50 facts you missed about Julianne Hough, the judge on Dancing with the Stars

50 things about fourth judge of Dancing with the Stars, Julianne Hough.

1. Julianne Alexandra Hough is an American dancer, singer-songwriter, and actress.

2. Julianne Hough is a two-time professional champion of ABC's Dancing with the Stars.

3. Julianne Hough was nominated for a Creative Arts Primetime Emmy in 2007 for Outstanding Choreography in season five of the show.

4. Her first leading acting role was in the 2011 film remake of Footloose.

5. In September 2014, Hough joined Dancing with the Stars as a permanent fourth judge.

6. Julianne Hough was born in Orem, Utah, the youngest of five children in a Latter-day Saint (Mormon) family.

7. Her parents are Marianne and Bruce Hough, who was twice chairman of the Utah Republican Party.

8. Her brother, Derek Hough, is also a professional dancer.

9. Julianne Hough also has three older sisters, Sharee, Marabeth, and Katherine.

10. All four of Hough's grandparents were dancers.

11. Julianne Hough is also cousin to Riker, Rydel, Rocky and Ross Lynch from R5.

12. Hough's formal training began at the Center Stage Performing Arts Studio in Orem, where she danced with Josh Murillo, among others, in Latin Ballroom.

13. Julianne Hough began dancing competitively at nine.

14. In 1999, when she was 10, her divorcing parents sent her and brother Derek to London to live and study with their coaches, Corky and Shirley Ballas. The Ballases helped tutor the two Hough children alongside their own son, Mark.

15. Following in Derek's footsteps, she joined him at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts when a slot opened up at that school. They received training in song, theatre, gymnastics and many forms of dance, including jazz, ballet, and tap.

16. At 15, Julianne Hough became the youngest dancer, and only American, to win both Junior World Latin Champion and International Latin Youth Champion at the Blackpool Dance Festival.

17. Julianne Hough left London that year, after having been "abused, mentally, physically, everything," she said, a situation that escalated "when I started hitting puberty, when I started becoming a woman and stopped being a little girl. ... I was told if I ever went back to the United States, three things were going to happen. One: I was going to amount to nothing. Two: I was going to work at Whataburger. And three: I was going to end up a slut. So, it was like, I can't go back. I have to be this person."

18. After returning to the U.S., she attended the Las Vegas Academy and Alta High School.

19. Julianne Hough was one of the Million Dollar Dancers in the 2006 ABC game show called Show Me the Money.

20. Julianne Hough won the season four of the U.S. edition of Dancing with the Stars with her partner Olympic gold medal-winning speed skater Apolo Ohno, making Hough the youngest professional dancer to win on the program.

21. On November 27, 2007, Hough and her partner, three-time Indianapolis 500 champion Hélio Castroneves, became the winners of season five.

22. Julianne Hough returned for season six with radio host/comedian Adam Carolla, but they were eliminated in week four.

23. In July 2008, Hough was nominated at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards in the category of "Outstanding Choreography" for her Mambo "Para Los Rumberos" (performed with partner Hélio Castroneves) on Dancing with the Stars.

24. On August 25, 2008, the cast of season seven was announced, and Hough was partnered with Hannah Montana actor Cody Linley. She felt abdominal pains during their jitterbug performance on October 27, 2008 and was immediately rushed to a hospital following the encore performance.

25. She subsequently had surgery to have her appendix removed, causing her to miss several performances; Edyta Śliwińska stood in for her.

26. She appeared on the November 12 results show dancing the jive to "Great Balls of Fire" with her brother for the "Design-A-Dance" contest.

27. On November 20, 2008, Hough told Ryan Seacrest on his radio show she would not be returning to Dancing with the Stars, for the foreseeable future, in order to further her music career. However, she did return for season eight, partnering with boyfriend at the time, country singer Chuck Wicks.

28. On October 7, 2013, she was guest judge in place of Len Goodman, which was the first time a former pro dancer came back to judge.

29. On September 2014, she returned as the show's permanent fourth judge.

30. Hough's first country music single "Will You Dance With Me" was released to iTunes and Wal-Zart in May 2007 to raise money for the American Red Cross.

31. Julianne Hough later signed with Universal Music Group Nashville's Mercury Nashville division.

32. Her self-titled debut album was recorded in Nashville and produced by David Malloy, who has worked with Reba McEntire, Eddie Rabbitt, among others.

33. Hough's album, which met with mixed reviews, debuted at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart on May 31, and also peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200.

34. Julianne Hough joined Brad Paisley's 2008 Tour, along with Jewel and Chuck Wicks.

35. Hough, Paisley and Willie Nelson appeared in the video for the Snoop Dogg song "My Medicine".

36. Julianne Hough appeared in a Juicy Fruit commercial in the fall of 2008.

37. She released an EP of Christmas music called Sounds of the Season: The Julianne Hough Holiday Collection.

38. Hough, LeAnn Rimes, Jessica Simpson, and Kellie Pickler announced the 2009 Academy of Country Music Award nominees in February 2009.

39. Julianne Hough was nominated for the Top New Female Vocalist award, a fan voted award, which she subsequently won.

40. Julianne Hough won the Top New Artist award at the 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 5, 2009.

41. Hough's first acting role was in 2001's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (released as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the U.S.), the film adaptation of British author J. K. Rowling's bestselling novel.

42. Julianne Hough appeared in an uncredited role as a "Hogwarts schoolgirl".

43. Julianne Hough appears in the 2010 musical Burlesque, starring Cher and Christina Aguilera.

44. Hough's first leading role was as Ariel Moore in the 2011 remake of the Paramount film Footloose, opposite Kenny Wormald as Ren McCormack.

45. Hough played the role of Sherrie Christian in the 2012 film adaptation of the Broadway musical Rock of Ages, alongside Tom Cruise and Mary J. Blige.

46. In 2012, she filmed her starring role opposite Josh Duhamel in the romantic drama Safe Haven, based on the novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks, which was released on February 14, 2013.

47. Julianne Hough also starred in the comedy-drama Paradise as Lamb Mannerhelm, was released on October 18, 2013.

48. Julianne Hough dated fellow country singer Chuck Wicks from August 2008 to November 2009; when the two had a mutual break-up, it inspired Hough's song "Is That So Wrong".

49. Julianne Hough dated Ryan Seacrest from April 2010 to March 2013.

50. In February 2014, it was revealed that she began dating NHL professional hockey player Brooks Laich.

Source: Wikipedia.org