Lisa Schwartz

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Lisa Schwartz
Personal information
Born
Lisa Erin Schwartz

(1983-04-04) April 4, 1983 (age 41)
Occupation(s)Author, actress, YouTube personality
Spouse
Jeff Galante
(m. 2021)
Children1
YouTube information
Channel
Years active1998–present [1] [2]
Subscribers1.99 million [3]
Total views15.8 million [3]
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers2012
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers2014

Last updated: February 4, 2024

Lisa Erin Schwartz (born April 4, 1983) [4] is an American author, actress and YouTube personality. Schwartz starred in Not Cool (2014), the TV film My Profile Story (2009), and the ABC digital series This Isn't Working (2016). She provides the voice of Talking Angela in the Talking Tom and Friends web series, which has been broadcast on YouTube, television in various countries outside the United States and is running in its fifth season.

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Career

Schwartz began her YouTube channel, Lisbug, in April 2007. [5] She has since worked with Seventeen , [6] Yahoo!, [7] Maker Studios, [8] and appeared in YouTube personality and director Shane Dawson's 2014 film, Not Cool . [9] With Dawson, she also advocated against cyberbullying. [10]

She is also the voice of Talking Angela in the Talking Tom and Friends animated series and on February 2, 2016, celebrated her character's birthday. [11] She is the co-creator of and actress in the Maker Studios and New Form Productions original series Party Girl. [12] [13]

In September 2016, Schwartz announced that she created a show called This Isn't Working with ABC Digital. [14] She plays the lead role of Sarah Turner, who works in temporary jobs to support her career dream as an actress.[ citation needed ]

Publications

On August 27, 2019, Schwartz released her first memoir, Thirty-Life Crisis: Navigating My Thirties, One Drunk Baby Shower at a Time. [15] [16] Its foreword was written by YouTuber Shane Dawson. Schwartz promoted the book at a Barnes & Noble at The Grove at Farmers Market in Los Angeles. [17] The book promotes itself as a "hilarious essay collection perfect for anyone dealing with the challenges, indignities, and celebrations that come with being a thirty-something". [15]

Personal life

Schwartz is Jewish. [18] Her mother's name is Jennifer and her grandmother's name is Virginia, and both appear in the Elders React series by Fine Brothers Entertainment. Schwartz dated YouTube personality Shane Dawson from December 2011 to 2015. [19] In June 2020, a video resurfaced of her and Shane Dawson making inappropriate jokes about Dawson's cousin, who was 12 at the time. Both she and Shane received backlash [20] and Schwartz issued an apology the same day.[ citation needed ] In November 2019, Schwartz announced on her YouTube channel that she got engaged to comedian Jeff Galante. On November 8, 2021, she married Galante in a small ceremony. [21] [22] [23] They have one child, born 2023. [24]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009My Profile StoryJennyTV movie
2014 Not Cool Marisa
2020 Faith Based Lisa

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Movie Theater Usher
2014–2021 Talking Tom and Friends Various rolesWeb series [25]
2016This Isn't WorkingSarah
2024 Abbott Elementary Charlie's Mom

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