Julianne Hough is an American professional ballroom dancer, country music singer and actress. She is most widely known for being a two-time winner of ABC's Dancing with the Stars. She earned a Creative Arts Primetime Emmy nomination in 2007 for choreography. ABC's 20/20 called her one of the "very best dancers on the planet. Hough was signed to Mercury Nashville Records in December 2007. Her self-titled debut album was released May 20, 2008, debuting at #1 on the Billboard Country Album chart and #3 on the Billboard 200. It sold 67,000 copies its first week, and has sold over 320,000 total copies. On October 12, 2008, she released a holiday album, Sounds of the Season: The Julianne Hough Holiday Collection, which as of January 5, 2009, had sold 157,000 copies. She stars in a film remake of Footloose scheduled for release on October 14, 2011.On November 20, 2008, Hough told Ryan Seacrest on his radio show she would not be returning for the foreseeable future to Dancing with the Stars in order to further her country music career. However, she did return for the eighth season, partnering with at the time boyfriend, country singer Chuck Wicks. They were voted off in the eighth week of the competition and came in 6th place. On October 11th, 2011, Julianne returned to Dancing With The Stars and danced with her costar Kenny Wormald twice as well as her brother and three-time Dancing With The Stars champion Derek Hough.During 2009, Hough headlines some of her own shows. Her first concert as the headlining act was in Green Bay, Wisconsin at the Meyer Theatre on January 15, 2009. She was the opening act for two shows on Toby Keith's Tour as well as the opening act for George Strait's Summer 2009 Tour.
Hough did not get the chance to write on her first record because the whole process was so quick. For her next record, she plans to write more.
Hough recently finished work on her second studio album for Mercury Nashville and the first single, "Is That So Wrong", was released to radio on June 21, 2010. The album is set for release in 2012Hough's first role was in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (released as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States), the film adaptation of British author J. K. Rowling's bestselling novel. She appeared in an uncredited role as a "Hogwarts schoolgirl.
Hough appeared in the 2010 musical Burlesque, starring Cher and Christina Aguilera. In the film, which chronicles a small-town girl (Christina Aguilera) who finds success at a Los Angeles burlesque club, she played a dancer named Georgia.
It was confirmed on March 3, 2011 that she will be playing the role of Sherrie Christian in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Rock of Ages, alongside Tom Cruise and Mary J. Blige. The film is due for release in 2012.
Hough will star as Ariel in the 2011 remake of the Paramount film Footloose opposite Kenny Wormald as Ren McCormack. Filming began in September, 2010.
No comments:
Post a Comment