Lauren Gottlieb

Lauren Gottlieb (born June 8, 1988) 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 (2007) as a contestant. She made it to the semi-finals 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.

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. Prior to filming, Gottlieb moved to India in March 2012 and spent three months learning Hindi 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).

Personal life She tied the knot with her long-time partner Tobias Jones on 11 June 2025.

Filmography

Films Year Film Role Notes 2008 Disaster Movie Dancer 2009 Hannah Montana: The Movie 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" Welcome 2 Karachi Shazia Ansari Hindi, Voiced by Priya RainaAlso as belly dancer in item song "Shakira" ABCD 2 Olive Hindi Welcome Back Herself Hindi, Special appearance in song "20 20" 2016 Ambarsariya Manpreet Kaur Punjabi debut 2018 Scavenger Dancer Short film 2020 Ghoomketu Herself Hindi, Special appearance 2022 Twisted Blues Hunter 2025 Single Salma Zoya

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 Co-star Singer(s) Director Label 2017 Million Dollar Fazilpuria Fazilpuria Baljinder S Mahant Zee Music Company 2017 Mercy Badshah Badshah Ben Peters Sony Music India 2019 Dance Like Harrdy Sandhu Harrdy Sandhu Keoni Marcelo 2020 Kamariya Hila Rahi Hai Pawan Singh Pawan Singh, Payal Dev Mudassar Khan Jjust Music 2024 OYE HOYE Dharmesh Yelande Ayy Jay Vijay Kumar Arora Music Monkey Entertainment 2025 Sajri Gurdeep Mehndi Gurdeep Mehndi Garry Villkhu Saregama India