Peta Jane Murgatroyd (born 14 July 1986)[1] is an Australian[2] and American[3] professional Latin dancer.

She performed in the international tour of the dance production Burn the Floor, including its Broadway run.

Murgatroyd was born in Auckland, New Zealand, but moved to Australia when she was 18 months old; as a result, she considers herself more of an Australian.

[5] In season 13, Murgatroyd competed on the show as a professional with basketball player Metta World Peace.

[10] In 2012, Murgatroyd was again featured as a professional dancer competing on season 14 as the partner of football player Donald Driver.

In 2013, Murgatroyd was again featured as a professional dancer competing on season 16 as the partner of The Bachelor star Sean Lowe.

In 2014, Murgatroyd was again featured as a professional dancer competing on season 18 partnered with Big Time Rush member James Maslow.

On 19 August 2015, Good Morning America announced Murgatroyd would be one of the pro dancers on the upcoming season 21 of Dancing with the Stars.

Murgatroyd told People magazine she had four torn ligaments and a floating piece of bone in her ankle which would require surgery and six to eight weeks of recovery time.

[12] Murgatroyd returned to the show during the season 21 semifinals,[13] performing a salsa trio with Backstreet Boy Nick Carter and Sharna Burgess.

[13] Murgatroyd returned for season 22 and was partnered with deaf model and actor Nyle DiMarco.

Murgatroyd returned to the show after a two-season hiatus and was paired with former basketball player Lamar Odom.

[15] On 25 June 2015 the official Dancing with the Stars Twitter account announced Murgatroyd would be taking a short break from the tour due to an ankle injury.

[17] In 2014 Murgatroyd started performing in Sway: A Dance Trilogy in Westbury, New York alongside Maksim Chmerkovskiy.

[19] Sway is a live ballroom dance show starring Maksim, his brother Valentin, and Tony Dovolani.

[19] Murgatroyd dated Australian professional ballroom dancer and former DWTS cast member Damian Whitewood for five years before breaking up in early 2012.

[22] Chmerkovskiy and Murgatroyd became engaged on 5 December 2015, when he proposed while onstage for a performance of Sway: A Dance Trilogy in Miami, Florida.