Milana Vayntrub

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Milana Vayntrub
File:Milana Vayntrub 2012.jpg
Vayntrub at VidCon, 2012
Born (1987-03-08) March 8, 1987 (age 37)[1][2]
Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR
Nationality American
Occupation actress, comedian
Years active 1995–present

Milana Aleksandrovna Vayntrub (/ˈvaɪntruːb/; Uzbek: Милана Александровна Вайнтруб; born March 8, 1987) is a Soviet born 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, USSR[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

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