Age: 23
female
Madison Nicole Ziegler (born September 30, 2002) is an American actress and dancer. She was initially known for appearing in Lifetime's reality show Dance Moms from 2011 (at age 8) until 2016. From 2014, she gained wider recognition for starring in a series of music videos by Sia, beginning with "Chandelier" and "Elastic Heart", which have in total attracted more than 5 billion views on YouTube. Ziegler has appeared in films, television shows, concerts, advertisements and on magazine covers. Ziegler was a judge on the 2016 season of So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation and toured with Sia in North America and Australia in 2016. Her 2017 memoir, The Maddie Diaries, was a New York Times Best Seller. Her film roles include Camille Le Haut in the animated film Ballerina (2016), Christina Sickleman in The Book of Henry (2017), the title role in Music (2021), Mia Reed in the high school drama The Fallout (2021), Velma in Steven Spielberg's 2021 West Side Story, Lindy in Fitting In (2023), and Ruthie in My Old Ass (2024). Ziegler was included by Time magazine on its list of the "30 most influential teens" in each year from 2015 to 2017. She was included in the 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the Hollywood & Entertainment category. Her social media presence includes an Instagram account with more than 13 million followers.
When 16-year-old poetry blogger Tessa Dickinson is involved in a car accident and loses her eyesight for 100 days, she feels like her whole world has been turned upside-down. Struggling to find hope, she’s resistant when her grandparents hire a typist to help her keep writing. Then Weston Ludovico shows up—a boy her age with a bright smile, an easy laugh...and a secret of his own. Weston has no legs, but he insists no one tell Tessa. For once, he wants to be seen for who he is, not what he’s lost. At first, Tessa meets Weston’s kindness with anger, but he refuses to give up on her. With every visit, Weston reaches into her darkness, showing her that losing her sight doesn’t mean losing everything. As they grow closer, Tessa discovers new ways to experience life—and new reasons to hope. But as the day her sight returns draws near, Weston faces a choice: disappear before Tessa sees the truth, or take a leap of faith and believe she’ll love him just the same.
