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.
On a night before Christmas Eve, the party of the Straibaums are celebrating a great deal with their oldest being married to a noble man with strong roots to the old ruling class and prominent figures of influence and power that could help ensure their famished fortunes as they have started to fall on hard times. A bright spot for the family and their children is that of the eccentric but very talented clockmaker, Drosselmer , a family friend with a long history of amazing and inspiring tales of seeing the world. Clara and her brother, Frtiz adore him and he often spoils them with gifts from his travels aboard, their family is very op and friendly but a bit conservative in wanting to maintain appearance and being able to maintain their place in society. This often leads to Clara and her father to clash as she wants to follow her heart while her father wants her to pursue a more grounded and safe lifestyle that is good for her and the welfare of their families. This in turn caused a rift between the two. Later, the nutcracker is revealed and the others think it odd but harmless while Fritz trying to get a nut to be opened, beaks the poor toy by accident, Clara is not upset as she knows it was an accident, Fritz apologized and said he was very sorry about it, The family told the children to calm down and it would be fixed in the morning,
