Atlantic City, NJ, Aug. 1, 2009 – After winning twice on Dancing with the Stars, Julianne Hough released a top-selling country music album.  Along the way, she was nominated for a Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Award for choreography.  So, boy, did we feel like failures when we learned that Hough accomplished all this before the age of 21!

She celebrated her 21st birthday with her close-knit family this weekend at Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa.  Julianne and her sisters Maribeth and Katherine shopped, dined at Bobby Flay Steak, and danced late into the night at club mur.mur, where they surprised the birthday girl with a cowboy boot-shaped cake. 

Photo: courtesy Borgata Hotel