Interview: Lisa Donovan, a.k.a. LisaNova, YouTube Phenom! (#1 of 2)

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LisaNova Does Sam Harris' FRIEND FRIDAY

PART ONE of TWO!

Part 2: http://youtube.com/watch?v=1-pbuZR8my0

As you know, Sam likes to hookup with strangers in parks, so who better than LisaNova herself, Lisa Donovan! Here we see her first actual interview in a fun casual setting where we learn about how she became a YouTube viral video phenomenon, her career aspirations, inspirations, political opinions, and so much more from this young brilliant mind.

Lisa 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.

Donovan uploaded her first video, "Introducing LisaNova", to YouTube in 2006. She has parodied a number of celebrities and public figures, including George W. Bush, Keira Knightley, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and Lindsay Lohan, among others. Her most popular video is a commercial parody entitled "Dumb Water". Currently LisaNova is the 9th most subscribed YouTube Partner nearing 100,000 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 bots to send thousands of messages to other YouTube users and created hundreds of fake YouTube accounts for publicity. The video received millions of views.

Lisa was given a featured player role on 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.

For more of Lisa, please visit:
http://www.youtube.com/LisaNova



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[lifeinacndyswrl]

awesome interview!

[JerbyVids]

terrific interview! What a great discussion between two smart, talented, funny people. :)

[elybox]

she's brunette here.. wat is her real hair color?

[TheKMills11]

i love lisa!!!

[theotherspice]

@OzzybanOswald that was actually to raise awareness about spam, she doesnt actually use bots- she actually really disagrees with it. maybe you should do some research (she made a video explaining all of it...) before you try to taint people's reputations

[theotherspice]

@OzzybanOswald that was actually to raise awareness about spam...she doesnt actually use bots, you should do your research (she made a video explaining it all...) before trying to taint people's reputations

[OzzybanOswald]

Sure she's entertaining but let's not pretend the Lisa Nova operation isn't a group of LA professionals. Her reps went around using her channel and left little "personal" messages on everybody's channel to be noticed. They used bots when that was still possible.

She's hardly authentic or grassroots.

[Blitz4000]

Being this close to her...should be very hard to concentrate when you can already feel your heartbeat in your pants.

[brenden403]

wow, Lisa is rediculiously hot

[mashhadlovesyou]

love her, she is like butter

[TheMathGuy]

LisaNova's sketch characters are hilarious! I love it!

[JayDoggK9]

She's O.K. She's no Little Loca!