Dancing With the Stars Season 35 Cast Includes Julia Stiles

The Dancing With the Stars Season 35 cast is officially complete, with ABC revealing a 16-celebrity lineup Wednesday, September 2 that includes Julia Stiles, Jenna Dewan, Tatyana Ali, Taylor Hanson, Giada De Laurentiis, Harry Shum Jr. and a mix of athletes, reality personalities and digital creators.

The full lineup and professional dance partners were unveiled live on Good Morning America. ABC’s Good Morning America published the complete cast and pairings ahead of the show’s two-night premiere on September 15 and 16.

Dancing With the Stars Season 35 cast mixes actors, athletes and reality stars

Stiles will compete with Ezra Sosa, while Dewan has been paired with Val Chmerkovskiy. Tatyana Ali will dance with Jan Ravnik, and Hanson frontman Taylor Hanson is partnered with Britt Stewart.

Other pairings include Paralympic champion Ezra Frech with Daniella Karagach, Olympic figure skater Amber Glenn with Pasha Pashkov, social-media personality Connor Wood with Rylee Arnold and chef Giada De Laurentiis with Alan Bersten.

The entertainment side of the cast also includes Glee and Crazy Rich Asians actor Harry Shum Jr., who will dance with Jenna Chmerkovskiy. TheWrap independently confirmed the new celebrity lineup, highlighting Stiles, Dewan and Wood among the additions announced Wednesday.

Reality television remains a major part of the ballroom

Season 35 continues the show’s long tradition of drawing heavily from unscripted television. Tyler Cameron will compete with returning professional Sharna Burgess, while The Traitors finalist Maura Higgins has been paired with Mark Ballas.

Summer House star Ciara Miller will dance with Brandon Armstrong, Sarah Jane Nader is partnered with Hailey Bills and Conner Leavitt will compete with Adele Zaikman. Savannah Bananas personality Jackson Olson and Jimmy Kimmel Live! regular Guillermo Rodriguez round out another section of the lineup.

Several contestants had been announced before Wednesday’s full reveal, meaning the September 2 announcement serves as the first complete picture of the season rather than the beginning of casting news.

Julia Stiles and Jenna Dewan bring especially recognizable film résumés

Stiles enters the competition with credits spanning 10 Things I Hate About You, the Bourne films, Save the Last Dance and Dexter. Her pairing with Sosa makes her one of the season’s most immediately recognizable film stars.

Dewan brings a different kind of dance background. Before establishing herself as an actor, she worked professionally as a dancer and later broke through opposite Channing Tatum in Step Up. She currently appears on ABC’s The Rookie.

Harry Shum Jr. similarly arrives with substantial dance experience from his work before and during Glee. That creates an unusually interesting range of experience levels within a cast that also includes contestants entering structured ballroom competition from sports, cooking and reality television.

People also confirmed the Season 35 celebrity roster and partner assignments, including the September premiere plan.

Season 35 premieres across ABC and Disney+

The competition returns with live episodes on Tuesday, September 15 and Wednesday, September 16 at 8 p.m. ET. Episodes will air on ABC and stream simultaneously on Disney+, with next-day availability through Hulu.

ABC’s official fall schedule confirms the Season 35 premiere window, placing the series near the beginning of the network’s 2026-27 fall rollout.

The show itself remains anchored by returning hosts Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough, while Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough return to the judging panel.

Hough remains one of the franchise’s most recognizable alumni, having moved from championship-winning professional dancer to judge. The Showbiz Journal has also covered Derek Hough outside the ballroom as his life and career have continued to evolve beyond the competition.

A 16-celebrity field gives the season a wide demographic reach

The cast construction reflects the show’s enduring formula: combine nostalgia, current television personalities, athletes and contestants with built-in social audiences, then place them inside a format where familiarity does not necessarily translate into ballroom ability.

Deadline’s cast overview independently confirms the September 2 reveal and the celebrities competing for the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy.

With the complete Dancing With the Stars Season 35 cast now public, attention shifts from casting speculation to rehearsals and the first performances on September 15.