Milana

 Milana Aleksandrovna Vayntrub, an American actor and comedian is often referred to as Milana Aleksandrovna Vayntrub. Her birthplace was in the Soviet Union to Jewish parents and began her career as an actor as a young person just after moving to the United States. The appearances she made as Lily Adams in AT&T TV commercials from 2013 until 2016 - and from 2020 on - earned her acclaim. She was a regular host on the Yahoo! Screen science-fiction comedy Other Space (2015). She also had regularly featured in the NBC drama This Is Us 2016-2017. After being featured in the TV pilot unaired for New Warriors, Vayntrub also voices Squirrel Girl in Marvel Rising. Vayntrub was Jewish and born in Tashkent in the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. At the age of two She and her parents immigrated to the U.S. as refugees to escape antisemitism, settling in West Hollywood. Her family's financial difficulties caused her to be a part of Mattel Barbie commercials from the age of five. Vayntrub went to Beverly Hills High School briefly however she quit in her sophomore year. Then, she earned an GED, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication at the University of California, San Diego. She was a member of the Upright Citizens Brigade, and learned the art of improv comedy.