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Jenna N. Mourey (born September 15, 1986), better known by her pseudonym Jenna Marbles, is an American YouTube personality, vlogger, comedian, and actress. As of May 1, 2015, her channel has over 15 million subscribers, making it the seventh most subscribed channel on YouTube and the top channel operated by a woman.
Mourey was born and raised in Rochester, New York, where she graduated from Brighton High School in 2004. She then moved to Boston, where she attended Suffolk University. At Suffolk she obtained a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, and later attended Boston University for a Master of Education in Sport Psychology and Counseling.
Mourey initially started her career with Barstool Sports, where she wrote for their female counterpart site StoolLaLa.
Mourey released a video in 2010 entitled "How To Trick People Into Thinking You're Good Looking" which was viewed over 5.3 million times in its first week. Her video "How To Avoid Talking To People You Don't Want To Talk To" was featured in articles by The New York Times and ABC News in August 2011, in which she stated "I'm sick and tired of guys thinking that just because I showed up at a club or a dance or a bar, that I want to have their genitalia touching my backside." The video has approximately 35 million views as of November 2015. She uploads a new video to her YouTube channel every Wednesday or Thursday. Her pseudonym "Jenna Marbles" comes from her mother's complaint that "Mourey," their legal surname, pulled up only Jenna's videos on Google. Jenna's mother was unemployed at the time that Jenna's first video went viral, and was concerned that they may put off potential employers. The name "Marbles" comes from her dog "Mr. Marbles". As of July 2015, Marbles' YouTube channel has about 15 million subscribers and over 1.8 billion video views.