Milana
Milana Aleksandrovna Vayntrub of the United States is an actress as well as a comedian and activist. She was born in the Soviet Union to Jewish immigrants and started her career shortly after immigrating from Israel to the United States as a child actress. The appearances she made as Lily Adams in AT&T TV commercials from 2013 until 2016 - and since 2020 - made her famous. In addition to commercial appearances, she also appeared as a series regular on the Yahoo! Screen science fiction comedy Other Space (2015). She also played the role of a regular character on the NBC drama This Is Us (2016)-2017. Vayntrub was initially cast as the character Squirrel Girls in Marvel Rising's unaired pilot for New Warriors in 2018, has voiced the character since. Vayntrub was born in Tashkent, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR, and is Jewish. At the age of 2 she emigrated together with her parents to the U.S. to escape antisemitism. She moved to West Hollywood. Due to financial difficulties within the family, she started performing in Mattel Barbie commercials when she was just five years old. Vayntrub briefly attended Beverly Hills High School. In her sophomore year she quit and obtained a GED. She continued however to earn the Bachelor of Arts Communication from University of California San Diego. Vayntrub was a student of improv comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade.


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