Grace Helbig

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Grace Helbig
Born Grace Anne Helbig
(1985-09-27) September 27, 1985
South Jersey, U.S.
Residence Los Angeles
Nationality American
Alma mater Ramapo College
Occupation Actress, comedian, internet personality
Years active 2006–present
Employer YouTube
Internet information
Web alias(es) gracehelbig, itsgrace
Web hosting service(s) YouTube
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Twitter
Signature phrase DailyGrace:
"What's up, f*ckers?" (October 2010 to September 11, 2011)
"You've been hazed!" (October 2010 to December 17, 2013)
"Byeeee!" (October 2010 to December 27, 2013)
it'sGrace:
"I don't know..." (January 6, 2014 to present)
You've been prazed!" (January 7, 2014 to present)

Grace Anne Helbig (born September 27, 1985) is an American comedian, actress and YouTube personality. She is the host and creator of the it'sGrace YouTube channel.[1] She is best known for creating the My Damn Channel web series DailyGrace,[2] being a correspondent on Attack of the Show! on the G4 network, and playing Idol (one of the main characters) on the web series MyMusic created by the Fine Brothers.

Personal life

Helbig was born in South Jersey to John Helbig and Theresa McGinnis. She has an older brother, John, and a younger brother, Timothy. She attended West End Memorial Elementary School in Woodbury, New Jersey and then Gateway Regional High School in Woodbury Heights, New Jersey. She was a successful track star and medal-winning pole-vaulter.[3][4]

In 2003, Helbig began studying at Ramapo College in Mahwah, New Jersey. It was there that she formed a sketch comedy group called "Baked Goods" with her best friend, Michelle Akin (née Vargas). During her college years, she took improv classes at the Peoples Improv Theater in New York City. She was a semi-finalist in the 2005 Miss New Jersey USA beauty pageant.[5] She graduated college with a BA in Contemporary Arts in 2007.[6]

Career

Helbig took six internships while at college, working in various media roles.[7] She read scripts for the show Degrassi: The Next Generation and transcribed tapes for My Super Sweet Sixteen.[7]

Web Video

In early 2008, Helbig narrated the short-lived animated web series, Bedtime Stories on My Damn Channel, which consisted of R-rated parodies of classic fairy tales.[8][9] My Damn Channel founder and CEO Rob Barnett discovered her personal vlogs through her profile and offered her the opportunity to host her own video blog web series on My Damn Channel.[7] This became DailyGrace, which premiered on April 14, 2008, with new episodes published every weekday.[10][11][12] On October 11, 2010, DailyGrace was launched as its own YouTube channel. By the end of December 2013, the channel had amassed over 2.4 million subscribers and over 211 million video views on YouTube.[2] From the series' inception in April 2008 through December 2013, Helbig created over 830 DailyGrace episodes for the DailyGrace YouTube channel — in addition to the 690 DailyGrace episodes that had been published exclusively on My Damn Channel (i.e., all episodes up to October 8, 2010 as well as additional extra videos after that date).[13]

From March 2012 through January 2013, Helbig hosted My Damn Channel LIVE once a week from the company's New York City studio (the remaining weekday episodes were hosted by Beth Hoyt). In November 2013, the series was revived in a weekly format as My Damn Channel LIVE: Hangout, with Helbig making a few appearances via video chat from the Los Angeles studio.

On November 4, 2013, Helbig premiered a weekly supplemental DailyGrace series exclusive to My Damn Channel entitled One Thing You Didn't Know About Me From Last Week.[14] The series lasted five episodes and ended December 2, 2013.

On December 27, 2013, Helbig uploaded her final DailyGrace episode to the DailyGrace YouTube channel. Four days later, My Damn Channel released a statement announcing that Helbig had chosen not to renew her multi-year contract with the network, and that going forward, no new content would be created by Helbig for the DailyGrace YouTube channel. My Damn Channel indicated that the DailyGrace YouTube channel would remain active solely as an archive, with plans for the network to upload the early DailyGrace episodes and other Helbig content that had formerly been exclusive to My Damn Channel.[15]

On January 6, 2014, Helbig relaunched her personally owned, formerly secondary channel it'sGrace (formerly GracieHinABox) as her main YouTube channel. News of Helbig's departure from My Damn Channel and the shift back to her own independent channel contributed to a dramatic increase in it'sGrace subscribers, from just under 87,000 in the last week of 2013 to over a half million by the first week of 2014. On January 22, 2014, just two and a half weeks after the channel's relaunch, it'sGrace passed 1 million subscribers.[16] As of February 2014, the it'sGrace YouTube channel has nearly 1.5 million subscribers and over 12.1 million video views.[17]

TV work

In August 2009, Helbig played a supporting role in an episode of the short-lived Comedy Central TV series Michael and Michael Have Issues starring Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black.[18][19][20]

In early 2010, Helbig briefly appeared in a nationally televised commercial for Regus.[21]

During 2010–2011, she made several appearances as process server Byran McElderry's assistant Grace on the TruTV show All Worked Up.[22][23]

In December 2010, Helbig appeared as an extra in a sketch on CBS's Late Show with David Letterman.[20][24][25]

From spring 2011, Helbig appeared periodically on Attack of the Show! on the G4 network as both a co-host and a correspondent until the show's cancellation in 2013.[26][27][28]

In 2011–2012, she briefly appeared in a nationally televised commercial for Google Chrome.[29]

In April 2012, Helbig was featured in an episode of NBC's Celebrity Apprentice.[30]

In 2012–2013, she made a few appearances during the first and second seasons of the MTV game show Money From Strangers.

In 2012–2013, she was the featured spokesperson in a series of nationally televised Lowe's commercials.[31]

In early 2013, she appeared in a few episodes of VH1's Best Week Ever.

In October 2013, Helbig gave her first nationally televised interview on the MTV talk show Nikki & Sara Live.[32]

In 2013–2014, she was a panelist on a few episodes during the first and second seasons of the Comedy Central celebrity game show @midnight.[33][34]

In January 2014, Helbig was interviewed along with her Camp Takota co-stars Hannah Hart and Mamrie Hart on HLN's Showbiz Tonight.[35]

In January 2014, she was interviewed via Skype on the nationally syndicated viral video TV news magazine RightThisMinute.[36]

Upcoming in 2014, Helbig is set to appear in a second season episode of the Howie Mandel-produced prank game show Deal with It on TBS.[37][38]

Year Title Channel/Network Role Notes
2009 Michael and Michael Have Issues Comedy Central Anna Appears in Episode 5, "College"
2010 Regus commercial - Employee Appears briefly in the "Want a Real Office?" ad
Late Show with David Letterman CBS Unnamed Extra Season 18, Episode 51, "Joe Grossman's Geopolitical Insights & Analysis"
2010–2011 All Worked Up TruTV Grace Plays process server Byran McElderry's assistant in a few episodes
2011–2013 Attack of the Show! G4 Herself Interviewer, field reporter, occasional host of "The Feed", guest co-host
2011–2012 Google Chrome commercial - Herself A brief DailyGrace clip is shown in the "Make It Happen" ad
2012 Celebrity Apprentice NBC Actor in Commercial Season 12, Episode 8, "Ad Hawk"
2012-2013 Money From Strangers MTV Herself Appears in a few episodes during Seasons 1 and 2
Lowe's commercials - Employee Featured spokesperson for the "MyLowe's" ad campaign
2013 Best Week Ever VH1 Herself Appears in a few episodes
Nikki & Sara Live MTV Herself Featured guest on Season 2, Episode 9
2013-2014 @midnight Comedy Central Herself Panelist on Season 1, Episode 13; Season 2, Episode 2
2014 Showbiz Tonight HLN Herself Featured guest alongside Camp Takota co-stars Hannah Hart and Mamrie Hart
RightThisMinute syndicated Herself Featured guest on a Season 3 episode
Deal with It TBS Herself Scheduled to appear in an upcoming Season 2 episode

Film

Helbig was featured in director Dan Dobi's 2012 YouTube documentary Please Subscribe, alongside fellow YouTubers Hannah Hart, Mitchell Davis, Craig Benzine and others.[39]

On August 2, 2013 Helbig announced on the main stage at VidCon 2013 that she would be starring in her first feature film alongside friends Hannah Hart and Mamrie Hart.[40] Camp Takota stars Helbig as a young woman who is forced to leave her big city job and head back to her old summer camp where she is reunited with old friends played by Hannah and Mamrie. The film, directed by the Brothers Riedell, began shooting in California on August 12, 2013.[41] The film's official trailer was released on December 24, 2013 on Helbig's, Hannah's and Mamrie's respective main YouTube channels, as well as on the film's official website.[42][43][44][45] On February 5, 2014, an extended trailer was released on Helbig's it'sGrace channel and on the Camp Takota website [46][47] Camp Takota is targeted to be released via digital download on February 14, 2014.[48][49]

Helbig is scheduled to appear in Corey Vidal and Shay Carl's upcoming documentary Vlogumentary along with other YouTubers, set for a mid-to-late 2014 release.

Other work

Grace Helbig as Idol of MyMusic

In 2011, Helbig co-hosted the monthly live late night stage show Morning Show with Jacob "Hobart" Brown.[50][51]

Helbig shoots and edits the web series You Deserve a Drink in collaboration with her good friend Mamrie Hart.[52][53]

In 2012, during the inaugural IAWTV Awards, Helbig met with the Fine Brothers. The two still needed to cast someone to play the role of Idol for their new web series MyMusic and during their meeting, they offered her the role.[7] Helbig flew out to Los Angeles the next week to shoot the first season.[54] Helbig subsequently appeared in the first seven episodes of the series' second season.

Helbig has also appeared in the Fine Brothers' YouTubers React series.[7]

On January 15, 2013, Helbig participated on stage as part of "An Evening of Awesome" with John and Hank Green, Neil Gaiman, Hannah Hart, Ashley Clements and Daniel Vincent Gordh.[55]

On April 4, 2013, Helbig appeared on the season premiere of TableTop hosted by Wil Wheaton on the Geek & Sundry YouTube channel.

Grace Helbig and Hannah Hart on stage performing #NoFilterShow

During May, June and December 2013, Helbig (along with Hannah Hart and Mamrie Hart) embarked on a live comedy show across America titled #NoFilterShow.[7] It encouraged people to film and document the show and incorporated the use of social media by using internet comments and Twitter mentions in crowd games.[56]

In July 2013, in the last three episodes of Season 2 Part 2 of the hit web series The Most Popular Girls in School, Helbig voiced Jeannie Halverstad, the abrasive show host of Cheer Nationals.

On September 13, 2013, Helbig premiered her weekly web series Grace's Faces on beauty guru Bobbi Brown's newly created YouTube channel I love makeup.[57][58]

On December 23, 2013, Helbig was the featured guest on Tish Cyrus' premiere episode of Truly Tish on the Cyrus family's newly created YouTube channel Seriously Cyrus.[59]

In February 2014, Helbig is scheduled to appear in the second season of AwesomenessTV's musical web series Side Effects.[60]

Awards and nominations

DailyGrace was elected King of the Web in October 2011.[61]

Helbig's personal Twitter was listed in the Humor section of Time Magazine's 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2012.[62]

She was named one of the 30 Under 30 Rising Stars in Los Angeles by Refinery29 in July 2013.[63]

She was crowned MTV's Best Vlogger of 2013.[64]

Helbig was listed in the entertainment section of Forbes' 30 under 30 Who Are Changing The World 2014.[65]

Year Ceremony Category Work Result Source
2012 IAWTV Awards Best Writing (Non-Fiction) DailyGrace Nominated
2013 IAWTV Awards Best Host (Taped) DailyGrace Won
Best Hosted (Taped) Web Series DailyGrace Won
Best Writing (Non-Fiction) DailyGrace Nominated
Streamy Awards Best First-Person Series DailyGrace Won
Audience Choice Personality of the Year Won

References

  1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/itsgrace
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Helbig, Grace. "DailyGrace". My Damn Channel on YouTube. Retrieved October 5, 2011. 
  3. ↑ Callahan, Kevin (2003-01-09). "Versatile Helbig excels in classroom, on track and now with pole vault". Courier Post. Pqasb.pqarchiver. Retrieved 2013-09-10. 
  4. ↑ "Dailymotion Features Exclusive Debut of My Damn Channel's Bedtime Stories". Prweb.com. 2008-03-11. Retrieved 2013-09-10. 
  5. ↑ "Official Results". Miss New Jersey USA Pageant. 2005. Retrieved October 5, 2011. 
  6. ↑ David Siteman Garland. "Coolest Job In The World? Meet The Girl Getting Paid To Create Funny Videos". The Rise to the Top. Episode 216. http://www.therisetothetop.com/people/grace-helbig/.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Carrie, Stephanie (2013-07-29). "Why Grace Helbig Could Be the Next Big Star to Come From YouTube". Blogs.laweekly.com. Retrieved 2013-09-24. 
  8. ↑ "Bedtime Stories: The Frog Prince". Carnival of Stuff. My Damn Channel. http://www.mydamnchannel.com/Carnival_of_Stuff/Bedtime_Stories/BedtimeStoriesTheFrogPrince_601.aspx.
  9. ↑ "My Damn Channel Gives in to Irrational Fans". sys-con.com. 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2013-09-10. 
  10. ↑ Swearingen, Ryan. "Grace Helbig". Stated Magazine. Retrieved October 5, 2011. 
  11. ↑ "Southern Comfort Makes Big Digital Play Bringing the SoCo Music Experience to the Web". Business Wire. 2008-07-14. Retrieved 2013-09-10. 
  12. ↑ Usigan, Ysolt (July 19, 2011). "200 things vlogger Grace Helbig learned on the Internet". Wired for Women. CBS News. 
  13. ↑ Helbig, Grace. "DailyGrace". My Damn Channel. Retrieved October 6, 2011. 
  14. ↑ http://www.mydamnchannel.com/daily_grace/one_thing_you_didn_t_know___/nudemexicanwrestling_11234
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  16. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_xfkRscnas
  17. ↑ tubefilter.com: Grace Helbig Is Leaving My Damn Channel And 'Daily Grace' In 2014
  18. ↑ "The Morning After". Michael and Michael Have Issues. August 12, 2009. Comedy Central. http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=246530&title=the-morning-after.
  19. ↑ "Grace Helbig". Performer Bios. The Peoples Improv Theater. Retrieved October 5, 2011. 
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Grace Helbig". Inside the Actor's Studio Apartment. Episode 2. July 6, 2011. http://blip.tv/iasa/episode-2-grace-helbig-5351823.
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  22. ↑ "Grace Under Fire". All Worked Up. TruTV. http://www.trutv.com/video/all-worked-up/grace-under-fire.html.
  23. ↑ Helbig, Grace. "Sometimes I’m on All Worked Up on TruTV.". Retrieved October 8, 2011. 
  24. ↑ "Episode #18.51". Late Show with David Letterman. Season 18. Episode 51. December 7, 2010. CBS. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1787357/.
  25. ↑ "DAILY GRACE ON LETTERMAN!". DailyGrace. December 8, 2010. My Damn Channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOMIAWaj25c.
  26. ↑ "Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Interviews". Attack of the Show!. Season 7. Episode 126. July 14, 2011. G4 (TV channel). http://www.g4tv.com/videos/54168/harry-potter-the-deathly-hallows-pt-2-interviews/.
  27. ↑ "The Latest Microsoft Gadgets!". Attack of the Show!. Season 7. Episode 123. July 11, 2011. G4 (TV channel). http://www.g4tv.com/videos/54096/The-Latest-Microsoft-Gadgets/.
  28. ↑ "The Daily Feed with Grace Helbig". Attack of the Show!. Season 7. Episode 157. August 30, 2011. G4 (TV channel). http://www.g4tv.com/videos/55004/the-daily-feed-with-grace-helbig-83011/.
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  30. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0Z3eKlrdMI
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  34. ↑ http://www.comedycentral.com/episodes/bb51gg/-midnight-tuesday--january-7--2014-season-1-ep-1002
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  36. ↑ http://www.rightthisminute.com/video/new-online-flick-turns-viral-personalities-movie-stars
  37. ↑ http://instagram.com/p/g_rS_PkHzC/
  38. ↑ http://www.mydamnchannel.com/daily_grace/one_thing_you_didn_t_know___/howiemandel_11391
  39. ↑ Grace Helbig « Please Subscribe Film
  40. ↑ Gutelle, Sam (2013-08-02). "Grace Helbig, Hannah Hart, Mamrie Hart to Chill at 'Camp Takota'". Tubefilter.com. Retrieved 2013-09-10. 
  41. ↑ "Camp Takota". Chill. Retrieved 2013-09-10. 
  42. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97aoiaWwRVk
  43. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57ujbIxp954
  44. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwoClZPQgQw
  45. ↑ http://camptakota.com/
  46. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gh9S9k3E9w
  47. ↑ http://camptakota.com/
  48. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=EWdvXeBk3-U#t=78
  49. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=R02fZ2xXFE4#t=150
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  51. ↑ Karlin, Ariel. "G.L.O.C.s live!". Gorgeous Ladies Of Comedy. Retrieved October 6, 2011. 
  52. ↑ Hart, Mamrie. "You Deserve a Drink". Retrieved October 6, 2011. 
  53. ↑ Karlin, Ariel. "The GLOCdown: You Deserve A Drink". Gorgeous Ladies Of Comedy. Retrieved October 6, 2011. 
  54. ↑ Shannon O'Connor (June 22, 2013). "Grace Helbig: Much More Than DailyGrace". Entertainment Monthly. Retrieved August 31, 2013. 
  55. ↑ Breia Brissey (January 16, 2013). "On the scene: 'An Evening of Awesome' with John Green at Carnegie Hall". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 13, 2013. 
  56. ↑ Nick A. Zaino III (May 23, 2013). "With ‘Daily Grace’ videos, comedian Grace Helbig builds a fan base online - Theater & art". The Boston Globe. Retrieved June 24, 2013. 
  57. ↑ Gutelle, Sam (2013-09-06). "Bobbi Brown, Collective DS Celebrate Cosmetics With 'I love makeup.'". Tubefilter.com. Retrieved 2013-09-24. 
  58. ↑ Friday, September 6, 2013, by Kenzie Bryant (2013-09-06). "7 Reasons to Look Forward to Bobbi Brown's YouTube Channel - Beauty - Racked National". Racked.com. Retrieved 2013-09-24. 
  59. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOTrcUDadr0
  60. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVu7RaaDfkw
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  62. ↑ Allie Townsend (March 21, 2012). "Grace Helbig, The 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2012". Time Magazine. Retrieved March 22, 2012. 
  63. ↑ http://www.refinery29.com/30-under-30-los-angeles
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  65. ↑ http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2014/30-under-30/hollywood-and-entertainment.html#grace_helbig
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  67. ↑ 67.0 67.1 "IAWTV Awards - 2013 Winners". January 8, 2013. Retrieved January 9, 2013. 
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  69. ↑ 69.0 69.1 "THE OFFICIAL 3RD ANNUAL STREAMY AWARD NOMINEES". Streamys.org. International Academy of Web Television. Retrieved January 10, 2013. 

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