Peta Jane Murgatroyd was born on 14 July 1986 and is an Australian and American professional Latin dancer.
37 Facts About Peta Murgatroyd
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Peta Murgatroyd performed in the international tour of the dance production Burn the Floor, including its Broadway run.
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Peta Murgatroyd is best known for her appearances on the American edition of Dancing with the Stars, which she and her partners have won twice.
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Peta Murgatroyd was raised in Perth, Western Australia, and started studying classical ballet at age 4.
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An ankle injury at 16 years old forced Peta Murgatroyd to give up ballet.
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Peta Murgatroyd placed second in the Great World City Championships.
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Peta Murgatroyd placed third in the world at the Blackpool Dance Festival Youth Under 21 Latin competitions in 2005.
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Peta Murgatroyd joined the cast of Burn the Floor in 2004, touring with them around the world for six years.
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When Burn the Floor landed on Broadway in August 2009, Peta Murgatroyd was the lead female dancer.
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Peta Murgatroyd joined the cast of Dancing with the Stars in 2011 as a member of the dance troupe in season 12.
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Peta Murgatroyd became a regular member of the professional cast as of season 13.
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In season 13, Peta Murgatroyd competed on the show as a professional with basketball player Metta World Peace.
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In 2012, Peta Murgatroyd was again featured as a professional dancer competing on season 14 as the partner of football player Donald Driver.
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Peta Murgatroyd is the second professional to win after finishing last the prior season, after Kym Johnson.
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For season 15, Peta Murgatroyd was partnered with actor and season 8 runner up Gilles Marini.
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In 2013, Peta Murgatroyd was again featured as a professional dancer competing on season 16 as the partner of The Bachelor star Sean Lowe.
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For season 17, Peta Murgatroyd was paired with Pretty Little Liars actor Brant Daugherty.
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In 2014, Peta Murgatroyd was again featured as a professional dancer competing on season 18 partnered with Big Time Rush member James Maslow.
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For season 19, Peta Murgatroyd paired with comedian and actor Tommy Chong.
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For season 20, Peta Murgatroyd was partnered with football player Michael Sam.
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On 19 August 2015, Good Morning America announced Peta Murgatroyd would be one of the pro dancers on the upcoming season 21 of Dancing with the Stars.
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However, before the season premiered, Peta Murgatroyd was forced to sit this season out due to an ongoing ankle injury.
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Peta Murgatroyd told People magazine she had four torn ligaments and a floating piece of bone in her ankle which would require surgery and six to eight weeks of recovery time.
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Peta Murgatroyd returned to the show during the season 21 semifinals, performing a salsa trio with Backstreet Boy Nick Carter and Sharna Burgess.
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Peta Murgatroyd returned for season 22 and was partnered with deaf model and actor Nyle DiMarco.
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Peta Murgatroyd did not return for season 23 due to her pregnancy.
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Peta Murgatroyd was partnered with The Bachelor star Nick Viall.
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Peta Murgatroyd returned for season 25 and was paired with 98 Degrees singer Nick Lachey.
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Peta Murgatroyd returned for season 29 and was paired with former NFL player Vernon Davis.
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Peta Murgatroyd returned to the show after a one-season hiatus and was paired with actor Jason Lewis.
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On 25 June 2015 the official Dancing with the Stars Twitter account announced Peta Murgatroyd would be taking a short break from the tour due to an ankle injury.
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In 2014 Peta Murgatroyd started performing in Sway: A Dance Trilogy in Westbury, New York alongside Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
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Peta Murgatroyd dated Australian professional ballroom dancer and former DWTS cast member Damian Whitewood for five years before breaking up in early 2012.
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Peta Murgatroyd had been dating DWTS pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy off and on since 2012.
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In 2015, Chmerkovskiy confirmed he and Peta Murgatroyd were dating again.
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Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd became engaged on 5 December 2015, when he proposed while onstage for a performance of Sway: A Dance Trilogy in Miami, Florida.
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In June 2022, Peta Murgatroyd revealed that she suffered three miscarriages between 2020 and 2021 and that she was undergoing invitro fertilization to try to have another child.