Mackenzie Frances Ziegler (born June 4, 2004) portrayed the role of Cassie Randolph in the Brat Universe.
Career[]
Whilst on Dance Moms, Mackenzie was the youngest dancer on season 1. She was often pressured by Abby and Melissa to follow in the footsteps of older sister Maddie.
Besides dance, Mackenzie is also interested in music. In 2014, she released her debut album entitled "Mack Z". The album reached #1 on the iTunes pop chart list in America, as well as reaching #7 on their overall album charts.
Mackenzie and her family chose to depart from the show mid-Season 6 to pursue other projects. Not long after, the sisters left the ALDC completely and switched to Dance Mechanics.
She also collaborated with Johnny Orlando and produced two songs with him, "Day and night" and "What if".
Other information[]
- Mackenzie Ziegler prefers to be called Kenzie
- Mackenzie is good/close friends with Dylan Conrique, Jules LeBlanc, Sabrina Quesada, Austin Brown, Hayden Summerall, and many more.
- She has been taking voice and dance lessons since she was two and a half.
- Mackenzie started in the entertainment industry when she first appeared on Dance Moms in July 2011 & made her final appearance on the show in 2016.
- Mackenzie was born and raised in Pittsburgh and came to LA when she was in Dance Moms.
- Mackenzie's older half-brother Tyler has a tattoo of her birthday in roman numerals on his side. He has a similar tattoo for Maddie on his chest.
- She has two dogs named Ivy and Mailboo.
- Mackenzie's first name was initially Taylor, for two days after she was born.
- She has done some modeling through Ralph Lauren 2014 to 2016 alongside Levi Miller.
- Mackenzie has stated that Maddie is a huge inspiration to her and that she looks up to her.
- Her earliest memory with Maddie was when she was just born, Maddie squeezed her so hard that her face turned red.
- Mackenzie's middle name is Frances, in honor of Melissa's mother.
- She describes herself as a night owl, as she can be hyper before bed.
- She also describes herself as a social butterfly.
- Mackenzie has mentioned one of her bad habits is biting her nails and that she has to get acrylics to let her nails grow.
- Mackenzie prefers apple juice and dislikes orange juice.
- Mackenzie's favorite food is peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
- In 2022, Mackenzie moved into her own apartment at 17 years old in LA.
- Mackenzie Ziegler dated her co-star Isaak Presley in 2019 until 2020.
- Mackenzie Ziegler had been dating Tacoda Dubbs since June 2020 until November 2023, they’ve been dating for 3 years.
- She once had a cat named Peanut until it was rehomed by a new owner.
- She once had a dog named Molly until it passed away.
- Kenzie is close friends with Charli D’Amelio
