Colleen Ballinger

Colleen Mae Balinger was born on November 21, 1986. Her most well-known work is her Internet character Miranda Sings, posting videos of the character on YouTube and performing her one-woman comedy act on tour in theatres worldwide, and making and starring in a Netflix original show called Haters Back Off (2016-2017) about the character. Ballinger created the comically talentless, egotistical and eccentric character to mock the thousands of YouTube videos featuring people singing poorly in the hope of breaking into show business however they appear to be unaware of their inability to talent.Ballinger also has life and comedy videos on her own YouTube channel and a Vlog channel called Colleen Vlogs. Her YouTube channels, combined have reached 5 billion views. Miranda Sings has over 10 million subscribers and 6 million Instagram followers. Ballinger received an award called the Teen Choice Award for "Web Star: Comedy"and a Streamy Award as Best Actress. 4 She was cited by The Hollywood Reporter as one of the Top 25 Digital Stars and placed at number. Forbes magazine's 2017 list ranked her 5th among the most influential entertainment influencers. Ballinger has appeared as an actor and singer in films, TV recordings, television as well as online series. She appeared on the web-based series Escape the Night (2018-2019) and also played Dawn in the Broadway musical Waitress (2019) and guest-starred as Miranda Sings on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee with Jerry Seinfeld (2014), and has appeared three times on The Tonight Show (2016-2017) as well as other talk shows. Ballinger has also published two best-selling books, that were written by Miranda's voice, Selp-Helf (2015) and My Diarrhe (2018). Erik Stocklin, her husband, is also a actor. Ballinger relocated to New York City in 2010 to follow performing opportunities however she returned to the West coast in 2012 when she realized that in order to maximize her YouTube viewers, she needed to be a part of the YouTuber community in Los Angeles. After a couple of years of dating, Ballinger married Joshua Evans in California in July 2015. In two separate videos on YouTube, Evans and Ballinger announced that they were divorcing in September 2016.

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