She's made television appearances on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Good Morning America, and Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
Her parents are Laurie Kauffman and notable West Coast Swing dancer Buddy Schwimmer.
[7] At age ten, she and partner Blace Thompson placed 1st in the Young America Division at the 1998 U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships.
[8] Schwimmer went on to have annual top rankings at the U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships and has won numerous U.S. titles.
Schwimmer and Murillo have a cameo appearance in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody in the episode "Loosely Ballroom".
Historically, Lacey Schwimmer is among a group of ten contestants to have advanced through their respective seasons to the finales without finishing a single episode in jeopardy of elimination (others include Blake McGrath, Donyelle Jones, Katee Shean, Jakob Karr, Ashleigh Di Lello, Evan Kasprzak, Kent Boyd, Marko Germar, Jim Nowakowski, Gino Cosculluela, Sophie Pittman and champions of seasons 2, 4, 8, 11, 12 respectively, Benji Schwimmer, Joshua Allen,Melanie Moore, Ricky Ubeda, Gaby Diaz).
Schwimmer joined her fellow season 3 contestants in the show's 2007 dance tour, which began in Albany, New York.
[11] Lacey assisted her brother Benji in choreographing a West Coast Swing routine for Katee Shean and Joshua Allen during the show's fourth season.
Note: Results highlighted in red indicate that contestants placed in the bottom dancers or couples, but may not have necessarily been eliminated.
TV Guide reported that Schwimmer had endometriosis but was still able to continue on the show as her condition was caught early and therefore did not require surgery.
[16] Schwimmer was not paired with a celebrity partner in season ten, but was present in a few results show dances.
[17] In June 2011 she released her official single titled "Love Soundz" produced by The Monsters and The Strangerz.