Grace Anne Helbig ( born Grace Anne Helbig ; born September 27, 1985 ) is an American comedian , actress , author , talk show host and video blogger . She is the creator and host of the It'sGrace YouTube channel and the Not Too Deep with Grace Helbig audio and video podcast .
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Helbig created the DailyGrace web series (2008-2013) at My Damn Channel, was a correspondent for the Attack of the Show! on G4, played the role of Idol on the Fine Brothers MyMusic web show, starred in Lowe TV commercials, co-produced and starred in the Camp Takota movie, wrote the comedy book Grace's Guide: The Art of Pretending to Be a Grown-up, and created and was the host of a comedy talk show on E! titled The Grace Helbig Show. [2]
Early life and education
Helbig was born in southern New Jersey from John Helbig and Theresa McGinnis. She has an older brother, John, and a younger brother, Tim. She grew up in Woodborne Heights, New Jersey and graduated from Gateway Regional High School. She was engaged in running, and also became the winner of several competitions in pole vaulting. [3] [4]
In 2003, Helbig began her studies at Ramapo College in Mauwa, New Jersey and graduated with the highest honor from the Ramapo School of Contemporary Art. She also put together a comedic sketch group called Baked Goods with her best friend Michelle Akin. She studied improvisation at the Peoples Improv Theater in New York City.
In 2005, Helbig took part in the Miss New Jersey USA beauty pageant, which reached the semifinals. [five]
Web Video
Content Creator
In November 2007, Helbig monitored a strange home in South Orange, New Jersey. To get rid of boredom and keep herself busy, she began filming daily videos on her GracieHinABox YouTube channel.
Starting March 2008, Helbig and her college roommate Michelle Akin (maiden name Vargas) created the YouTube channel Grace n 'Michelle . The most recent video on this channel was uploaded on October 25, 2013, when Helbig visited Akin in New York.
In early 2008, Helbig hosted a short-lived animated web series, From Bedtime Stories, to My Damn Channel, which was a parody of classic adult tales. [6] [7] Damn Channel's founder and CEO, Rob Barnett, found her personal vlogs through her profile and offered her the opportunity to post her own video blog on My Damn Channel. [8] This is how DailyGrace appeared on April 14, 2008. New episodes came out every weekday. [9] [10] [11] On October 11, 2010, DailyGrace was launched as its own YouTube channel. By the end of December 2013, the channel had gathered over 2.4 million subscribers and over 211 million video views on YouTube. [12] From the beginning of the series in April 2008 to December 2013, Helbig filmed more than 830 DailyGrace episodes for the DailyGrace channel on YouTube, plus 690 DailyGrace episodes that were exclusively published on My Damn Channel (i.e. all episodes until October 8, 2010, as well as additional videos after this date). [13]
From March 2012 to January 2013, Helbig hosted My Damn Channel LIVE once a week from the company's New York studio (Beth Hoyt conducted routine episodes). In November 2013, the series was revived in a weekly format, like My Damn Channel LIVE: Hangout , where Helbig takes part several times through a video chat from the Los Angeles studio.
On September 13, 2013, Helbig debuted her weekly web series, Grace's Faces, on Bobby Brown 's new YouTube channel, I Love Makeup . [14] [15] The series consisted of twenty-four episodes and ended on March 7, 2014.
On November 4, 2013, Helbig announced a weekly additional DailyGrace video on My Damn Channel called One Thing You Didn't Know About Me From Last Week. [16] A total of five episodes were released - the last on December 2, 2013.
On December 27, 2013, Helbig uploaded her latest episode of DailyGrace to the DailyGrace channel on YouTube. Four days later, My Damn Channel announced that Helbig had decided not to renew her long-term contract with the company, and that Helbig would not be filming the DailyGrace on YouTube further . My Damn Channel stated that the DailyGrace channel on YouTube will function exclusively as an archive, downloading early episodes of DailyGrace and other Helbig content that was previously exclusive to My Damn Channel. [17]
On January 6, 2014, Helbig restarted her personally owned, previously secondary channel it'sGrace (renamed from GracieHinABox ) as her main YouTube channel. [18] News of Helbig's departure from My Damn Channel and the launch of a personal independent channel contributed to a sharp increase in it'sGrace subscribers: from 87,000 in the last week of 2013 to over one and a half million in the first week of 2014. January 22, 2014, just two and a half weeks after the channel was restarted, it'sGrace crossed the line of 1 million subscribers. [19] On April 30, 2014, it was announced through a press release that Helbig had partnered with the Fullscreen multi-channel network . [20] On December 30, 2014, just one week before the year since the channel was restarted, it'Grace crossed the line of 2 million subscribers. As of December 2015, 2.8 million people have signed up for it'sGrace, and the total number of views is over 163 million. [21]
On July 1, 2014, Helbig and co-host Meymry Hart showed the first footage of their summer travel web series #HeyUSA on Astronauts Wanted on YouTube. [22] Eight full-length episodes were released on The Scene digital video platform on October 15, 2014. [23] The premiere of the second season of #HeyUSA took place at The Scene on April 16, 2015, but without Helbig as a travel partner with Hart. Instead, Helbig began each episode and announced the location of the episode, and also named new Hart fellow travelers: Kingsley, Tyler Oakley , Jenna Marbles , Colleen Ballinger and Flula Borg. [24]
Actress
Helbig has been involved in many web series throughout her career, including the following:
In 2012, during the IAWTV award ceremony, Helbig met with Fine Brothers. They just needed an actress to leave someone to play the role of Idol for their new web series MyMusic, and during their meeting, they offered her a role. [8] Helbig flew to Los Angeles the following week to shoot the first season. [25] Helbig subsequently appeared in the first seven episodes of the second season.
In July 2013, in the last three episodes of Season 2, part 2 of the Most Popular Girls in School web series, Helbig was voiced by Ginny Halverstad. In March 2014, Helbig voiced another character, Pamela Darabond, in three episodes of season 3.
In May and June 2014, Helbig played the role of Anna in two episodes of the second season of the Side Effects Web series on AwesomenessTV on YouTube.
On November 17, 2014, Grace Helbig and Hannah Hart appeared as Juliet and Bonnie Parker, respectively, in the fourth season of Epic Rap Battles of History, in the episode Romeo and Juliet vs. Bonnie and Clyde (English Romeo and Juliet vs. Bonnie and Clyde) . [27]
On February 26, 2015, it was announced through many media that Helbig would be one of the main characters, along with Hannah Hart in restarting the 1970s television series Electra Woman and Dyna Girl . The web series, directed by Chris Marrs Pilliero, was filmed in Vancouver in February and March 2015. [26]
On August 6, 2015, Helbig starred in a series of online commercials for the Marriott chain of hotels and resorts for the “Worth booking directly” ad campaign. [27]
On October 6, 2015, Helbig appeared in the fourth episode of the PJ Ligory project on the Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures web series, where she plays a hermit crab named Hermit. The six-part film was launched exclusively through the Vimeo paid service. [28]
Television
Helbig has participated in numerous commercials and has appeared on various television shows and talk shows. She first appeared on television as The Green Girl in a series of public statements for The N's The Big Green Help's environmental awareness campaign in 2008-2009. [29]
On January 5, 2015, through a press release, it was announced that Helbig would be host of a hybrid comedy / talk show for E !, called The Grace Helbig Show . In preparation for the show, Helbig gave a live interview on several US satellite channels on March 27, 2015. The Grace Helbig Show premiered on April 3, 2015. [30] Eight episodes were released and the show ended on June 7, 2015.
Notes
- ↑ Internet Movie Database - 1990.
- ↑ GRACE HELBIG SHARES NEW SHOW TITLE & PREMIERE DATE IN HILARIOUS VIDEO! . Date of appeal March 15, 2015.
- ↑ Callahan, Kevin Versatile Helbig excels in classroom, on track and now with pole vault . Courier Post . Pqasb.pqarchiver (January 9, 2003). Date of treatment September 10, 2013.
- ↑ Dailymotion Features Exclusive Debut of My Damn Channel's Bedtime Stories . Prweb.com (March 11, 2008). Date of treatment September 10, 2013.
- ↑ Official Results (inaccessible link) . Miss New Jersey USA Pageant (2005). Date of treatment October 5, 2011. Archived July 9, 2015.
- ↑ Bedtime Stories: The Frog Prince . Carnival of stuff My damn channel Archived from the original on 2011-11-14.
- ↑ My Damn Channel Gives in to Irrational Fans . sys-con.com (June 9, 2008). Date of treatment September 10, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 Carrie, Stephanie Why Grace Helbig Could Be the Next Big Star to Come From YouTube . Blogs.laweekly.com (July 29, 2013). Date of appeal September 24, 2013.
- ↑ Swearingen, Ryan Grace Helbig . Stated Magazine. Date of treatment October 5, 2011.
- ↑ Southern Comfort Makes Big Digital Play Bringing the SoCo Music Experience to the Web . Business Wire (July 14, 2008). Date of treatment September 10, 2013.
- ↑ Usigan, Ysolt 200 things vlogger Grace Helbig learned on the Internet . Wired for Women . CBS News (July 19, 2011).
- ↑ Grace Helbig Is Leaving My Damn Channel And 'Daily Grace' In 2014 (December 31, 2013). Date of treatment May 13, 2014.
- ↑ Helbig, Grace DailyGrace . My damn channel Date of treatment October 6, 2011. Archived on August 20, 2008.
- ↑ Gutelle, Sam Bobbi Brown, Collective DS Celebrate Cosmetics With 'I love makeup.' . Tubefilter.com (September 6, 2013). Date of appeal September 24, 2013.
- ↑ Kenzie Bryant. 7 Reasons to Look Forward to Bobbi Brown's YouTube Channel - Beauty - Racked National . Racked.com (September 6, 2013). Date of appeal September 24, 2013.
- ↑ One Thing You Didn't Know ... "Nude Mexican Wrestling . My Damn Channel. Date accessed March 1, 2014. Archived February 8, 2014.
- ↑ [1] tubefilter.com: Grace Helbig Is Leaving My Damn Channel And 'Daily Grace' In 2014
- ↑ Votta, Rae YouTuber Grace Helbig nabs E! talk show pilot . The Daily Dot (August 6, 2014). Date of treatment October 13, 2014.
- ↑ Cohen, Joshua Grace Helbig's New, Old YouTube Channel Reaches 1 Million Subscribers . Tubefilter (January 22, 2014). Date of treatment March 1, 2014.
- ↑ Grace Helbig Partners With Fullscreen . Tubefilter (April 30, 2014). Date of appeal April 30, 2014.
- ↑ Grace Helbig YouTube Channel Stats (link not available) . Date of treatment December 28, 2015. Archived January 3, 2016.
- ↑ YouTube Stars Take Summer Road Trip Guided by Fans - YouTube
- ↑ All of Grace Helbig and Mamrie Hart's 'HeyUSA' Episodes Now Up on CNE's The Scene . Videoink.com (October 15, 2014). Date of treatment October 15, 2014.
- ↑ YouTube Star Mamrie Hart Hits Road Again in 'HeyUSA' Travel Show for Condé Nast . Variety.com (March 20, 2015). Date of treatment March 25, 2015.
- ↑ Shannon O'Connor. Grace Helbig: Much More Than DailyGrace Neopr . Entertainment Monthly (June 22, 2013). Date of treatment August 31, 2013. Archived October 4, 2013.
- ↑ Grace Helbig, Hannah Hart are the new 'Electra Woman and Dyna Girl' . Mashable.com (February 26, 2015). Date of treatment February 27, 2015.
- ↑ Grace Helbig to Help Marriott Make Digital Pitch ' . Variety.com (August 6, 2015). Date of treatment August 6, 2015.
- ↑ Jim Henson Co. Creates Creatures for 'Oscar's Hotel' Series from YouTube Filmmaker PJ Liguori . Variety.com (July 21, 2015). Date of treatment July 25, 2015.
- ↑ The N's Green Girl Campaign . Vimeo (June 5, 2011). Date of treatment June 5, 2014.
- ↑ Grace Helbig Is Coming to E! With New Show Premiering in April — Get All the Details! (January 5, 2015). Date of treatment January 5, 2015.