Julianne Hough Signs With UTA
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Julianne Hough has signed with UTA for representation in all areas. A singer, dancer, actor, entrepreneur, host and judge, as well as an Emmy-winning choreographer and two-time champion on Dancing with the Stars, Hough is set to return to latter competition series as its new co-host when it returns for its 33rd season in September.
With the show on and off as a dancer, judge and choreographer since 2007, she’s previously earned two Emmy nominations for her choreography there, having won an Emmy for choreographing the performance of Sia’s “Elastic Heart,” alongside her brother Derek and Tessandra Chavez, in 2015.
On the acting front, Hough is perhaps best known for playing Sandy in Fox’s critically acclaimed Grease Live!, a production that garnered 10 Emmy Award nominations and clinched five wins, including Outstanding Special Class Program.
Additionally, she’s starred opposite Josh Duhamel in Nicholas Sparks adaptation Safe Haven and headlined the 2011 remake of classic movie musical, Footloose.
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