Lauren Gottlieb
Lauren Gottlieb is an American dancer and actress who works primarily in the Indian film industry. 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".
Dance career
Gottlieb assisted choreographer Tyce Diorio during the second season of So You Think You Can Dance in 2006. In 2007, Gottlieb participated in season three of So You Think You Can Dance 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, eight, and nine.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 and in the movies Disaster Movie, Hannah Montana: The Movie, and Bring It On: Fight to the Finish.
Gottlieb appeared in India's version of Dancing With the Stars called Jhalak Dikhla Jaa and was the runner-up with choreo-partner Punit Pathak.