Whitney Leavitt is a dancer and TikTok creator who was painted as the villain in the early seasons of Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, then rebuilt her public image on live stages. She reached the semifinals of Dancing with the Stars in 2025, and her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in Chicago broke the show’s box office record in 2026. Born May 12, 1993, she is 33 years old as of October 2026.
Leavitt announced her exit from Mormon Wives in May 2026, making Season 5 her last. Her next stage role opens December 1, 2026, when she plays Sandra Dee in Just In Time on Broadway.
Early Life
Whitney Marie Leavitt, nee Ellis, was born on May 12, 1993, in American Fork, Utah, to Brady and Stephanie Ellis. She is the eldest of her siblings. The family had four biological children and took in at least a half-dozen foster children over the years. She was raised Mormon in Utah.
Dance came first. Leavitt competed from grade school and trained at the rival studio of Witney Carson, who later became a Dancing with the Stars professional. She graduated from Brigham Young University in 2018 with a BFA in dance. After graduating, she backpacked across Europe for about two months and spent four months in Uganda doing humanitarian work.
Rise to Fame: MomTok and the Hospital Video
Leavitt built her audience on TikTok with choreographed dance videos and family content. She was an original member of MomTok, the group of Utah Mormon mothers that formed around Taylor Frankie Paul. She posts as @whitneyleavitt on TikTok, @whitleavitt on Instagram and @whitleavitt on YouTube. As of October 2026, she has 3.7 million TikTok followers and 2.16 million on Instagram.
One video followed her for years. In December 2021, shortly after her son Liam was born, she posted a TikTok of herself dancing to Kendrick Lamar’s “Love” beside Liam’s hospital bed. Liam was about two weeks old and hospitalized with RSV and low oxygen. Viewers accused her of using his illness for views. Leavitt deleted the video and posted a tearful response, saying she had been trying to stay positive while he got better.
She addressed the video on the show in Season 1 and on The Squeeze podcast, and denied filming it for clout. In Season 3, castmate Demi Engemann said Leavitt had admitted during a ketamine therapy session that she filmed it “for sympathy, likes [and] clout.” Leavitt denied that too.
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives
Leavitt was an original cast member of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, which premiered on Hulu on September 6, 2024. The original cast around her included Layla Taylor, Demi Engemann and Jen Affleck. Hulu kept ordering more seasons, and a Disney+ renewal announcement confirmed the series would continue.
Season 1 gave her the antagonist edit. She had pulled away from MomTok before filming and left the group chat, and her storylines ran through the hospital video fallout and friction with the other women over how honest she was being with them.
She nearly left earlier. During Season 3 contract talks she stepped away from filming. Bustle reported she asked for a scripted acting role on another project as part of the negotiations, and Leavitt has said she came back mainly for the chance to audition for Dancing with the Stars. She missed part of Season 3 and returned for Season 4.
The exit came on May 3, 2026, during her final Chicago performance. Still in character as Roxie Hart, she read from a prop newspaper on stage: “Whitney Leavitt announces she’s leaving The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.” Her representative confirmed the departure to Deadline, and The Hollywood Reporter confirmed it as well. She had hinted at the move to The Hollywood Reporter in March 2026: “I wouldn’t be where I am without it, but it feels like it’s time to challenge myself in other ways.”
Season 5 premiered on September 10, 2026, and deals with her departure. The day before the premiere, Leavitt confirmed on Instagram that Season 5 was her final season. Her friction with Jen Affleck carried into it: viewers caught her appearing to smile when Affleck was eliminated from Dancing with the Stars, and Leavitt addressed the moment in a confessional. People’s August 2026 cover story described her run as going “from being painted as the ‘villain’ in the early seasons” to Dancing with the Stars and Broadway. “I’ve been told I play a good villain,” she told Bustle.
Dancing with the Stars Season 34
Leavitt joined Season 34 of Dancing with the Stars in 2025, partnered with Mark Ballas. Her dance training showed early. On TikTok Night in Week 3, their samba to “Shake Ya Ass” scored 24 out of 30. Midseason, their Argentine tango to “Cell Block Tango” from Chicago drew praise from the Chicago production’s own TikTok account.
She went out in the semifinals on Prince Night, November 18, 2025. Leavitt and Ballas scored 58 out of 60, a Cha Cha to “1999” and a Viennese Waltz to “Slow Love” worth 29 points each, which tied them for second on the judges’ leaderboard. The combined viewer vote sent them home. She finished 6th. Robert Irwin and Witney Carson won the season.
After the finale, Leavitt and Ballas performed the freestyle they had prepared for the final on the Call Her Daddy podcast. Reaching the semifinals put her bonus at the $50,000 level, according to Brit + Co’s cast pay reporting. Leavitt has said the show reignited something in her and brought back the drive to perform she had before reality TV.
Broadway: Roxie Hart and the Chicago Record
The casting was announced on December 1, 2025, about a week after her semifinal elimination. Roxie Hart in Chicago was Leavitt’s first professional theater role. She opened on February 2, 2026, at the Ambassador Theatre in a six-week engagement booked through March 15.
Ticket demand kept her there. The run was extended twice, first through April 5 and then through May 3, 2026. In the week of March 8 to 15, Chicago grossed $1,457,930.77, the highest weekly gross in the show’s 29-year history. The producers shared the figure with People. Across her first six weeks, the show took in $8,049,526.
Ballas joined the production as Billy Flynn on April 6 and stayed through her final performance on May 3. The Leavitt family moved to New York City for the run. After she left, weekly grosses fell back below $1 million. Reality Tea pointed to the week of August 9, when the show grossed $742,764, against million-dollar weeks during her run.
Just In Time, The Traitors and the Holiday Film
Leavitt’s second Broadway role is Sandra Dee in Just In Time, opposite Jeremy Jordan as Bobby Darin at Circle in the Square Theatre. She takes over the role from Carrie St. Louis for a six-week engagement that runs from December 1, 2026, to January 10, 2027.
In June 2026 she attended the Tony Awards with Conner and made a surprise appearance in the opening number. In September 2026, Peacock announced her in the 23-person cast of the next celebrity season of The Traitors, alongside Kristin Chenoweth, Bronwyn Newport and Bianca Del Rio. The season is expected on Peacock in 2027.
She is also set to star in and executive-produce All for Love, a holiday film from Leavitt Media House, the company she launched with Conner. Page Six described it as a romantic comedy planned for a holiday 2026 release. In the film she plays Winona, a podcaster whose holiday dating-app partnership pairs her with a mystery man who turns out to be Luke (Jesse Kove), the renovator fixing her grandmother’s Christmas Eve venue; the film is directed by Jake Helgren for Ninth House Productions and went into production in December 2025.
Marriage to Conner Leavitt
Leavitt met Conner Leavitt in 2015, when both went as wingmen on the same double date, an account People reported from Vulture. They married in July 2016. Conner works as a technical analyst.
The marriage had a public crisis in 2022, when his Tinder profile surfaced. On the show, he attributed it to a pornography addiction. The couple moved to Hawaii in July 2022 for about two months to work on the marriage, then returned to Utah for production. Conner has also spoken on the show about childhood sexual abuse and trauma he had not dealt with, and discussed it publicly in 2025. In May 2025, Leavitt denied to People that the couple is in a “lavender marriage.”
On June 19, 2026, they renewed their vows at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas for their 10th anniversary. Their new bands, designed by Katie Clark, carry each other’s birthstones. The renewal had been teased on a Brides cover in February 2026.
Conner has since started his own stage career. He made his New York stage debut in 11 to Midnight, an Off-Broadway dance show at the Orpheum Theatre that opened May 8, 2026, performing alongside Heather Morris and Nia Sioux. In September 2026 he competed on Dancing with the Stars Season 35 with first-time professional Adele Zaikman. He was the first celebrity eliminated, going out on the September 15 premiere night in 16th place.
Children
The Leavitts have three children. Sedona, a daughter, was born in November 2019. Liam, a son, was born in December 2021. Billy Gene, a second son, was born on October 24, 2024. Leavitt announced that pregnancy on the show by putting the positive pregnancy test inside a cake. At Billy Gene’s birth, the couple told People: “We’ve always wanted three kids and we’re so happy everyone’s here now.”
Three is the final number. In People’s August 2026 cover story, Leavitt said: “After our third I said to Conner, ‘Snip snip, buddy.’ Our family is complete.” The couple handle most parenting themselves, splitting duties between their two careers.
Business and Brand Deals: Cool Sips and Leavitt Media House
In spring 2026, Leavitt was named Chief Creative and Brand Officer of Cool Sips, a New York dirty soda chain. Her first menu move was a signature drink called The Whitney. She told Food & Wine she had been ordering versions of the recipe for a long time before the job existed. Her brand work also includes The Honest Company, where she was one of the influencer faces of its It’s Time to Get Honest flushable-wipes campaign.
Leavitt Media House is the company she launched with Conner. Its first announced project is All for Love, with Leavitt as star and executive producer.
Her disclosed rates give a partial picture of the money. She has said she was paid $20,000 for a single sponsored post promoting a sex toy brand.
2025 to 2026: Recent Developments
The last two years moved Leavitt out of reality TV and onto New York stages. She confirmed Season 5 of Mormon Wives as her last before it premiered in September 2026. People’s August 2026 cover story placed the family back in Utah, in a home closer to their families, with long New York stays for her Broadway runs. Next up is Just In Time in December, then The Traitors in 2027.
Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Whitney Leavitt?
Whitney Leavitt was born on May 12, 1993, in American Fork, Utah. She is 33 years old as of October 2026.
Who is Whitney Leavitt’s husband?
Her husband is Conner Leavitt. They met in 2015, when both went as wingmen on the same double date, and married in July 2016.
Are Whitney and Conner Leavitt still together?
Yes. The couple renewed their vows on June 19, 2026, at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, marking their 10th anniversary.
How many children does Whitney Leavitt have?
She has three children with Conner: Sedona (born November 2019), Liam (born December 2021) and Billy Gene (born October 24, 2024). She told People in August 2026 that their family is complete.
Why did Whitney Leavitt leave The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives?
She announced the exit on stage at her final Chicago performance on May 3, 2026, and her representative confirmed it to Deadline. She had told The Hollywood Reporter in March 2026 that it felt like time to challenge herself in other ways. Season 5, which premiered in September 2026, was her final season.
How far did Whitney Leavitt get on Dancing with the Stars?
She reached the semifinals of Season 34 with Mark Ballas and finished 6th. They scored 58 out of 60 on Prince Night, November 18, 2025, and were eliminated on the combined viewer vote.
What Broadway shows has Whitney Leavitt been in?
She made her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in Chicago, running from February 2 to May 3, 2026, and set the show’s weekly box office record during the run. Her second Broadway role is Sandra Dee in Just In Time, from December 1, 2026.
Is Whitney Leavitt in Just In Time?
Yes. She plays Sandra Dee opposite Jeremy Jordan’s Bobby Darin at Circle in the Square Theatre, in a six-week engagement from December 1, 2026, to January 10, 2027.
What is Whitney Leavitt’s net worth?
No verified figure exists. Published estimates cluster around $1 million, and none of them is verified. The money figures she has confirmed herself are smaller and specific: $20,000 for one sponsored post, and a $50,000 bonus level for reaching the Dancing with the Stars semifinals, per Brit + Co’s cast pay reporting.
