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Chachi Gonzales

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Olivia "Chachi" Hildén
Chachi Gonzales in 2012
Born
Olivia Gonzales

Houston, Texas, U.S.
Occupation(s)Dancer, choreographer, actress
Years active2011–present
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
SpouseJukka Hildén (m. 2019)
Children3

Olivia "Chachi" Hildén (née Gonzales) is an American dancer,[1] choreographer, teacher[2] and actress. She was a member of the dance crew I.aM.mE, which won the sixth season of America's Best Dance Crew in 2011.[3][4]

Personal life

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Olivia Gonzales was born in Houston, Texas. She has an older sister.[5]

In 2018, Gonzales began dating Finnish stunt performer and actor Jukka Hildén of the Dudesons, having met while filming the television series Ultimate Expedition. They got engaged in August 2018[6] and in May 2019 announced via Instagram and YouTube that Gonzales was pregnant. They married on September 28, 2019, in Lapland. On November 25, 2019, Gonzales gave birth to a baby girl and in April 2020, they moved from Los Angeles to Ähtäri, relocating to Helsinki in 2020.[7]

Career

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Aged six, she was enrolled at a local dance studio and trained as a ballet dancer. Three years later at a dance event, she witnessed a hip hop dance crew for the first time, including Marvelous Motion, whose members (Phillip Chbeeb, Di Zhang and Brandon Harrell) would later become her fellow crew members in I.aM.mE. Gonzales enrolled at Lanier Middle School, where hip hop was taught and in 2010, after the disbandment of Marvelous Motion, auditions were held to create a new crew, I.aM.mE. Gonzalez auditioned successfully and became the crew's youngest member.[8] Together they entered America's Best Dance Crew: Season of the Superstars.[9]

Appearances

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Gonzales was one of the backup dancers for the Tribute to Britney Spears as part of the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards.[10] In 2012 she made a dance appearance with I.aM.mE in the Disney TV programme, Shake It Up.[11] In 2013, she choreographed the dance to the second theme song of the fashion doll franchise Monster High, in "We Are Monster High". She took the lead role in the 2014 feature film The Legend of DarkHorse County, directed by Shawn Welling.[12][13] Gonzales was in the cast of the second season of East Los High in 2014.[14]

In May 2015, she judged the grand finals of the Jagthug World Dance Off competition, held at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila.[15]

Awards

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In 2012, Gonzalez was named "Teen Choreographer of the Year" at the World of Dance 2012 Industry Awards.[16] She won the Remi Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Legend of DarkHorse County at the 2014 WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival awards.[17] In 2015, she won the silver Remi Award for Original Comedy Short for the In the News episode "Dog Day" and for the AXI episode "Alive" for Best Dramatic Original Short Film.

Filmography

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Television and film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2012 Shake It Up I.aM.mE dancer Episode: "Wrestle It Up"
2012-2016 The AXI: Avengers of Xtreme Illusions Zoe Croft/Mira Cruz/Lead Dancer Recurring role
2014 The Legend of DarkHorse County ChaChi Bishop Film
East Los High Jasmine Recurring role (seasons 2–3)
2015–2017 Chachi's World Herself Reality web series (go90)[18]
2016 Make It Pop Herself Episode: "Summer Splash Spectacular"; as Olivia 'Chachi' Gonzales
Freakish Addy 4 episodes (season 1)
Guidance Brianna Wheeler Web series (go90); main role (season 2)[19]
2018 Ultimate Expedition Herself Reality web series; all episodes
Light as a Feather Noreen Listerman Recurring role (season 1), 5 episodes
2019 Posse Herself Episode #6.10
2020 Yökylässä Maria Veitola Herself Episode #6.7
2022 Masked Singer Suomi Herself Character name Party Animal
2025 Iholla Herself
Music videos
Year Song Artist Notes
2012 "School Girl" Adam Irigoyen
2013 "Thank You" Jason Chen
2014 "Lips Are Movin" Meghan Trainor

References

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  1. ^ "Teen Dancer Taken From Legal Guardian Alleges Racial Profiling". abcnews.go.com. April 13, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  2. ^ "Break it down". News and Citizen. Vermont, USA. October 24, 2014. p. 4.
  3. ^ "America's Best Dance Crew Season 6: Finale Recap : RealityWanted.com: Reality TV, Game Show, Talk Show, News – All Things Unscripted Social Network Casting Community". RealityWanted.com. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  4. ^ Anna Hernandez (October 9, 2012). "Faces off the field". Austin American Statesman. Austin, USA. p. 5.
  5. ^ Garrett Ellison (January 16, 2014). "GR Company sues MTV dancer". The Grand Rapids Press. Michigan, USA. p. 8.
  6. ^ Tähtivaara, Sarianne (August 1, 2020). "Hollywood-unelmaa eläneet Jukka ja Chachi Hildén muuttivat metsän keskelle – paistavat laavulla makkaraa ja haaveilevat suurperheestä". Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved September 7, 2020. Jukka lähti kuvaamaan Huippujengi-ohjelmaa ... Samoille vuorille kiipesi joukko tähtiä, joista yksi oli Chachi ... He ystävystyivät
  7. ^ Saarinen, Mette (August 11, 2020). "MTV: Jukka Hildén muuttaa perheineen Helsinkiin – "Olen silti aina Ähtäriläinen"". Metropoli (in Finnish). Retrieved September 7, 2020. Hildén muutti huhtikuussa perheensä kanssa Los Angelesista ... Ähtäriin ... Nyt muutamme Helsinkiin
  8. ^ Garrett Ellison (January 16, 2014). "GR Company sues MTV dancer". The Grand Rapids Press. Michigan, USA. p. 8.
  9. ^ Stewart Derdeyn (May 24, 2018). "i.Am.Me inspires next generation". The Province. British Columbia, Canada. p. 42.
  10. ^ Garrett Ellison (January 16, 2014). "GR Company sues MTV dancer". The Grand Rapids Press. Michigan, USA. p. 8.
  11. ^ "Olivia "Chachi" Gonzales | DanceMedia, LLC". Dancespirit.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
  12. ^ "Shawn Welling Presents: A Double Film Screening of DarkHorse & The Messenger". DancersGlobal. April 5, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  13. ^ Angel Alzona (January 27, 2012). "Friday Feature – Chachi: DarkHorse". Art Room Collective. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  14. ^ Laura Hiros (July 19, 2014). "Las realidades". insert. Texas, USA. p. 7.
  15. ^ "About - Jag Thug". jagthugworlddanceoff.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  16. ^ "WOD 2012 Industry Awards: Teen Choreographer of the Year – Chachi Gonzales". Worldofdance.com. September 6, 2011. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  17. ^ "WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival wraps up 47th season". www.herehouston.com. April 18, 2014.
  18. ^ Todd Spangler (March 23, 2016). "Verizon Go90 to Launch Kids' Dance-Competition Series From DanceOn". Variety. Retrieved August 6, 2019. "Dance-Off Juniors" follows Go90's previous launch of... "Chachi's World," a docu-series about dancer Chachi Gonzales (winner of MTV's "America's Best Dance Crew").
  19. ^ Todd Spangler (October 12, 2016). "Arden Rose, Erica Dasher Star in 'Guidance' Season 2 on Verizon Go90". Variety. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
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