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 in hopes of becoming 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 George W. Bush, Keira Knightley, and Lindsay Lohan, among others. As of July 2007, LisaNova is listed as the 7th most subscribed and 26th most viewed channel on YouTube with over 58,800 subscribers.

On July 10, 2007 Lisa 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 bots to send thousands of messages to other YouTube users and created hundreds of fake YouTube accounts for publicity. The video received more than 1,882,000 views so far, and received over 1,000,000 views during the first week, making it her 3rd most popular video in less than a week.

MADtv
Lisa Donovan was given a featured player role in MADtv in February of 2007. She debuted in a spoof of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, where she played Salma Hayek, the producer of the ABC Comedy Ugly Betty. The episode aired on February 172007.

Other

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