Chloe Lukasiak

Early life

Chloe 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 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. Lukasiak competed on Dance Moms in many dance genres: lyrical, contemporary, musical theatre, ballet, jazz, hip-hop, acro, and Bollywood.

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.

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, Chloe started a vlogging YouTube channel called "MoreChloeLukasiak".

Lukasiak's competition team from Studio 19 Dance Complex 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 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). On February 25, 2015, she appeared as the lead for Jess Godwin's song "Fool Me Once". She also has appeared in videos for Solveig Romero's "Turn It Up" and Bianca Ryan's "Alice". On July 6, 2016, Lukasiak revealed via Twitter that she will be featured in AJ Lehrman's music video for his new single "Tongue".

Lukasiak began modeling for such fashion lines as Glitzy Girl, 90 Degree by Reflex, and Sally Miller in 2015. In 2016, Chloe became the new face of StyleHaul.

Lukasiak was cast as Gwen Murphy in the Lifetime TV movie Center Stage: On Pointe. The movie aired on June 25, 2016. The film was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and filming concluded in November 2015. 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. On June 13, 2016, Lukasiak partnered with Playtex Sport and starred in their "Ready, Set, Play On!" campaign commercial. Chloe will also be apart of the miniseries "Welcome to My World" and will play Flynn Harrington.

On January 27, 2017, Lukasiak announced that she would return to guest star on Dance Moms for the Season 7 finale and Season 7B. She is also designing her own clothing line, as she revealed in an interview with Teen Vogue. In April 2017, Lukasiak announced that she was coming out with a web series through LifeTime called "Chloe Does It". In an interview with AOL Chloe 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 finale goodbye. On April 11, 2017 Chloe announced that her debut book "Girl on Pointe: Chloe's Guide to Taking on the World" will be released on January 23, 2018.

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. She underwent eye surgery to correct the condition.

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