Milana

Milana Aleksandrovna Vayntrub (American actress, comedian, activist) is a comedian. She was born in the Soviet Union to Jewish immigrants and began her career after immigrating from Israel to the United States as a child actor. In AT&T commercials on television, she played the role as Lily Adams (saleswoman) from 2013 through 2016 and the year 2020. Apart from commercial appearances, she was also a regular on the Yahoo! Screen science-fiction show Other Space (2015). She also had an actor on the NBC drama This Is Us 2016-2017. Vayntrub, who was originally cast as the character Squirrel Girls in Marvel Rising's unaired pilot for New Warriors in 2018, was voiced in that role since. Vayntrub was born in Tashkent, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR, and is Jewish. Her parents, who were both just two years old, emigrated to America as refugees from antisemitism. They moved to West Hollywood. She started performing in Mattel Barbie commercials at the age of five due in part to the financial difficulties of her family. Vayntrub briefly attended Beverly Hills High School. However, she was kicked out of her sophomore year, and subsequently obtained an GED. Then she was able to receive the Bachelor of Arts degree in communication from the University of California San Diego. She learned how to perform improv from the Upright Citizens Brigade.