Lauren Gottlieb

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

Lauren Gottlieb 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 2004. [2] [3] In 2005, Gottlieb participated in season three of So You Think You Can Dance (2005) as a contestant. She made it to the final six contestants but struck out in the end. 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

Short Film

YearShort FilmRoleNotes
2018Scavenger

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