Milana
Milana Aleksandrovna Vayntrub is an American comedian, actress, and activist. She was born in the Soviet Union to Jewish parents and began her career as an actor when she was a young girl, soon after her move to the United States. She is best known for her appearances on AT&T commercials on television. In these commercials, Lily Adams (2013 to 2016) and in 2020 (since 2020). She was a regular host of the Yahoo! Screen science-fiction comedy Other Space (2015). She was also regular on the NBC drama This Is Us (2016–2017). Vayntrub has also voiced Squirrel Girl on the Marvel Rising franchise since 2018 after she was selected to play the character in the unaired TV pilot for New Warriors. Vayntrub is an Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) native, and also a Jew. At the age of two she emigrated with her parents to the U.S. to escape antisemitism. She moved to West Hollywood. At the age of five she started appearing in Mattel Barbie commercials. This was partly due to the financial struggles in her family. Vayntrub was a student at Beverly Hills High School briefly however she was kicked out of the school during her second year. She then obtained the GED and earned the Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from the University of California, San Diego. She studied improv with the Upright Citizens Brigade.


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