Milana Vayntrub

Milana Vayntrub

Vayntrub at VidCon, 2012
Born (1987-03-08) March 8, 1987[1][2]
Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR
Nationality Uzbek American
Occupation actress, comedian
Years active 1995–present
Religion Judaism

Milana Aleksandrovna Vayntrub (/ˈvaɪntruːb/; Uzbek: Милана Александровна Вайнтруб; born March 8, 1987) is an Uzbek American actress, comedian, writer, and producer who is known for playing the character Lily Adams in a series of AT&T television commercials.[3]

Vayntrub has appeared in many short films and in the web series Let's Talk About Something More Interesting[4] co-starring Stevie Nelson. She starred in the Yahoo! Screen series Other Space.

Life and career

Vayntrub was born in Tashkent, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic,[3][5] and is Jewish.[6] She moved to West Hollywood with her parents at the age of three, fleeing religious persecution.[7][8] She started acting in Mattel Barbie commercials at the age of five, due in part to her family's financial problems.[9]

Vayntrub briefly attended Beverly Hills High School, but dropped out after her sophomore year, got a GED, and went on to earn a degree in communications from University of California, San Diego.[9] She received training with the improvisational comedy group Upright Citizens Brigade.[3]

Vayntrub and Stevie Nelson teamed up to start the YouTube comedy channel Live Prude Girls where they produced a number of shorts and the hit web series Let's Talk About Something More Interesting.[4] Live Prude Girls went on to be featured on NewMediaRockstars' Top 100 Channels countdown, ranked at No. 93.[10]

Vayntrub has had small roles in film and television, including Life Happens. She has also starred in several CollegeHumor videos.[3] In 2011, Vayntrub was the lead in the music video for "Teenage Tide" by Letting Up Despite Great Faults.[11] She appeared as Tara in an episode of the sitcom Silicon Valley.

Since November 2013, she has portrayed a saleswoman named "Lily Adams" in a series of TV commercials for AT&T.[3] She also portrayed Tina Shukshin on the Yahoo! Screen original series Other Space.

In January 2016, after visiting Greece and meeting with refugee families fleeing violence in Syria, Vayntrub co-founded a website and social media movement called #CantDoNothing to spotlight the European migrant crisis.[7][8][12]

Filmography

Film (selected)
Year Title Role Notes
2011 Life Happens Tanya
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1995 ER Tatiana 3 episodes
1997 Days of Our Lives Young Kristen
2001–2002 Lizzie McGuire Posse Member #1 / Cute Burper / Dancer 3 episodes
2004 The Division Katerina Ominsky Episode: "Acts of Desperation"
2012 Daddy Knows Best Nancy Episode: "Game Night"
2012 The League Cute Girl in Bar Episode: "The Hoodie"
2013 Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous Felcia Episode: "Zach Stone Is Gonna Get Wild"
2013 Food Network Star Video Caller Episode: "4th of July Live"
2013 Key and Peele Vampire Episode: "Sexy Vampires"
2014 House of Lies Christy 2 episodes
2014 Californication Bad Actress Episode: "Like Father Like Son"
2014 Silicon Valley Tara Episode: "Third Party Insourcing"
2015 Other Space Tina Shukshin 8 episodes
2016 Love Natalie 2 episodes
Web
Year Title Role Notes
2011–2014 CollegeHumor Originals Various 15 episodes
2015 Wrestling Isn't Wrestling The Ultimate Warrior Video short [13]

References

  1. ↑ Vayntrub, Milana (March 8, 2013). "I feel like the luckiest girl with the funniest fans!". Twitter. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  2. ↑ Vayntrub, Milana (March 8, 2014). "My mom and my hamburger birthday cake". Twitter. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Kurp, Josh (April 4, 2014). "Meet The Actress Who Plays 'Lily,' Your AT&T Commercial Crush". UPROXX. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Live Prude Girls". YouTube. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  5. ↑ Backstage Staff (July 23, 2014). "The Third Annual Backstage 30: 28. Milana Vayntrub". Backstage. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  6. ↑ Vayntrub, Milana (December 6, 2012). "@SalteeMan no. I'm also a Jew and fundamentally opposed to any kind of cooking people to death.". Twitter. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  7. 1 2 Haltiwanger, John (February 2, 2016). "You’ve Seen This Woman A Thousand Times But Had No Idea She Was A Refugee". Elite Daily. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  8. 1 2 "An amazing side of Milana Vayntrub you haven’t seen (15 Photos)". The Chive. February 1, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  9. 1 2 Box (January 25, 2015). "BA #061: Milana Vayntrub". Box Angeles. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  10. ↑ NMR Staff (December 29, 2014). "The NMR Top 100 YouTube Channels: 100 – 76!". NewMediaRockstars. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  11. ↑ Letting Up Despite Great Faults (August 28, 2011). "Letting Up Despite Great Faults - 'Teenage Tide'". YouTube. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  12. ↑ "About Us". Can't Do Nothing. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Wrestling Isn't Wrestling". YouTube. March 16, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.

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