- Born
- Height5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
- Milana Vayntrub is an Uzbekistan-born American actress, writer and director. She began her career making YouTube videos that got her signed, and gave her an MTV pilot deal. She was recognized by Adweek on the cover of their Creative 100 issue for her activism, documentary work, and her role as Lily Adams in AT&T commercials. Her award-winning short film "Pickled Herring" can now be seen on Omeleto.
- IMDb mini biography by: Sam013024
- Pronounsshe/her
- She has appeared as the store employee "Lily Adams" in a huge series of commercials (160+ and counting as of November 2022) for AT&T Wireless from February 2014 through present day/November 2022.
- From Uzbekistan.
- Her family fled the USSR as Jewish refugees when she was 3. Vayntrub is an active supporter of refugees today.
- Studied under the Upright Citizens Brigade..
- Her surname Vayntrub is a cognate with the Jewish surname 'Weintraub'. While it literally translates to "wine-grape", in German it just means "grape".
- There are moments in your life where you realize you could do nothing, but if you do, you'll probably regret it forever.
- In August of 1989, we arrived in Los Angeles where we had family. With their help, along with that of Jewish resettlement organizations like HIAS, my parents were set up with jobs.
- You can't say that we need to give women more roles, and then when we do, say that they're only there because men want to look at them.
- I remember what it was like when my parents couldn't help me with my homework because they couldn't speak the language, or being a translator for my parents. I did that a lot.
- I'm a real nerd for science. I love Neil deGrasse Tyson and 'Cosmos' and all that.
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