Born In: Orlando, Florida
GloZell Green
(YouTuber, Comedian)
GloZell Lyneette Simon, popularly known as GloZell Green, is an American internet personality who became famous through her YouTube videos, which are mostly comedies and song parodies. Having performed at the World Famous Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory and several other such venues, she has also performed on shows such as ‘Showtime at the Apollo’, and ‘The Dr Oz Show.’ She established her YouTube Channel in 2008 and most of her early videos were ‘translations’ of pop songs, like ‘Tik Tok’ by Kesha, and ‘Rude Boy’ by Rihanna. Later, she began parodying popular music videos as well. She first became popular in 2011, after her vlog was mentioned by actor Elijah Wood during an interview. In 2012, she took part in the cinnamon challenge, an internet food challenge, where one had to eat a spoonful of ground cinnamon in a minute. Not only her video went viral, but it also got ranked on The Guardian’s ‘Viral Video Chart’. She also released two singles in 2013. She gained a lot of attention in 2015, after her interview with the then US President Barack Obama which was hosted at the White House. In 2016, she played a lead role in the webseries ‘Escape the Night.’ Along with the rest of the cast, GloZell won the Streamy Award for best ensemble cast.
Born In: Orlando, Florida
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