Milana Vayntrub

**Milana Vayntrub** is an Uzbekistani-American actress and comedian. She is best known for playing the role of "Lily Adams" in a series of AT&T television commercial ads. She came to prominence for her appearances in AT&T television commercials as saleswoman Lily Adams, in which she appeared from 2013 to 2016, and again in 2020.

## Early life

Vayntrub was born in Tashkent, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic,  and is Jewish. When she was two and a half years old, she and her parents immigrated to the U.S. as refugees, settling in West Hollywood.

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*.

She appeared in the television series *This Is Us* as Sloane Sandburg, author and co-star of the play in which Kevin Pearson is starring in New York.

In July 2017, Vayntrub was cast in the lead role of Marvel Comics superheroine Squirrel Girl in the pilot film for Marvel's one time planned television series *New Warriors*, which was not picked up by FreeForm, which originally planned to air the pilot in 2018.

### Activism

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.

## References

1. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milana\_Vayntrub
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Meet The Actress Who Plays 'Lily'", Your AT&T Commercial Crush", UPROXX, April 4, 2014. Retrieved on June 4, 2015.
3. ↑ Backstage Staff. "The Third Annual Backstage 30: 28. Milana Vayntrub", *Backstage*, July 23, 2014. Retrieved on June 4, 2015.
4. ↑ 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 on June 4, 2015.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Haltiwanger, John. "You’ve Seen This Woman A Thousand Times But Had No Idea She Was A Refugee", *Elite Daily*, February 2, 2016. Retrieved on February 8, 2016.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "An amazing side of Milana Vayntrub you haven’t seen (15 Photos)", *The Chive*, February 1, 2016. Retrieved on February 8, 2016.
7. ↑ About Us. Can't Do Nothing. Retrieved on February 8, 2016.

## External Links

* Can't Do Nothing, a non-profit organization formed by Milana Vayntrub
* Milana Vayntrub links at FreeOnes
* Milana Vayntrub at Babepedia
* Milana Vayntrub on  Famous Birthdays
* Milana Vayntrub on  Famous Fix
* Milana Vayntrub on  Listal
* Milana Vayntrub article at *Wikipedia*
* Interview with InStyle