Lauren Gottlieb

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".

Lauren Gottlieb
Gottlieb at the Most Stylish Awards 2016
Born	June 8, 1988 (aged 36) Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupations	Actress dancer
Years active	1998–present
Relatives	Gottmik (cousin)[citation needed]

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

Year	Film	Role	Notes
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	Rhea	Hindi, Bollywood debut
2015	Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!	Herself	Hindi, Special appearance in song "Calcutta Kiss" Also choreographer for song "Bach Ke Bakshy"
2015	Welcome 2 Karachi	Shazia Ansari	Hindi, Voiced by Priya Raina Also as belly dancer in item song "Shakira"[13]
2015	ABCD 2	Olive	Hindi
2015	Welcome Back	Herself	Hindi, Special appearance in song "20 20"
2016	Ambarsariya	Manpreet Kaur	Punjabi debut[14][15]
2020	Ghoomketu	Herself	Hindi, Special appearance
2022	Twisted Blues	Hunter

Television

Year	Television	Role	Notes
2005	So You Think You Can Dance 3	Contestant
2005	Ghost Whisperer	Julia
2009–2010	Glee	Dancer
2010	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Suzanne	Episode: "Wild Life"
2010	Make It or Break It	Jayden	Episode: "I Won't Dance, Don't Ask Me"
2013	Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 6	Contestant	Runner-up
2013	Bigg Boss 7	Herself	Guest appearance
2014	Comedy Nights with Kapil	Herself	Guest appearance
2014	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7	Herself	Guest appearance
2015	Comedy Classes	Herself	Guest appearance
2015	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8	Herself	Judge
2016	Comedy Nights Live	Herself	Guest appearance

Music Videos

Year	Title	Artist	Director	Label
2017	Million Dollar	Fazilpuria	Baljinder S Mahant	Zee Music Company
2017	Mercy	Badshah	Ben Peters	Sony Music India
2019	Dance Like	Harrdy Sandhu	Keoni Marcelo
2020	Kamariya Hila Rahi Hai	Pawan Singh, Payal Dev	Mudassar Khan	Jjust Music
2024	OYE HOYE	Dharmesh Yelande, Lauren Gottlieb	Vijay Kumar Arora	Music Monkey Entertainment

Short Film

Year	Short Film	Role	Notes
2018	Scavenger