Julianne Hough is one of five children from a LDS (Mormon) family in Salt Lake City. All four of her grandparents were dancers, and her parents met while on a ballroom dancing team at a college in Idaho. Her uncle, Charlie Hough, was known for his "dancing knuckleball" during his career as a Major League Baseball pitcher (1989 Texas Rangers media guide.) Though she has danced since the age of three, she never partnered in competition with her brother Derek, who is three years older than she. The siblings did dance together for exhibition on DWTS and the DWTS tour. Her formal training began at the Center Stage Performing Arts Studio in Orem, Utah, where she danced with Josh Murillo, among others, in Latin Ballroom; she began dancing competitively at nine. Her parents sent her and her brother to London a year later to spare them the strife of divorce and to live and study with their coaches, the world Latin Dance Champions Corky and Shirley Ballas. The Ballases helped raise the two Hough children alongside their own son, Mark, while schooling them at the Italia Contie Performing Arts School. They received training in virtually every form of dance, from gymnastics to jazz, and ballet to tap. That threesome formed its own pop music trio 2B1G ("2 Boys, 1 Girl") when she was twelve, performed at Dance Competitions in the U.K. and the U.S., and showcased a UK television show.

Hough's education in London with the Ballas family included training in song, dance, and theatre at Britain's oldest performing arts training school, the Italia Conti Academy. At fifteen, Julianne Hough became the youngest dancer, and only American, to win both the prestigious titles of Junior Blackpool World Latin Champion and International Latin Youth Champion.

After five years in London, Hough wanted a "normal" school experience,[8] and returned to Utah to live with her family, but not before taking a year to live in Las Vegas and go to the performing arts high school, Las Vegas Academy. After graduating from Alta High, she moved on her own to Los Angeles to build her singing, songwriting, acting and dancing career. She was an assistant choreographer on Gwen Stefani's "Wind It Up" music video.


Television appearances
Hough began working almost immediately upon arriving in Los Angeles. She was featured in two television commercials and was a "dancing" extra in an episode of "Cold Case". She was one of the "Million Dollar Dancers" in the short lived network television game show Show Me the Money starring William Shatner.

Hough appeared in the fourth season of Dancing with the Stars, a televised ballroom dance competition. In her first season, she won with her partner, Olympic gold medal-winning speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno, making Hough the youngest professional dancer both to compete, and to win, on the program. She is also the third professional, after Alec Mazo and Cheryl Burke, to win a Dancing with the Stars championship in one's first season with the show. On November 27, 2007, Hough and her partner, two-time Indianapolis 500 champion Hélio Castroneves, became the winners of Season 5. She is the second professional dancer to win two consecutive seasons of Dancing with the Stars. Hough is back for season 6 with actor/comedian Adam Carolla.

She has also made guest appearances on other shows such as Jimmy Kimmel Live, The View, Ellen, and "Good Morning America". She participated in the taping of the 2007 Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade inside the Magic Kingdom at Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

Music career
Hough released her first country music single "Will You Dance With Me" to iTunes and Wal-Mart in May 2007. The song peaked at #100 on the Billboard Pop 100 chart.The album was produced by Nashville producer David Malloy, who has worked with Reba McEntire, Eddie Rabbitt, and others. Hough is in the process of recording her first country music album, due for release on May 20, 2008, having signed with Mercury Nashville Records.[10] Hough's second single, "That Song in My Head" debuted on the Billboard Country Chart the week of March 2, 2008 at #51 and is currently active as a single there.

Hough will tour with Brad Paisley this summer on "Paisley's 2008 Tour", along with Jewel and Chuck Wicks.

Personal life
Hough was engaged to Zack Wilson, who is a member of the champion team on Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann, and originally planned to marry on August 8, 2007 in an LDS (Mormon) temple, but has postponed her marriage. She has dodged rumors that she was romantically linked with Apolo Anton Ohno. Hough also denied rumors she is dating her Season 5 DWTS partner, Helio Castroneves.

She has also been romantically linked with Kevin Connolly of Entourage fame, who recently gave her a diamond ring and admitted that he is "actively pursuing" Hough, although Hough denies a romantic relationship.

In an interview with CosmoGirl magazine, she shared her views about chastity and abstinence from sex until marriage.

Julianne Hough moved to London, England at the age of ten where she trained vigorously with a couple of dance coaches and studied at the Italia Conti Academy of Performing Arts. Her hard work and dedication paid off, as she became the youngest and only American to gain the titles of Junior Blackpool World Latin Champion and International Youth Champion. Aside from dancing, Hough was also trained in the art of singing.
When she was 15 years old, Julianne returned to her hometown in Utah and spent the rest of her teen years with her 10 siblings. After graduating from high school, she relocated to Los Angeles in the hopes of building her singing, acting and dancing career.
Julianne was an Assistant Choreographer on Gwen Stefani's Wind It Up music video.
Julianne Hough appears in the fourth season of Dancing with the Stars, a televised ballroom dance competition. Her partner is Olympic gold medalist Apolo Anton Ohno.
Julianne also made an appearance on ABC game show Show Me the Money.

Dance biography
Julianne Hough started her formal dance training at Center Stage Performing Arts in Orem, Utah. Dancing with Josh Murillo in Latin Ballroom. Julianne Hough moved to London, England at the age of ten during her parents' divorce where she trained with world Latin Dance Champions Corky and Shirley Ballas. Corky and Shirley raised Julianne as a child and as a coach, in London together with Mark Ballas Jr, and her brother Derek Hough. Corky and Shirley sent Julianne to train at Italia Conti Academy of Performing Arts. She became the youngest and only American to gain the titles of Junior Blackpool World Latin Champion and International Youth Champion. Hough was also trained in singing.

When she was 15 years old, Hough returned to her hometown in Utah. After graduating from Alta High School, she relocated to Los Angeles in the hopes of building her singing, acting and dancing career. She was an assistant choreographer on Gwen Stefani's "Wind It Up" music video. Hough's single "Will You Dance With Me" is now available on iTunes.

The Hough siblings and Ballas had their own pop music trio called "2B1G(2 Boys 1 Girl)" as the siblings mentioned on Entertainment Tonight on October 11, 2007.


elevision appearances
Hough appeared in the fourth season of Dancing with the Stars, a televised ballroom dance competition. She won with her partner, Olympic gold medal-winning speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno. She is now the youngest professional dancer to compete and to have won Dancing with the Stars. She is also the third professional (Alec Mazo and Cheryl Burke were the first two) to win a Dancing with the Stars championship in his/her first season with the show. She is currently competing in Season 5 with two-time Indianapolis 500 champion Helio Castroneves.

She also made an appearance on the ABC game show Show Me the Money. With her partner Apolo Anton Ohno, Hough also appeared on the talk shows Jimmy Kimmel Live and The View.


Julianne released her first country music single "Will You Dance With Me" on iTunes in May 2007. The song rose to #8 on the iTunes "Top Country Songs" chart.(source iTunes) The record was produced by Nashville producer David Malloy, who has worked with Reba McEntire and Eddie Rabbitt.{First In Country, Westwood 1, May 25, 2007}

This year 2009 Julianne Hough and her new partner and boyfriend Chuck Wicks.

Mini Biography
Julianne Alexandra Hough was raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, the youngest of 5 children. Her mother is Mari Anne and her father is Bruce Robert Hough, a twice chairman of the Utah Republican Party. Her parents met in college, when they were both part of a ballroom dancing team. Her parents divorced and she has 9 stepsiblings from their second marriages.

Her mother was instrumental in her career in entertainment, enrolling her and her siblings in various performing classes from a very young age. She began her training in Latin Ballroom dancing at the Center Stage Performing Arts Studio in Orem, Utah. At age 10, along with her brother Derek Hough, she went to London, England, to study with coaches, Corky and Shirley Ballas. They attended the Italia Conti Academy with the Ballas' son, Mark Ballas. The three children performed as a pop music trio '2B1G' (2 Boys, 1 Girl) at dance competitions in the UK and the US. At age 15, Julianne won the Junior World Latin Champion and International Latin Youth Champion at the Blackpool Dance Festival.

During this time in London, her parents divorced. She returned to the United States to live with her mother in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she attended the Las Vegas Academy. After a year, she moved back to Utah to live with her father and graduated from Alta High School. She then moved to Los Angeles, California to begin her career in entertainment. Julianne quickly landed her first job as a dancer on the ABC game show "Show Me the Money" (2006). She then went on tour as a company dancer with "Dancing with the Stars" and joined the cast of "Dancing with the Stars" (2005/I) in season four.

Julianne is also known as a country singer. She released her debut album in 2008, debuting at #1 on the Billboard Country Album chart and #3 on the Billboard 200. Her first acting role was in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) at age 13. She has appeared in her first lead role in the remake of Footloose (2011). Julianne is also actively involved in charities and humanitarian efforts including the Susan G. Komen Foundation, Clothes Off Our Back, St. Jude's Children's Hospital and serves on the American Red Cross Cabinet.

Trivia
Julianne is the fifth and youngest child of her parents' marriage. Her siblings, starting with the eldest, are: sisters Sharee Hough, Mara Beth Hough and Katherine Hough; brother Derek Hough, who appeared with her on "Dancing with the Stars" (2005/I). (They also have 9 stepsiblings from their parents' second marriages.) All have been active in theater arts since early childhood, inspired by their mother's enrolling them in numerous performing courses; they billed themselves as "The Blond Osmonds".

Last name is pronounced "Huff".

Ranked #30 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.

Had surgery to remove her appendix on October 28, 2008.

Country music singer and professional dancer.

Ex-girlfriend of actor Kevin Connolly and singer Chuck Wicks [2008-2009]. At age 18, she was engaged to Zack Wilson in 2006.

Has 15 nieces and nephews - Paris, Willow, Skye, Star, Bronson, Max, Griffin, Evelyn, Hayden, Tyler, Latelyn, AR and Quaid Wise (from sister Sharee Hough), Aidan Poole (from sister Mara Beth Hough), Ariana Phillips (from sister Katherine Hough).

One of her idols is Dolly Parton.

Julianne was head girl at the Italia Conti Academy.

Niece of John Hough and Tina Hough, owners of the Roosevelt Hotel in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

Girlfriend of Ryan Seacrest [June 2010].

Cousin of Lorien Hough-Cord.

In an interview with CosmoGirl magazine, she shared her views about chastity and abstinence from sex until marriage.

Now on AGT, Julianne Hough Poses Nude for Women's Health magazine

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