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Whitney Marie Leavitt (née Ellis; born May 12, 1993) is an American media personality and actress. She gained prominence through her appearances on the Hulu reality television series The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives (2024–present) and the ABC competition series Dancing with the Stars.
Leavitt made her Broadway debut playing Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago (2026). Her run grossed over $8 million, and earned the highest weekly box office sales in the show’s 29-year history.
Whitney Marie Ellis was born on May 12, 1993, in American Fork, Utah. She was raised Mormon with four biological siblings; her parents, Brady and Stephanie Ellis, additionally fostered at least a half-dozen other children. Throughout grade school, she was a competitive dancer and trained at the rival studio of professional dancer Witney Carson.
In 2018, Ellis graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts with an emphasis on dance. She then backpacked across Europe for two months and lived in Uganda for four months.
Leavitt began creating content on the social media platform TikTok in March 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. She quickly joined…
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