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Anna Akana
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Akana at VidCon Amsterdam in 2018
Born
Anna Kay Napualani Akana

(1989-08-18) August 18, 1989 (age 35)
Monterey County, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actress
  • filmmaker
  • musician
  • YouTuber
  • comedian
Years active2009–present
YouTube information
Channel
Genre(s)Music, comedy
Subscribers2.84 million [1]
Total views376 million [1]
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YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers
Last updated: 29 January 2025
Website annaakana.com

Anna Kay Napualani Akana (born August 18, 1989) [2] is an American actress, comedian, filmmaker, musician, and YouTuber. She has appeared in TV series, films, and music videos that include Awkward (2011), Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" (2011), Ant-Man (2015), Hello, My Name Is Doris (2016), Dirty 30 (2016), Big City Greens (2018–present), Amphibia (2019–2022), and Blade of the 47 Ronin (2022).

Contents

In 2015, she launched a clothing line called Ghost & Stars. She is the author of So Much I Want to Tell You: Letters to My Little Sister (2017), in which she describes her struggles and experiences from her sister's suicide to her celebrity status. [3]

Early and personal life

Akana's father was an officer in the United States Marine Corps, including during her childhood. [4] Her father moved every few years to a new state or country. [5] In a 2020 interview, she said that she loved Sailor Moon , Inuyasha , and Ranma ½ , expressing her surprise that her dad would make them watch Tenchi Muyo! with him despite its "perverted" nature. [6] Her father stated that she loved shows like The Powerpuff Girls , animation in general, and anime, the latter especially because she spent "four years growing up in Japan".

On February 14, 2007, Akana's younger sister, Kristina, died by suicide aged 13. [7] Several months after, Akana watched Margaret Cho perform on a Comedy Central special and laughed for the first time since her sister's death. She began to see laughter as a means of trying to move on with her life and decided to seriously pursue comedy. [8] Akana has been vocal about her sister's suicide and is a strong advocate for suicide prevention. In 2013, Akana uploaded a YouTube video, "please don't kill yourself", in which she explains how it felt for her to have a family member die by suicide. [9] In that same year, she released a book Surviving Suicide which contains her journal entries from the two years after her sister's death. [10]

In October 2018, she came out as bisexual. [11]

In 2019, she stated that she had undergone an abortion when she was twenty and felt it was one of the best decisions she had ever made. [12] She later presented her story as a movie for YouTube titled "Take Your Birth Control". [13] Akana is of Japanese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Spanish, French, Irish, German, and English descent. [14] [15]

Career

Akana first started performing comedy at age 19 but switched to YouTube video performances in 2011 after experiencing panic attacks and anxiety before going on stage. [8] She later resumed performing stand-up onstage. During this time she went under the stage name "Anna Math" (a wordplay on the stereotype of Asians being smart, specifically good at math) and performed at various venues across California. She first struck online recognition with a semi-popular internet video on Funny or Die in 2010 of her mother discovering she masturbates as a teenager after finding condoms in the trashcan revealed to have been used to keep her vibrator clean. Around the same time, she made her acting debut in a The Sims 3 game trailer titled Confessions and as an uncredited background extra in 90210 .

YouTube

Akana became a public figure after meeting YouTube celebrity Ray William Johnson at a CBS Annual Diversity Showcase event in January 2012. Prior, upon moving to Los Angeles, Akana gained a larger online audience and debuted as a YouTube personality by launching a web mini-series in March 2011 titled 10 Second Traumas, created with her then-friend Deirdre Devlin. The series consisted of 10-second short sketches related to the women's struggles in LA, usually pertaining to their sex lives. 10 Second Traumas was also done in affiliation with FMyLife and Funny or Die. It gained mild traction after guest starring Katy Perry's brother David Hudson, but did not blow up until Ray William Johnson liked the videos in his public channel feed and in turn featured Akana and Devlin as "Video Hoes" in Ray's own web series Breaking NYC in July 2011, then starring in the 10 Second Traumas sketches himself. During this time Akana also posted the sketches as well as her standup hours on a predecessor channel called 'bicuriousears' (made in 2008).

With the encouragement of Ray William Johnson to start her own channel after accumulating enough recognition from the 10 Second Traumas series and her cameo roles in Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" music video and MTV's Awkward , Akana created her current YouTube channel in August 2011 and garnered an algorithm for her collaborations with Johnson. Originally uploading sketches and vlogs from her phone, Akana began making comedic life advice videos featuring prop guns and use of cloning to convey cutaways related to her storytelling. She was a huge fan of Batman and adopted the sign-off catchphrase "Stay awesome Gotham". Akana also began a music career by releasing the singles "Screw You", "Stoner Anna Versus Regular Anna", and "Against the Darkness" in 2012.

Akana and Johnson began dating in 2012 but broke up in July 2014 after Akana felt a power dynamic in their relationship due to Johnson being richer and more successful.

In 2014, Akana formed a comedy music duo, Cat Benatar, with fellow comedian and writer Megan Rosati. [16] (The duo's name is wordplay for the pop singer Pat Benatar.)

Akana creates both comedy and documentary YouTube videos. [17] In 2014, Akana was listed on New Media Rockstars Top 100 Channels, ranked at #72. [18] In that same year, Akana decided to focus more on her skills as a director and attempted to make one short film a month. [19] While she did not reach her goal of twelve short films, she did make six short films which were received well by her YouTube audience. Akana starred in all of her short films and has starred in various other short films, and she has since continued to create short films. [20]

One of her short films, Miss Earth, was partially financed by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard's production company, New Form Digital. It was part of the 2014 Incubator, a series to showcase and produce original stories by YouTube Creators and filmmakers. [21] [22] [23] Miss Earth was later adapted into a web series, Miss 2059, and released on Verizon's go90 app in June 2016, with a second season released in late 2017. [24] [25] [26] [27] [28]

Akana executive produced and starred as the lead role in the original comedy-drama web television series Youth & Consequences , created by Jason Ubaldi and released in March 2018 on YouTube Red. She is also the host of the web series Crash Course Business: Entrepreneurship beginning in August 2019. [29]

On October 10, 2019, she was featured in a 30-minute YouTube documentary created by SoulPancake in collaboration with Funny or Die wherein a variety of comedians discuss mental health called Laughing Matters. [30]

Film and television

Akana began acting in 2010 by starring in uncredited background roles in commercials and the TV series 90210 .

In 2011, Akana appeared in the TV series Awkward. In that same year, she also appeared as an extra in Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night" music video. [31]

In 2015, she appeared in the films Ant-Man and Kids vs Monsters .

Akana starred in Snapper Hero, a scripted video series distributed via Snapchat. [32] The series was sponsored by AT&T. [32]

In 2016, Akana appeared alongside Sally Field in the indie comedy film Hello, My Name Is Doris , written by Michael Showalter. [33] That same year, she also appeared in a short Star Wars fan film, Hoshino [34] as well as the comedy film Dirty 30 .

She has a recurring role in the Comedy Central show Corporate . [35]

She also has supporting roles as Gloria Sato in the Disney Channel show Big City Greens and Sasha Waybright in Amphibia .

In 2019, she announced on Ryan Higa's Off the Pill podcast to be part of the Netflix original Jupiter's Legacy .

Akana also hosts the podcast Explain Things to Me with fellow comedian Brad Gage where the two interview experts in various fields about their work. [36]

In 2021, Akana was announced as starring alongside Emma Roberts in the romantic comedy About Fate .

Other ventures

In 2015, Akana released a clothing line, Ghost & Stars, which features several cat-themed designs as well as formal dresses, leggings, and a variety of T-shirts. [37]

In 2017, Akana's book So Much I Want to Tell You: Letters to My Little Sister was published. The book describes Akana's struggles and experiences growing up and offers advice to her late sister. [3]

In 2019, Akana transitioned from comedy into music, and released her debut single, "Intervention". Its music video was directed by Auden Bui. [38] [39] She has since released two more music videos, one for "Pretty Girls Don't Cry" in July 2019 and "Not My Proudest Moment" in August. She continued to release music videos for songs named "Alone Together", "Disappointment", and "Let Me Go". Her debut album, Casualty, came out in October 2019. [40] Her follow up project came out early 2021 called No Longer Yours. [41] [42]

In 2024, Akana rolled out her standup comedy tour It Gets Darker with an entire hour dedicated to telling stories about her late sister's suicide and the traumatic aftermath, her history with violent stalkers causing her to quit live appearances, and growing up as a Hawaiian-native Asian military brat.

Critical reception

In reviewing her video, "Why Guys Like Asian Girls" (which references "Yellow Fever", a term for an Asian fetish), [43] Cate Matthews of The Huffington Post wrote: "A step-by-step takedown of 'yellow fever' or the desire to date Asian women often accompanied by bizarre, offensive attempts to do so, could start the healing. Luckily for us, YouTuber Anna Akana was more than up to the video-making task." [44]

In reviewing her video, "How to Deal with a Breakup", MTV wrote: "In this sketch, comedian Anna Akana envisions the flurry of activity inside the cranial command center of a newly single dumpee." [45]

Deadline referred to Akana as "a prolific online creator whose channel boasts 60 million views and 900,000 subscribers, and last year wrote and starred in her own narrative feature Riley Rewind, scoring a none-too-shabby 20M views online." [33]

Filmography

Feature films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 Inappropriate Comedy Student driver
2014Here She IsMiss HawaiiAlso writer
2015 Ant-Man Writer in Luis' story
Kids vs Monsters Daisy
2016 Hello, My Name Is Doris Blogger
Dirty 30 Ashley Driscoll
2017 You Get Me Lydia
2018 Next Gen AniVoice [46]
2019 Go Back to China Sasha Li
2019 Let It Snow Kerry
2020 Hooking Up Elizabeth Carthright
2021So Much TBATelevision film; pre-production
2022 Blade of the 47 Ronin Luna Netflix original film
2024 Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation Gloria Sato, additional voicesVoice [47]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 Awkward Asian girlEpisode: "Knocker Nightmare"
2012 Shake It Up TomokaEpisode: "Made in Japan"
The Beauty Inside Alex #295 episodes
2013–2014 The Fosters Lily2 episodes
2016 Adam Ruins Everything Female ShopperEpisode: "Adam Ruins Shopping Malls"
2017 Stitchers Amanda WestonRecurring role; 7 episodes
2018–2020 Corporate PaigeRecurring role
2018–present Big City Greens Gloria SatoVoice, recurring role [46]
2019–2022 Amphibia Sasha Waybright Voice, main role [46]
2020 Magical Girl Friendship Squad: Origins DaisyVoice, main role
Magical Girl Friendship Squad
Into the Dark JulieEpisode: "My Valentine"
NCIS: Los Angeles Rhea MorettiEpisode: "Murder of Crows"
2020–2023 A Million Little Things Dakota5 episodes
2021 Jupiter's Legacy Raikou2 episodes
Home Economics LindsayEpisode: "Chorizo with Mojo Verde and Chicharrón, $45"
2023 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Odessa DrakeVoice, episode: "Today, I Am a Woman" [46]

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011Breaking Los AngelesHerself9 episodes; also producer
10 Second TraumasVarious8 episodes;

also writer, executive producer and director

2012Pointy TeethAnnaEpisode: "Pilot"
2013Riley RewindRiley Brown5 episodes; also writer and producer
Runaway Thoughts Podcast85 episodes, also writer and producer [48] [49] [50]
201552 Ways to Break UpAnnaEpisode: "#24 and #25- Compare Notes"
Command CenterCommanderAlso writer and director
Broken PeoplePinches2 episodes
Last Moments of RelationshipsFayEpisode: "CRAZY DATING STORIES"
StuntedNora
Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures The White SpiritEpisode: "Art Attack"
Wrestling Isn't Wrestling Batista Short film
Adult Wednesday AddamsMackenzie MaeExecutive producer (2 episodes)
Rough DayDetective Mah-jongAlso executive producer
MisSpelledStellaEpisode: "#HotlineWing"
#CybrietyEllenEpisode: "Neighbor Ellen"
2016HipstersJane3 episodes; also director
Tiny FeministsMs. ApplebaumEpisode: "Linda"
This Isn't WorkingNicole5 episodes
Transformers: Combiner Wars VictorionVoice, 4 episodes [46]
Single by 30 Grace6 episodes
12 Deadly Days JudalinaEpisode: "Coffee Cups"
Go-Go Boy Interrupted-Co-producer (10 episodes)
Miss 2059Victoria Young24 episodes; also creator, executive producer and director
2017Drive ShareDriverEpisode: "Garbage Mommy"
Search BarVarious12 episodes; also creator, executive producer and director
2018 Youth & Consequences Farrah Cutney8 episodes; also creator and executive producer
2019 Crash Course: EntrepreneurshipSelf (Host)18 episodes

Discography

Studio albums

TitleDetails
Casualty
  • Released: October 4, 2019 [51]
  • Format: Digital download, Streaming
  • Label: JENGA Productions

Extended plays

TitleDetails
No Longer Yours
  • Released: February 19, 2021 [52]
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
  • Label: Hello Hello Love

Singles

TitleYearAlbum
"Intervention" [53] 2019Casualty
"Alone Together" [54]
"Pretty Girls Don't Cry" [55]
"Not My Proudest Moment" [56]
"Disappointment" [57]
"Let Me Go" [58]
"Casualty"
"Bad News
"Spoken For"
"Selfish2020
"Quicksand
"Pick a Fight"
"Swim" [59] No Longer Yours
"Pink" [60]
"Run" [61] 2021
"I Feel Nothing"
"Wanted Woman"
(featuring Macedo)		2021TBA
"Sunshine"2022
"Good Girl"
(featuring Macedo)
"Until Further Notice"
"Your Girlfriend Is Not My Problem"2023
"Like Beyoncé"2024

As featuring artist

SongYearAlbum
"Sunroof"
(Macedo featuring Anna Akana)		2022TBA

Promotional singles

TitleYearAlbum
"Screw You"2012Non-album promotional singles
"Mad Love"
"Against the Darkness"
"Lost Dreams"
(featuring Jesse Cale)		2013
"Need You Now" [62]
(from "A Million Little Things: Season 2")		2020
"Everything's Gotta Change" [63]
(from "A Million Little Things: Season 2")
"You Can't Always Get What You Want" [64]
(from "A Million Little Things: Season 3")		2021

Other appearances

TitleYearOther artist(s)Album
"Heartstomper"2021— Amphibia: Battle of the Bands
"No Big Deal" Brenda Song, Haley Tju
"Euthanasia"2022DaemonBlade of the 47 Robin

Music videos

TitleYearDirector
"Screw You"2012Will Akana [65]
"Intervention"2019Auden Bui [66]
"Alone Together"Maggie Levin [67]
"Pretty Girls Don't Cry"Maggie Levin [68]
"Not My Proudest Moment"Jackson Adams [69]
"Disappointment"Hazel Hayes [70]
"Let Me Go"Auden Bui [71]
"Casualty" [72]
"Bad News" [73]
"Spoken For"Auden Bui [74]
"Selfish"2020 [75]
"Quicksand"Kantu Lentz [76]
"Pick a Fight" [77]
"Swim"Anna Akana & Auden Bui [78]
"Pink" [79]
"Run"2021Auden Bui [80]
"I Feel Nothing"Auden Bui [81]
"Wanted Woman"Maggie Levin [82]
"Sunshine"2022

Guest appearances

YearArtist(s)TitleRole
2011 Katy Perry "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"Extra

Awards

YearAssociationCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2014 San Diego Asian Film Festival Digital PioneerWon [83]
2015 Streamy Awards Best ActressSnapperHeroNominated [84]
2018Streamy AwardsActing in a DramaYouth & ConsequencesWon [85]
2019 46th Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Digital Drama SeriesYouth & ConsequencesNominated [86]

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