- published: 31 Mar 2012
- views: 18957
Lisa Donovan (born June 11, 1980) is an American actress. As of September 2015, her YouTube channel has over 550,000 subscribers and 135 million video views. She is one of the co-founders of Maker Studios, a YouTube video network which provides production and marketing services for over 1,000 YouTube channels.
She is also a founder of Zappin Productions, a production company specializing in viral videos. She is currently in charge of Creative Development.
Donovan grew up in Scarsdale, New York. She was a student at the University of Colorado at Boulder before moving to Los Angeles, California.
Donovan uploaded her first video, "Introducing LisaNova," to YouTube on June 7, 2006. She has parodied a number of celebrities and public figures; her impersonation of Sarah Palin was praised in Wired as "ruthlessly hilarious", and in 2008 Ralph Nader made a guest appearance in one of the skits. Her 2010 half-hour interview of Katy Perry on Perry's official YouTube channel has received over 4.7 million views. In a Forbes magazine article, YouTube founder Chad Hurley highlighted Donovan's success as an example of the changing paradigm of entertainment. Donovan is also a co-creator of the popular YouTube channel 'The Station', which led to her co-founding the YouTube network Maker Studios.
Actors: Matt Sloan (actor), Kathy Flynn (miscellaneous crew), Will i Am (actor), Akon (actor), Kristen Laidley (miscellaneous crew), Katy Perry (actress), Aaron Yonda (actor), Lionel Pasamonte (miscellaneous crew), Joe Satriani (actor), Kelly Brock (miscellaneous crew), Salli Frattini (producer), Jon M. Chu (actor), Lucas Cruikshank (actor), Lucas Cruikshank (actor), Michelle Adkins (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy, Music, Reality-TV, Talk-Show,