Milana Vayntrub was born on March 8, 1987, to a Jewish family in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, then a Soviet republic. When she was two years old, her parents and she immigrated to the United States as refugees from … See more

Vayntrub made her acting debut appearing in three episodes of the NBC television series ER in 1995. She and Stevie Nelson teamed up to start the YouTube comedy channel Live Prude Girls where they produced … See more

In January 2016, after visiting Greece and meeting with refugee families fleeing the Syrian Civil War, Vayntrub co-founded a website and social media movement called "Can't Do Nothing" to spotlight the European … See more