Gizelle Marie (born in July 4, 1988) is an American exotic dancer and stripper. She gained fame in 2017 for organizing the #NYCStrippersStrike movement.

Born and raised in New York, Gizelle Marie grew up in the city for most of her life. She has also lived in Orlando, Florida during her early 20s where she freelanced as a model.

In addition to being a model, she became a dancer in music videos for hip hop artists, which include French Montana's "I'm a Coke Boy", 50 Cent's "Major Distribution" and several others. During this time in 2013, she was a part of an agency called, Love Joy Entertainment.

As a stripper, she has danced in several New York City clubs, including Starlet's Gentlemen's Club, [12] ACES, and TrapHouse Gentlemen's Club.

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On October 22, 2017, after arriving from a work trip in Washington, DC, Gizelle

and many of her other colleagues in the New York City Stripper circuit began to message each other through social media about the difficulties they faced by trying to make a living wage as a stripper in the Queens and Bronx areas. She then made a post on Instagram about how she and other strippers are against the practices about the club promoters who have recently changed the way that the money circulates the clubs and the working areas.

One of the issue that dancers and strippers have with the club owners and promoters of strip clubs is that for the past few years, they have stopped hiring bartenders to simply tend the bar.

Instead, they proceed to hire women who have large social media followings to attract costumers.

Furthermore, she personally claims that several female bartenders in New York City clubs tell the customers not to pay the dancers, distract customers from watching the dancers on stage, and sweep money off the stage when they dance; dancers are told to not pick up any money that is not on the stage.

Dancers have also been speaking up about the racism and discrimination they face in the industry.

Gizelle Marie has since posted the messages and other social media anecdotes sent to her personal Instagram account and the "NYC Stripper Strike" account as a way to raise awareness of the multitude of issues that strippers in New York City are facing each day.