Julianne Hough Signs With UTA

EXCLUSIVE: 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. Other screen credits include Burlesque, the comedy Dirty Grandpa, Tom Cruise starrer Rock of Ages, and Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings, to name a few.

Hough has also been the host of numerous ABC specials such as Step Into…, Holidays with the Houghs, and Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Celebration. Her self-titled debut album, released in 2008 by Universal Music Group Nashville, made waves by ascending to the top of the Billboard Country charts at #1 and securing the third spot on the Billboard 200, marking a milestone for country artists. Hough won the awards for Best New Female Vocalist and Best New Artist at the Academy of Country Music Awards the following year.

In addition to Canary House Productions, Hough is the founder of Kinrgy, a fitness company that launched as an online platform in 2020 and expanded with a brick-and-mortar location in West Hollywood on March 1st, following a successful partnership with Xponential Fitness. The always-busy multi-hyphenate continues to be represented by Untitled Entertainment, Teall Management, Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern, and The Lede Company.