Milana
Milana Aleksandrovna Vayntrub (American actress and comedian, as well as activist) is a comedian. After moving to America she was born in the Soviet Union to Jewish parents. Her career began as an actress in her early years as a child. Her fame was boosted by her appearances in AT&T commercials on TV as salesperson Lily Adams from 2013 to 2016, and then from in 2020. She was a regular host on the Yahoo! Screen science fiction comedy Other Space (2015). She was also an actor on the NBC drama This Is Us (2016–2017). Vayntrub is also the voice of Squirrel Girl in the Marvel Rising franchise since 2018 after she was chosen to voice the character in the unaired TV pilot for New Warriors. Vayntrub was born in Tashkent, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR, and is Jewish. When she was two years old her parents and she moved to the U.S. as refugees to get away from antisemitism. They settled in West Hollywood. Due to the family's financial problems, she started acting in Mattel Barbie commercials as a five-year-old. Vayntrub briefly attended Beverly Hills High School. However, she quit school after her sophomore years. She earned an GED and then was able to earn a Bachelor of Arts (Communication) from University of California San Diego. Vayntrub studied improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade.

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