and Johnny embarked on their “Day and Night Tour” through the U.S. and the U.K.
In 2018, Kenzie released her second studio album “Phases”. The following year in 2019, she toured the U.S. as the opening act for “Pretty Much.” In 2020, her new song “Exhale,” a duet with Sia, was released.
Kenzie starred as Cassie in “Total Eclipse” on the Brat Network. Kenzie is an executive producer on the show as well. In 2018, she starred in “Dancing With the Stars: Juniors” and
Kenzie has also ventured into fashion and beauty. She launched her own cosmetics line, “Love, Kenzie”.
Kenzie has been the spokeswoman for a number of campaigns. In 2016, Kenzie and Maddie were the faces of the Clean & Clear Back to School campaign. In 2017, Kenzie was named the brand ambassador for the girl’s fashion line Emily West. She has worked on an active, dance-inspired line for the retailer Justice. She even appeared in an ad for General Electric in 2017.
Kenzie has done a number of benevolent works as well. She has worked with the Starlight Children’s Foundation, Dancers Against Cancer and more.
Social media of Mackenzie Ziegler
On 3rd October 2015, Mackenzie created her “kenzie” YouTube channel. As of 2022, Kenzie gained over 3.75 million subscribers and more than 361 million views. Although Kenzie’s channel is labelled as “music artist”, she still posts various lifestyle vlogs. On 4th March 2016, Kenzie posted her first-ever YouTube video, “25 FACTS ABOUT ME! MY OFFICIAL NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL”, which gained nearly 2 million views and more than 45,000 likes. On 10th May 2017, Kenzie posted her most-popular YouTube video, “Mackenzie Ziegler - Monsters (aka Haters) - Official Music Video!” which gained over 20.6 million views and more than 385,000 likes. Mackenzie often posts various lifestyle videos such as skin-care routines and closet makeovers.
At some point, Mackenzie was active on her Twitter “kenzieziegler” but eventually deleted it.
Mackenzie Ziegler is also widely popular on Instagram, where she has over 14.8 million followers. She regularly posts high-quality modelling pictures and photos from her everyday life on her Instagram. In addition, Kenzie sometimes posts Instagram Reels showcasing her YouTube videos and participates in the latest trends. Mackenzie gets anywhere between 100,000 and 600,000 likes on any of her Instagram posts.
Kenzie is also quite popular on Facebook, where she has over 904,000 followers. She often showcases her latest singles, shares covers of popular songs and posts various videos.
On 24th November 2015, Mackenzie created her TikTok account. As of 2022, Kenzie gained over 22.1 million followers and more than 391 million likes. She often participates in the latest dance routines and lip-syncs trends. However, Kenzie seems inactive and didn’t post anything for over a month. Kenzie is currently the 91st most-followed TikToker in the world, 400,000 behind “Adrilatinatv”.
Kenzie also has most of her songs available on Spotify, with nearly 3 million monthly followers.
How much does Mackenzie Ziegler earn? Net worth!
As of 2022, Mackenzie Ziegler has an estimated net worth of roughly $3 Million. She is among one of the top rising American actresses in the Hollywood Industry, who gained huge fame for starring in the TV series Dance Moms. She has accumulated an extended amount of money for her acting skills in various movies, television series, and from her music career.
Her source of money also comes from modelling, dancing, advertisement, endorsement, and sponsorships. She is making a good sum of money from social media, such as she has a YouTube channel as well as Instagram and TikTok. Mackenzie Ziegler’s annual salary is over $600,000.
Interesting facts about Mackenzie Ziegler
- Mackenzie’s zodiac sign is Gemini.
- Her height is 5’3” or 150 centimetres.
- She weighs 50 kilograms or 110 lbs.
- Her full name is Mackenzie Frances Ziegler.
- Mackenzie’s middle name is in honour of Melissa’s mother.
- As of 2022, Mackenzie is 17 years old.
- Mackenzie is the youngest girl to ever permanently feature on the ALDC Elite Team in Season 1 of Dance Moms.
- Mackenzie has been taking voice and dance lessons since she was two and a half.
- Mackenzie’s half-brother, Tyler, has a tattoo of her birthday in roman numerals on his side. He also has a similar tattoo for Maddie on his chest.
- She has done some modelling through Ralph Lauren in 2014 and 2016 alongside Levi Miller.
- Mackenzie has stated that Maddie is a huge inspiration to her and that she looks up to her.
- Her earliest memory with Maddie was that when she was just born, Maddie squeezed her so hard that her face turned red.
- She describes herself as being a night owl, as she can be hyper before going to bed.
- Mackenzie has mentioned one of her bad habits is biting her nails and that she has to get acrylics to let her nails grow.
- Mackenzie loves apple juice and hates orange juice.
- Mackenzie’s favourite styles of dance are acro and hip hop.
- Mackenzie is the second brunette OG dancer to be featured on the ALDC Elite Competition. The first being Maddie Ziegler, the third being Brooke Hyland, the fourth being Kendall Vertes, and the fifth being Kalani Hilliker.
- In 2019, Mackenzie voiced the character Lily in the film Ice Princess Lily, which is the American version of the German film, Tabaluga.
- In 2020, Mackenzie was set to star in a movie called Let Us In as Ivy, alongside Siena Agudong and Sadie Stanley.
- Mackenzie released her song “Exhale”, featuring Sia in the Summer of 2020.
- In November 2020, Mackenzie released another single, “Donuts”, this time featuring Yung Bae.
- In 2020, Mackenzie appeared on FOX’s show, The Masked Dancer, and placed third.
- She is best known for her role in “Dance Moms”. Since her appearance on Mackenzie released multiple popular singles, including a duet with pop star Sia.
- Mackenzie also branched out into social media and became widely popular on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.
- Mackenzie Frances Ziegler was born on 4th June 2004 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
- She is of Polish, Italian and German descent.
- In 2013, Mackenzie’s mother married Greg Gisoni.
- She has one biological older sister Maddie, who is a fellow dancer and actress.
- Mackenzie started dancing under Abby Lee Dance Company in Pittsburgh when she was just two years old. Years later, Mackenzie also won titles under this company.
- Kenzie and her sister Maddie have done a number of dance workshops across the world as well, including in Australia and New Zealand.
- In 2008, Kenzie released a self-help book titled “Kenzie’s Rules for Life: How to Be Happy, Healthy and Dance to Your Own Beat.
- In 2014, Kenzie branched out into the music industry and released her debut album, “Mack Z”.
- Kenzie and her sister Maddie released a limited fashion line through Mod Angel called “The Maddie and Mackenzie Collection”.
- In 2015, she walked the Polo Ralph Lauren runway in New York City and later became the face of their 2016 children’s collection.
- In 2016, Mackenzie started releasing singles under her name Mackenzie Ziegler and released her first single under this stage name, a duet with Johnny Orlando titled “Day & Night.”
- In 2018, Kenzie released her second studio album “Phases”.
- Kenzie has also ventured into fashion and beauty. She launched her own cosmetics line, “Love, Kenzie”.
- In 2017, Kenzie was named the brand ambassador for the girl’s fashion line Emily West.
- On 10th May 2017, Kenzie posted her most-popular YouTube video, “Mackenzie Ziegler - Monsters (aka Haters) - Official Music Video!” which gained over 20.6 million views and more than 385,000 likes.
- At some point, Mackenzie was active on her Twitter “kenzieziegler” but eventually deleted it.
- Mackenzie Ziegler is also widely popular on Instagram, where she has over 14.8 million followers.
- On 24th November 2015, Mackenzie created her TikTok account. As of 2022, Kenzie gained over 22.1 million followers and more than 391 million likes.
- Kenzie also has most of her songs available on Spotify, with nearly 3 million monthly followers.
- Kenzie is currently the 91st most-followed TikToker in the world, 400,000 behind “Adrilatinatv”.
- As of 2022, Mackenzie Ziegler has an estimated net worth of roughly $3 Million.
- Mackenzie Ziegler’s annual salary is over $600,000.
