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Julianne Hough

2024/8/12
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Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

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Julianne Hough discusses her childhood in the Mormon church, her parents' divorce, and her unconventional upbringing, which involved moving to Florida at age nine to live with a Russian family and train in dance, followed by a move to London at age ten to further pursue her dance career.
  • Grew up in a Mormon family in Utah.
  • Parents divorced when she was nine due to her mother's affair.
  • Moved to Florida at nine to live with a Russian family and train in dance.
  • Moved to London at ten and stayed for five years to pursue dance, returning to Utah at fifteen.
  • Experienced culture shock upon returning to the US.
  • First movie appearance was in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" at age 11.

Shownotes Transcript

Julianne Hough (Everything We Never Knew, Dancing with the Stars) is an actor, dancer, and choreographer. Julianne joins the Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in the Mormon church, going to live with a Russian family to dance when she was 9 years old, and her relationship with perfectionism. Julianne and Dax talk her ambitions to act and sing, her addictive loop, and her pursuit to be a country music singer. Julianne discusses her identity being tied to the shows she’s on, going through her divorce during covid, and why she wanted to open up about her struggles with loss and grief.

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