Charli Grace D'Amelio is an American social media personality and dancer. She was a competitive dancer for over a decade before starting her social media career in 2019 when she began posting dance videos on the video-sharing platform TikTok.

She was a competitive dancer for nearly ten years before beginning her social media career in 2019 when she began regularly publishing content on TikTok, a video-sharing app. She immediately gained a significant following and eventually became the platform’s most popular creator. She was the second-highest earning TikTok personality in 2019 according to Forbes.

Charli was born on May 1, 2004, in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA. She began dancing when she was three years old and has been a trained competitive dancer for over ten years before starting her TikTok career in 2019. D’Amelio has been referred to as TikTok’s biggest star in the media. The New York Times dubbed D’Amelio the “reigning queen” of TikTok. The Face dubbed her and her sister Dixie as the “CEOs of TikTok.”. The Washington Post dubbed her “TikTok’s unchallenged ruler” in an article. The New Yorker dubbed her the “face of TikTok.” Her appeal has been linked partly to the fact that her content is perceived as genuine.

In 2020, she was included in both the Forbes 30 Under 30 and Fortune’s 40 Under 40 lists, making her the youngest individual ever to be named to Fortune’s list. Amelio also won the Breakout Creator award at the Streamy Awards in 2020, as well as the Kids’ Choice Awards for Favorite Female Social Star in 2021 and Favorite Female Creator in 2022.

Charli Grace D'Amelio was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, on May 1, 2004, the daughter of photographer and former model Heidi D'Amelio and business owner and former Republican Connecticut Senate candidate Marc D'Amelio. She has an older sister, Dixie, who is also a social media personality.