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.
Maddie Ziegler
Jess Donahue
for Jess Donahue in Adieu Gary Cooper
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Set against the vast, icy silence of the Swiss Alps, Adieu Gary Cooper follows Lenny, a restless young American who has walked away from the world he was born into. Drawn to the mountains for their purity and danger, he seeks a life stripped of expectations, politics, and the noise of the modern age. Lenny’s retreat is shaken when he meets Jess Donahue, the sharp-witted daughter of a U.S. diplomat. Their unlikely connection pulls him into a circle of wanderers—outsiders and idealists who escape to the heights hoping to outrun their own shadows. But the mountains are not simply a refuge; they are a mirror. As Lenny is forced to confront where he comes from and what he’s running toward, the snowy peaks begin to close in around him, revealing the thin line between freedom and isolation. A story of youth, rebellion, and quiet longing, Adieu Gary Cooper explores what happens when a generation searching for meaning climbs as high as it can go—only to find that the air grows thinner with every step.
