Milana Vayntrub Biography

Milana Aleksandrovna Vayntrub (Uzbek Cyrillic: ?????? ????????????? ????????; born March 8, 1987) is an Uzbek American actress and comedian who is known for playing the character Lily Adams in a series of AT&T television commercials.

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

Early life

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

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

Career

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. Live Prude Girls went on to be featured on NewMediaRockstars Top 100 Channels countdown, ranked at No. 93.

Vayntrub has had small roles in film and television, including Life Happens. She has also starred in several CollegeHumor videos. In 2011, Vayntrub was the lead in the music video for "Teenage Tide" by Letting Up Despite Great Faults. She appeared as Tara in two episodes 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. 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 the Syrian Civil War, Vayntrub co-founded a website and social media movement called #CantDoNothing to spotlight the European migrant crisis. She currently appears in the television series This Is Us as Sloane Sandburg, author and co-star of the play in which Kevin Pearson is currently appearing in New York.

In July 2017 Vayntrub was cast in the lead role of Marvel superheroine Doreen Green/Squirrel Girl in Freeform's upcoming television series New Warriors.

Filmography

Film roles (selected)

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Life Happens	Tanya
2012	Junk	Natasha
2016	Ghostbusters	Subway Rat Woman

Television roles

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 & 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	2 episodes
2015	Other Space	Tina Shukshin	8 episodes
2016	Love	Natalie	2 episodes
2016, 2017	@Midnight	Herself	7 episodes (July 22, August 17, 18, December 14 & February 13, 2017, March 29 & 30th 2017)
2016	This Is Us	Sloane Sandburg	4 episodes
2018	New Warriors	Doreen Green/Squirrel Girl	Lead role

Web series roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011-2014	CollegeHumor Originals	Various	15 episodes
2015	Wrestling Isn't Wrestling	The Ultimate Warrior	Video short
2016	Jake and Amir Present: Lonely and Horny Episode 1	Elana	1 episode
2013	BowserVids Comedy Sketches	Various	4 videos

Music video roles

Year	Title	Artist	Notes
2007	"Can't Be Saved"	Senses Fail