Julianne Marie Hough was born on July 20, 1988. Julianne Marie Hough is an American professional ballroom dancer, and television celebrity, referred to by the newsmagazine 20/20 as one of the “very best dancers on the planet.” She has won multiple international titles, is the youngest professional dancer to have ever competed on the televised competition Dancing with the Stars, and won the overall title in her first year on the show, as she coached her amateur dancer partner, Olympic speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno, to win the competition. She repeated as Dancing with the Stars champion in her second season, this time paired with Indianapolis 500 champion Hélio Castroneves.

fourth season of Dancing with the Stars, a televised ballroom dance competition. In her first year, 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 (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. On November 27, 2007 Hough and her partner, two-time Indianapolis 500 champion Hélio Castroneves, were announced as the winners of Season 5. She now is the second professional dancer (first being Cheryl Burke) to win 2 seasons of Dancing with the Stars (US TV series) in a row, first being with Apolo Anton Ohno and second being with Hélio Castroneves. She also made guest appearances on other shows such as Show Me the Money, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and The View.

Hough was engaged to Zach Wilson and originally planned to marry on August 8, 2007 in an LDS (Mormon) temple, but has postponed her marriage. Zach Wilson since has listed his profile as single on his MySpace site. 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” Julianne, although Julianne denies a romantic relationship. Aliette Vasquez recently broke off her engagement to Julianne’s Season 5 DWTS partner, Helio Castroneves.