Lauren Gottlieb is a contemporary, jazz funk, and hip-hop dancer from Scottsdale, Arizona, studio-trained in jazz, ballet, hip-hop, lyrical and tap. She started dancing at the age of 7 and moved to Los Angeles in 2006 to pursue her dance career. She was eliminated on 2007-08-13 from the show, "So You Think You Can Dance" (2005). Since she had worked for a previous season with a choreographer of the final 20, Nigel expressed concerns during her selection for the Season 3 top 20, that they may be accused of showing favoritism towards her and hence that they should be careful concerning that. Lauren is most remembered for sharing a kiss with Dominic in their top 8 Rumba. She was a featured dancer on the TVA series, "Glee" (2009), in "Glee: Pilot (#1.1)" (2009) during the "Rehab" dance routine as well as in "Glee: Acafellas (#1.3)" (2009) during the "Mercy" dance routine. She later did choreography in the auditions for season 5. She was also featured in Bring It On: Fight to the Finish (2009) (V) as one of the Jaguars, and in a spoof film, as a cheerleader, in an obligatory mass multi-player ensemble number.