Lisa Donovan

Infobox Internet celebrity
name = Lisa Donovan

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period active = June 7, 2006-present
host service = YouTube
genre = Comedy
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homepage = [http://www.lisanovalive.com/ www.lisanovalive.com]

Lisa Donovan is an American actress and writer. Her self-produced comedic short films, published under the username LisaNova, are among the most viewed videos on YouTube.

Donovan was a student at the University of Colorado at Boulder before moving to Los Angeles, California hoping to become an actress. [cite web | url = http://www.movieweb.com/tv/news/84/17384.php | title = Lisa Donovan Joins the Cast of "MADtv" | accessdate = 2007-07-11 | date = 2007-01-31 ] There she founded Zappin Productions, [cite news | title = Lisa Nova On The Spot | url = http://www.adweek.com/aw/magazine/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003526215 | publisher = Adweek | first = Brian | last = Morrissey | date = 2007-01-01 | accessdate = 2007-01-04] a production company specializing in viral videos.

LisaNova on YouTube

Donovan uploaded her first video, "Introducing LisaNova", to YouTube on June 7, 2006. [youtube|JgMZpHF64K8|Introducing LisaNova] She has parodied a number of celebrities and public figures, including Keira Knightley, Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin and Lindsay Lohan, among others. Her most popular video is a commercial parody entitled "Dumb Water." [ [http://youtube.com/user/LisaNova YouTube - LisaNova's Channel ] ] As of September 2008, LisaNova is listed as the 24th most subscribed of all time and 11th most subscribed for directors with over 125,000 subscribers. [ [http://youtube.com/members?t=a&p=1&s=ms&g=0 YouTube - Broadcast Yourself ] ] On July 10, 2007 Donovan posted a video titled "LisaNova does YOUTUBE!!!!", in which she kidnaps prominent YouTube users and forces them to comment to her subscribers, [youtube|W13Wj34Lpto|LisaNova does YOUTUBE!!!!] a reference to wide accusations that she has used spambots to send thousands of messages to other YouTube users and created hundreds of fake YouTube accounts for publicity. The video received more than 2.4 million views as of May 2008. [ [http://youtube.com/watch?v=W13Wj34Lpto LisaNova does YOUTUBE!!!! video] ]

"MADtv"

Lisa Donovan was given a featured player role in MADtv in February 2007. [cite web | url = http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-lisadonovanmadtvcasting,0,5792922.story | title = "MADtv" Uploads YouTube Star | accessdate = 2007-07-11 | date = 2007-01-31 ] She debuted in a spoof of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show", where she played Salma Hayek, the producer of the ABC Comedy "Ugly Betty". [cite news | first = Andrew | last = Wallenstein | title = How YouTube Helped LisaNova Start Her Career | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/arts/television/29wall.html?ex=1183953600&en=96039ab2953175b5&ei=5070 | publisher = The New York Times | date = 2007-04-29 | accessdate = 2007-07-07 ] The episode aired on February 172007. After signing a contract and only appearing in four episodes of MADtv, her featured player role was not extended into the following season due to a budget cut, as told by Donovan herself.Fact|date=August 2008

See also

* List of YouTube celebrities
* Fame beyond YouTube

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.lisanovalive.com LisaNova's official home page]
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* [http://us.intruders.tv/Top-Youtube-creator-Lisa-Donovan-of-LisaNova-on-her-story-and-where-web-video-is-heading_a191.html Video Interview with Lisa Donovan]
* [http://youtube.com/LisaNova Official YouTube Channel]