Lauren Gottlieb


Lauren Gottlieb is an American dancer and actress who works mainly 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 . She was the 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". In late 2019 it was revealed that she was battling depression and had taken to alcohol and prescription drug abuse for which she sought therapy in Los Angeles.

Dance career

Gottlieb assisted choreographer Tyce Diorio during the second season of So You Think You Can Dance in 2004. In 2005, Gottlieb participated in season three of So You Think You Can Dance as a contestant. She made it to the final six contestants but struck out in the end. 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, ', and '.
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. In 2014, she participated in Jhalak Dikhla Jaa with Salman Yusuff Khan as a "Challenge Setter".

Acting career

Gottlieb's first shot at acting was on the television show Ghost Whisperer. After Ghost Whisperer, she guest starred in Make It or Break It, ', and '. Gottlieb played the lead female role in the Indian 3D dance film , 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. 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.

Filmography

;Films
FilmYearRoleNotes
Disaster Movie2008Dancer
'2009-
'2009-
'2011Club Woman #2
'2013Rhea
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!2015HerselfSpecial appearance in song "Calcutta Kiss"
Also choreographer for song "Bach Ke Bakshy"
Welcome 2 Karachi2015ShaziaVoiced by Priya Raina
Also as belly dancer in item song "Shakira"
ABCD 22015Olive
Welcome Back2015HerselfSpecial appearance in song "20 20"
Ambarsariya2016Manpreet Kaur
Ghoomketu2020HerselfSpecial appearance

;Television
TelevisionYearRoleNotes
So You Think You Can Dance 32005Contestant
Ghost Whisperer2005Julia
Glee2009–2010Dancer
2010SuzanneEpisode: "Wild Life"
Make It or Break It2010JaydenEpisode: "I Won't Dance, Don't Ask Me"
Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 62013Contestant
Bigg Boss 72013HerselfGuest appearance
Comedy Nights with Kapil2014HerselfGuest appearance
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 72014HerselfGuest appearance
Comedy Classes2015HerselfGuest appearance
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Reloaded2015HerselfJudge
Comedy Nights Live2016HerselfGuest appearance

;Short Film