Chloe Elizabeth Lukasiak (born May 25, 2001) is an American dancer, television personality, actress, model, fashion designer, and writer. She is best known for being an original cast member of Lifetime's reality television series Dance Moms during Season 1 through Season 4.
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Early life
Lukasiak was born on May 25, 2001 in Churchill, Pennsylvania to Christi Zook Lukasiak and Marc Lukasiak. She is the older sister of Clara Lukasiak. The family resides in Mars, Pennsylvania.
Lukasiak began dance classes at Abby Lee Dance Company at age two. At first, she did "the basics" such as jazz and ballet. But as she got older she started to do more styles and has trained in everything except ballroom. From the ages of five to thirteen, Lukasiak competed throughout the United States as part of ALDC, winning numerous titles at the regional, state, and national levels. Lukasiak competed on Dance Moms in many dance genres: lyrical, contemporary, musical theatre, ballet, jazz, hip-hop, acro, and Bollywood.
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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.
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. The finale episode of Season 4 was their last appearance on Dance Moms because of a comment made by Miller about Lukasiak's eye. After the end of Season 4 Lukasiak left ALDC for good and switched to Studio 19 Dance Complex.
2014-present: Breakout
After leaving "Dance Moms", Lukasiak became active on her YouTube channel, gaining over 100 million views and over 1 million subscribers as of May 2016. On September 17, 2016, Lukasiak started a vlogging YouTube channel called "MoreChloeLukasiak".
Lukasiak's competition team from Studio 19 went on to win nationals in July 2015. She won "Choice Dancer" at the 2015 Teen Choice Awards and the "Dancers Choice Award" for "Favorite Dancer 17 & Under" at the 2015 Industry Dance Awards. She was nominated for a Shorty Award but lost to Misty Copeland. She was once again nominated for the 2016 Teen Choice Awards "Choice Dancer" but lost to former "Dance Moms" cast member and ex-friend Maddie Ziegler.
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 Averee Jade.
Lukasiak has appeared in numerous music videos, as during the filming of Dance Moms she appeared in videos for artists Brooke Hyland and LUX (daughter of actor Ted Danson). In 2015, she appeared as the lead for Jess Godwin's song "Fool Me Once". Solveig Romero's "Turn It Up" and Bianca Ryan's "Alice", as well as "Wrapped Up For Christmas" by Forever In Your Mind and a promotional dance video for JustForKix dancewear (titled "Lovely"). In 2016, Lukasiak appeared in AJ Lehrman's music video for his new single "Tongue", and an Ali J video for "Piece By Piece," which was featured on CNN.
Lukasiak began modeling for such fashion lines as Glitzy Girl and Sally Miller in 2012. After leaving Dance Moms, she modeled for 90 Degrees by Reflex, Goodhyouman, Boy Meets Girl, and BCBG Max Azria (runway). In 2016, Lukasiak became the new face of StyleHaul.
Lukasiak was cast as Gwen Murphy in the Lifetime TV movie Center Stage: On Pointe. She was later cast as Savannah Stocker in Cowgirl's Story alongside former Bridge to Terabithia (2007 film) star Bailee Madison. In 2016, Lukasiak partnered with Ownzones.com to launch her web series called Chloe On Pointe. In 2016, Lukasiak partnered with Playtex Sport and starred in their "Ready, Set, Play On!" campaign commercial. Lukasiak filmed two episodes of "Welcome to My World."
On January 27, 2017, Lukasiak announced that she would return to guest star on Dance Moms for the Season 7 finale and Season 7B. In an interview with AOL, Lukasiak explained that her family decided to guest star on Dance Moms for the Season 7 finale and Season 7 B so that she could give everyone on the show a final goodbye. On April 11, 2017 Lukasiak announced that her book Girl On Pointe: Chloe's Guide to Taking On The World will be released on January 23, 2018. Chloe signed with LifeTime in April 2017 to star in her own web series called "Chloe Does It".
Personal life
In an interview, Lukasiak said she practices dancing four days a week except when she is traveling. She stopped competing in dance competitions in 2016 due to her growing list of commitments. Outside of dance Lukasiak makes time for friends including her former ALDC teammates Paige Hyland, Nia Frazier, and Brooke Hyland.
In 2015, Lukasiak dated "Best Friends Whenever" star Ricky Garcia. They broke up in 2016 due to their busy schedules.
In an interview released on June 15, 2016, Lukasiak said she was grateful to Dance Moms because it showed her how much she loves acting and that she has a passion for it. In 2015, Lukasiak was diagnosed with silent sinus syndrome, and had surgery to correct the condition. Chloe is now homeschooled. She enjoys yoga and boxing.
Writing Career
In 2017 after taking a creative writing class at school Chloe decided to pursue a career as a writer and signed with Bloomsbury Publishing. In December 2017 Chloe announced her plans to go on tour to promote her debut book "Girl On Pointe: Chloe's Guide to Taking On The World".
Fashion Career
In 2017 Chloe teamed up with Dazzine to release her fashion line. That same year she released a shoe line and a Christmas fashion line through JustFab.
Filmography
Television
Film
Web series
Music videos
Awards and nominations
Writings
- Girl On Pointe: Chloe's Guide to Taking On The World (2018)
Notes
References
External links
- Chloe Lukasiak
- Chloe Does It
- Chloe Lukasiak at IMDB
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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