Lauren Gottlieb

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Lauren Gottlieb
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Gottlieb at the Most Stylish Awards 2016
BornJune 8, 1988 (aged 36)
Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Actress
  • dancer
Years active1998–present
Relatives Gottmik (cousin)[ citation needed ]

Lauren Gottlieb (born June 8, 1988) is an American dancer and actress who works mainly in the Indian film industry. [1] She was a contestant on the third season of the reality dance competition So You Think You Can Dance and played the lead role in the 2013 Indian dance film ABCD: Any Body Can Dance . She was a runner up in the sixth season of popular Indian television dance show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa with choreographer and partner Punit Pathak in 2013. Two years later, she also judged the eighth season of the show. She has also Appeared In The Music Video Of Harrdy Sandhu "She Dance Like".

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Dance career

Gottlieb assisted choreographer Tyce Diorio during the second season of So You Think You Can Dance in 2006. [2] [3] In 2007, Gottlieb participated in season three of So You Think You Can Dance (2007) as a contestant. She made it to the top six contestants but was sent home. Once the season was over, Gottlieb assisted Tyce Diorio, Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo, and Mia Michaels during seasons four, five, and six. She also traveled on the season five audition tour as the choreographer for the "choreography round" of auditions. She returned as an "All-Star" dancer for seasons seven (2010), eight (2011), and nine (2012).

Between seasons on the show, Gottlieb performed with artists such as Rihanna, Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, Shakira, Sean Kingston, Carrie Underwood, Willow Smith, and Enrique Iglesias. She even worked with Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, and Tobey Maguire. She appeared as a dancer in the television show Glee (2009) and in the movies Disaster Movie (2008), Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009), and Bring It On: Fight to the Finish (2009).

Gottlieb appeared in India's version of Dancing With the Stars called Jhalak Dikhla Jaa (Season 6, 2013) and was the runner-up with choreo-partner Punit Pathak. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Acting career

Gottlieb's first shot at acting was on the television show Ghost Whisperer (2005). After Ghost Whisperer, she guest starred in Make It or Break It (2009), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , and Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011). Gottlieb played the lead female role in the Indian 3D dance film ABCD: Any Body Can Dance (2013), directed by Remo D'Souza. [8] [9] Prior to filming, Gottlieb moved to India in March 2012 and spent three months learning Hindi [10] and Bollywood dance techniques. The film was shot in Mumbai where she played the role of dancer Rhea, a student of Vishnu (Prabhudheva). It featured Kay Kay Menon, and Ganesh Acharya as well as dancers Salman Yusuff Khan, Dharmesh Yelande and Punit Pathak from the television show Dance India Dance . Gottlieb played the Pakistani agent Shazia Ansari in the black comedy Welcome 2 Karachi (2015). [11] [12]

Filmography

Films

YearFilmRoleNotes
2008 Disaster Movie Dancer
2009 Hannah Montana: The Movie
2009 Bring It On: Fight to the Finish
2011 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked Club Woman #2
2013 ABCD: Any Body Can Dance RheaHindi, Bollywood debut
2015 Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! HerselfHindi, Special appearance in song "Calcutta Kiss"
Also choreographer for song "Bach Ke Bakshy"
2015 Welcome 2 Karachi Shazia AnsariHindi, Voiced by Priya Raina
Also as belly dancer in item song "Shakira" [13]
2015 ABCD 2 OliveHindi
2015 Welcome Back HerselfHindi, Special appearance in song "20 20"
2016 Ambarsariya Manpreet KaurPunjabi debut [14] [15]
2020 Ghoomketu HerselfHindi, Special appearance
2022Twisted BluesHunter

Television

YearTelevisionRoleNotes
2005 So You Think You Can Dance 3 Contestant
2005 Ghost Whisperer Julia
2009–2010 Glee Dancer
2010 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation SuzanneEpisode: "Wild Life"
2010 Make It or Break It JaydenEpisode: "I Won't Dance, Don't Ask Me"
2013 Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 6 ContestantRunner-up
2013 Bigg Boss 7 HerselfGuest appearance
2014 Comedy Nights with Kapil HerselfGuest appearance
2014 Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7 HerselfGuest appearance
2015 Comedy Classes HerselfGuest appearance
2015 Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8 HerselfJudge
2016 Comedy Nights Live HerselfGuest appearance

Music Videos

YearTitleArtistDirectorLabel
2017Million DollarFazilpuriaBaljinder S Mahant Zee Music Company
2017Mercy Badshah Ben Peters Sony Music India
2019Dance Like Harrdy Sandhu Keoni Marcelo
2020Kamariya Hila Rahi Hai Pawan Singh, Payal Dev Mudassar Khan Jjust Music
2024OYE HOYE Dharmesh Yelande, Lauren Gottlieb Vijay Kumar AroraMusic Monkey Entertainment

Short Film

YearShort FilmRoleNotes
2018Scavenger

References

  1. ↑ "Sizzling HOT Lauren Gottlieb turns on the oomph factor with her sexy bikini pics". Bollywood Hungama . Archived from the original on September 8, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  2. ↑ "'So You Think You Can Dance': A chat with Lauren Gottlieb". Los Angeles Times . July 26, 2007. Archived from the original on January 19, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  3. ↑ Adam B. Vary (July 20, 2007). "An Imperfect 10 Recap". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Drashti Dhami beats Lauren Gottlieb, wins 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 6'". News18 India. September 15, 2013. Archived from the original on July 22, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  5. ↑ Purva Desai (July 8, 2013). "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa's not cake walk for me: Lauren". The Times of India . TNN. Archived from the original on October 12, 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  6. ↑ Neha Maheshwri (July 29, 2014). "Salman Yusuff Khan to bow out of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa". The Times of India. TNN. Archived from the original on August 21, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  7. ↑ Rachana Parekh (August 23, 2014). "Are these two India's best dancers right now?". Hindustan Times . Archived from the original on June 26, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Lauren Gottlieb to star in UTV's 'ABCD". Variety . March 6, 2012. Archived from the original on November 16, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  9. ↑ Renuka Vyavahare (April 5, 2012). "Kareena, Priyanka not in league of Madhuri: Remo". The Times of India. TNN. Archived from the original on October 12, 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  10. ↑ "One step at a time, Lauren Gottlieb". Mid-Day . March 22, 2012. Archived from the original on October 12, 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Lauren Gottlieb signed for 'Welcome To Karachi'". The Indian Express . March 20, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Lauren Gottlieb stars in Arshad Warsi in 'Welcome To Karachi'". Business Standard. April 1, 2015.
  13. ↑ "T-Series - YouTube". Archived from the original on October 12, 2020. Retrieved August 1, 2020– via YouTube.
  14. ↑ "Lauren Gottlieb to play a photographer in a Punjabi film". Mumbai. Indo-Asian News Service. June 13, 2015. Archived from the original on October 12, 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Lauren Gottlieb signs Punjabi film". The Indian Express . Mumbai. February 13, 2015. Archived from the original on October 12, 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
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