Jenna Marbles

American YouTube personality

Jenna Nicole Mourey (born September 15, 1986[1][2]), better known by her pseudonym Jenna Marbles, is an American YouTube personality, vlogger, comedian, and actress. As of September 2019, her channel had about 3.3 billion video views and 20 million subscribers.[3]

Jenna Marbles in 2017

She is the 86th most subscribed channel on YouTube and the eighth-most-popular channel operated by a woman.[4] Mourey is the first social media star to have a wax figure shown at Madame Tussauds Museum in New York City.[5]

On June 25, 2020, Mourey uploaded a YouTube video, in which she apologized for past offensive comments and blackface. She said that she would be quitting from her YouTube channel.[6][7]

Mourey was born in Rochester, New York. She studied at Suffolk University and Boston University.

References change

  1. @Jenna_Marbles (Sep 15, 2015). "Today is my birthday..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. JennaMarbles (August 27, 2015). "Things I Get Excited About As An Adult". YouTube.
  3. "JennaMarbles". YouTube.
  4. "PewDiePie, Jenna Marbles, CaptainSparklez: The Web's Biggest Stars". Reason. October 1, 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  5. Stark, Chelsea. "Jenna Marbles, Smosh are first YouTube stars with their own wax figures". Mashable. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  6. Haring, Bruce (June 25, 2020). "YouTube Star Jenna Marbles Leaving Her Channel, Apologizes For Blackface Video". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  7. Spangler, Todd (June 25, 2020). "Jenna Marbles Leaving YouTube 'For Now,' Tearfully Apologizes for Past Racist and Other Offensive Videos". Variety. Retrieved June 25, 2020.