1. Charli D'Amelio was a competitive dancer for over a decade before starting her social media career in 2019, when she began posting dance videos on the video-sharing platform TikTok.
49 Facts About Charli D'Amelio
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Charli D'Amelio made her feature film debut with a voice role in the 2020 animated film StarDog and TurboCat.
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Charli D'Amelio starred in the Hulu reality series The D'Amelio Show with her family and co-led the Snap Original reality show Charli vs Dixie, with her sister.
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In 2022, Charli D'Amelio won the thirty-first season of the dance competition series Dancing with the Stars alongside Mark Ballas.
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Charli D'Amelio was the first person to surpass both 50 million and 100 million followers on TikTok.
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Charli D'Amelio was the highest-earning TikTok female personality in 2019 and the highest-earning personality on the app in 2022, according to Forbes, and is often described as TikTok's biggest star.
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Charli Grace D'Amelio was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, on May 1,2004, the daughter of photographer and former model Heidi D'Amelio and business owner and former Republican Connecticut Senate candidate Marc D'Amelio.
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Charli D'Amelio has an older sister, Dixie, who is a social media personality.
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Charli D'Amelio began dancing at the age of three, and was a competitive dancer for over 10 years prior to starting her TikTok career in 2019.
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Charli D'Amelio formerly attended the private King School in Stamford, Connecticut, but began attending school virtually following her TikTok success.
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Charli D'Amelio first began posting on TikTok in May 2019 with a lip syncing video alongside her friend.
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Charli D'Amelio was credited with popularizing the dance on social media, while being incorrectly credited with creating the dance, and was referred to as the "CEO of Renegade" by TikTok users.
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Charli D'Amelio joined the collaborative TikTok content house The Hype House in November 2019 alongside her sister, Dixie.
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Bebe Rexha invited Charli D'Amelio to perform alongside her during her opening performance for the Jonas Brothers in November 2019.
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In February 2020, Charli D'Amelio appeared in a Super Bowl commercial for Sabra hummus along with other celebrities.
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Charli D'Amelio became the most-followed TikTok user, displacing American social media personality Loren Gray, and the first TikTok user to earn 50 million followers.
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Charli D'Amelio appeared in the ABC television special The Disney Family Singalong during the performance of "We're All In This Together" from High School Musical in April 2020.
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Charli D'Amelio starred as Tinker in the June 2020 United States release of the 2019 animated children's film StarDog and TurboCat, marking her first role in a feature film.
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Later that month, D'Amelio announced her debut book, titled Essentially Charli: The Ultimate Guide to Keeping It Real, which was released on December 1,2020.
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Dunkin' Donuts offered a limited-time drink on their menu dedicated to D'Amelio and based on her "go-to" order called "The Charli" in September 2020.
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Charli D'Amelio joined Triller, a rival platform to TikTok, later that month, in the midst of a potential US ban on TikTok.
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Charli D'Amelio made an appearance in Jennifer Lopez and Maluma's music video for their singles "Pa' Ti + Lonely".
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Charli D'Amelio earned a 2021 Guinness World Record for having the most TikTok followers that same month.
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Charli D'Amelio starred in the music video for the Bebe Rexha single, "Baby I'm Jealous", in October 2020.
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Charli D'Amelio became the face of teen-oriented banking services company, Step.
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In November 2020, Charli D'Amelio became the first person to earn 100 million followers on TikTok.
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Charli D'Amelio earned a nomination for Social Star at the 46th People's Choice Awards.
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Charli D'Amelio starred alongside her family in the Hulu docuseries The Charli D'Amelio Show, which premiered in September 2021.
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In January 2022, Charli D'Amelio made a guest appearance in the second episode of Netflix's Hype House, a reality series based on the TikTok collective of the same name.
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Marcus Gibson of Bubbleblabber stated that Charli D'Amelio's role "felt forced for the sake of introducing newcomers to [TikTok]".
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Charli D'Amelio was partnered with Mark Ballas and ultimately won the competition.
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Later that month, Charli D'Amelio released her debut single, "If You Ask Me To" with an accompanying music video.
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Charli D'Amelio performed on select dates of the Dancing with the Stars Live 2023 concert tour, which spanned from January to March 2023.
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Charli D'Amelio co-hosted the 36th Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards with American football commentator Nate Burleson on March 4,2023.
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Charli D'Amelio is currently playing Charmian, a "dance-heavy ensemble [role]", for a run at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, from October 29 through September 7,2025.
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Charli D'Amelio has frequently been referred to in the media as TikTok's biggest star.
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Taylor Lorenz of The New York Times called Charli D'Amelio the "reigning queen" of TikTok.
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Charli D'Amelio appeared on both the Forbes 30 Under 30 list and on Fortune 40 Under 40 list in 2020, making her the youngest person to appear on Fortunes list.
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Charli D'Amelio listed D'Amelio second on their collaborative Next 20 list with Highsnobiety, which determines the most prominent "breakout cultural pioneers" in fashion using search metrics and sales.
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Charli D'Amelio expressed during the video that she wished she had received 100 million followers on the one-year anniversary of her earning one million, for which users, and even Charles himself, further criticized her.
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Charli D'Amelio faced backlash in December 2020 after it was revealed that she and a number of other social media personalities, including Hudson, had been vacationing at Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas during the COVID-19 pandemic while cases in her and her family's residence of Los Angeles surged, shortly after having publicly suggested that not staying home during the pandemic was "inconsiderate".
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Also during this time, Charli D'Amelio was accused of buying her TikTok followers due to some of her followers' following lists not having her listed.
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Charli D'Amelio has participated as an investor in equity funding rounds of Step.
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Charli D'Amelio has openly expressed support for the Black Lives Matter movement; during the George Floyd protests in 2020, she posted a video on TikTok decrying Floyd's murder.
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In December 2020, Charli D'Amelio partnered with TikTok to donate $100,000 to the American Dance Movement, an organization which helps provide access to dance education in the United States, as part of Giving Tuesday.
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Charli D'Amelio has stated that she suffers from an eating disorder.
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Charli D'Amelio has been vocal about her experiences with body shaming.
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Charli D'Amelio was in a relationship with social media influencer Cole Chase Hudson from December 2019 to April 2020.
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Charli D'Amelio was in a relationship with Landon Barker from July 2022 to February 2024.