LisaNova

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. There she founded Zappin Productions, a production company specializing in viral videos.

LisaNova on YouTube
Donovan uploaded her first video, "Introducing LisaNova", to YouTube on June 7, 2006. 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." 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. 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, 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 2.48 million views as of November 2008.

MADtv
Lisa Donovan was given a featured player role in MADtv in February 2007. She debuted in a spoof of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, where she played Salma Hayek, the producer of the ABC Comedy Ugly Betty, and Rosie O'Donnell. 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.