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Grace Helbig and 50 things about her life and career.
1. Grace Anne Helbig was born September 27, 1985. She is a comedian, actress, author, talk show host, and YouTube personality.
2. Grace Helbig is the host and creator of the it'sGrace YouTube channel, the audio-video podcast Not Too Deep with Grace Helbig, and the comedy/talk show on the E! television network The Grace Helbig Show.
3. Grace Helbig created the 2008-2013 My Damn Channel web series DailyGrace, was a correspondent on Attack of the Show! on the G4 network, played Idol on the Fine Brothers' web series MyMusic, appeared in a series of Lowe's television commercials, co-produced and starred in the feature film Camp Takota, and authored the comedic self-help handbook for Millennials Grace's Guide: The Art of Pretending to Be a Grown-up.
4. Grace Helbig was born in southern New Jersey to John Helbig and Theresa McGinnis.
5. Grace Helbig has an older brother, John, and a younger brother, Tim.
6. Grace Helbig grew up in Woodbury Heights, New Jersey and attended Gateway Regional High School.
7. Grace Helbig was a successful track star and medal-winning pole-vaulter.
8. In 2003, Helbig began studying at Ramapo College in Mahwah, New Jersey and graduated summa cum laude from Ramapo's School of Contemporary Arts.
9. It was there that she formed a sketch comedy group called "Baked Goods" with her best friend, Michelle Akin (née Vargas).
10. Grace Helbig took improv classes at the Peoples Improv Theater in New York City.
11. In 2005, Helbig entered the Miss New Jersey USA pageant competition where she reached the semi-finals.
12. In November 2007, Helbig house sat for a family in South Orange, New Jersey.
13. In order to alleviate boredom and keep herself entertained, she began a daily vlog of her house sitting experience on her personal YouTube channel GracieHinABox.
14. Beginning March 2008, Helbig and her college roommate Michelle Akin (née Vargas) created the Grace n' Michelle YouTube channel.
15. 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.
16. 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 the My Damn Channel website. This became DailyGrace, which premiered on April 14, 2008, with new episodes published every weekday.
17. 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.
18. 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 the My Damn Channel website (i.e., all episodes up to October 8, 2010 as well as additional extra videos after that date).
19. 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).
20. 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. The series lasted twenty-four episodes and ended March 7, 2014.
21. 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.
22. On January 6, 2014, Helbig relaunched her personally owned, formerly secondary channel it'sGrace (renamed from GracieHinABox) as her main YouTube channel.
23. 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.
24. On January 22, 2014, just two and a half weeks after the channel's relaunch, it'sGrace passed 1 million subscribers.
25. On April 30, 2014, it was announced via press release that Helbig had partnered with multi-channel network Fullscreen.
26. On July 1, 2014, Helbig and co-host Mamrie Hart premiered preview footage of their summer travel-themed web series #HeyUSA on the Astronauts Wanted YouTube channel.
27. Grace Helbig has been featured in many web series throughout her career.
28. 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. Helbig flew out to Los Angeles the next week to shoot the first season. Helbig subsequently appeared in the first seven episodes of the series' second season.
29. 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.
30. In March 2014, Helbig voiced a different character, Pamela Darabond, in three Season 3 episodes.
31. In May and June 2014, Helbig appeared as Anna in two episodes of the second season of the musical web series Side Effects on the AwesomenessTV YouTube channel.
32. On November 17, 2014 Helbig and Hannah Hart appeared as Juliet and Bonnie Parker respectively in the Epic Rap Battles of History Season 4 episode Romeo and Juliet vs. Bonnie and Clyde.
33. On February 26, 2015, it was announced via various media outlets that Helbig will co-star with Hannah Hart in a reboot of the 1970s Sid and Marty Krofft live action science fiction television series Electra Woman and Dyna Girl. The web series, directed by Chris Marrs Piliero, was shot in Vancouver during February and March 2015.
34. Grace Helbig has appeared in numerous commercials, as well as appeared as herself on various television shows and talk shows.
35. Grace Helbig was first featured as Green Girl in a series of public service announcements for The N's The Big Green Help environmental awareness campaign from 2008-2009.
36. On January 5, 2015, it was announced via press release that Helbig would star in a hybrid comedy/talk show for E!, titled The Grace Helbig Show. In preparation for the show, Helbig was interviewed live via satellite on multiple local television news broadcasts across the United States on March 27, 2015.
37. Grace Helbig has appeared in several films as herself in collaborations with other YouTubers, including director Dan Dobi's 2012 YouTube documentary Please Subscribe and Corey Vidal and Shay Carl's Vlogumentary, the latter of which is set for a 2015 release.
38. 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.
39. 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 Chris & Nick Riedell, began shooting in California on August 12, 2013. 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.
40. Grace Helbig is set to appear in Alex Winter's upcoming theatrical release Smosh: The Movie, starring Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox, alongside fellow YouTubers Jenna Marbles, Shane Dawson, Harley Morenstein and others. The film's trailer (featuring Helbig) premiered on the Smosh YouTube channel on June 12, 2015. The film is scheduled to be released on July 24, 2015.
41. On September 1, 2014, Helbig premiered her audio-video podcast Not Too Deep with Grace Helbig.
42. In October 2014, Helbig's self-penned comedic self-help handbook for Millennials, Grace's Guide: The Art of Pretending to Be a Grown-up, was published by Touchstone, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. The book debuted at number one on the New York Times Best Seller Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous list.
43. On May 4, 2015, Helbig announced via her YouTube channel that she is writing a second book, Grace & Style: The Art of Pretending You Have It. The book is scheduled to be published by Touchstone on February 2, 2016.
44. In addition to her web and television content, Helbig has performed live on stage in various formats throughout the United States, Canada and Europe.
45. In 2011, Helbig co-hosted the monthly live late night stage show Morning Show with Jacob "Hobart" Brown.
46. Grace 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.
47. During May, June and December 2013, August, October and November 2014, and May and June 2015, Helbig (along with Hannah Hart and Mamrie Hart) embarked on a live comedy show across America titled #NoFilterShow.
48. Helbig has received various accolades in recognition of her web videos and comedic content, including the following: DailyGrace was elected King of the Web in October 2011. Helbig's personal Twitter was listed in the Humor section of Time Magazine's 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2012. Helbig was listed among BuzzFeed's 11 Awesome Up-And-Coming Funny Ladies You Should Know. She was named one of the 30 Under 30 Rising Stars in Los Angeles by Refinery29 in July 2013, and others.
49. Helbig was named one of the 100 Most Creative People In Business 2014 according to Fast Company magazine.
50. Helbig's YouTube Channel was listed on New Media Rockstars Top 100 Channels, ranked at #36.
Source: Wikipedia.org
