Brittany Jayne Furlan Lee (born September 5, 1986) is an American Internet personality, actress and comedian based in Los Angeles. She was the most followed female video star on
Vine until November 2015. She was the 5th most followed viner with 9.9 million followers by the time Vine ended and the second most followed woman.
She was declared by
''Time'' in 2015 to be one of the most influential people on the Internet.
Career
Furlan was born on September 5, 1986, in
Perkasie, Pennsylvania
Perkasie is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Perkasie is southeast of Allentown and north of Philadelphia.
Establishments in the borough early in the twentieth century included silk mills, brickyards, lumber mills, tile works, a stone c ...
to Italian-American parents. She previously tried to break into television before becoming a star on Vine, and signed with content network
Endemol
Endemol B.V. was a Dutch-based media company that produced and distributed multiplatform entertainment content. The company annually produced more than 15,000 hours of programming across scripted and non-scripted genres, including drama, reality ...
.
Furlan was embroiled in a controversy during the 2014
Daytime Emmys Red Carpet show when she told actor
Ryan Paevey, "We're going to get you away from us before we rape you."
Personal life
Since early 2017, Furlan has been in a relationship with
Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1981. The group was founded by bassist Nikki Sixx, drummer Tommy Lee, lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead singer Vince Neil. Mötley Crüe has sold over 100 million albums ...
drummer,
Tommy Lee.
On February 14, 2018, they announced their engagement on Instagram. They were married a year later on February 14, 2019.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
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1986 births
Living people
Actresses from Pennsylvania
American Internet celebrities
American women comedians
21st-century American actresses
Vine (service) celebrities
American people of Italian descent
People from Perkasie, Pennsylvania
Comedians from Pennsylvania
21st-century American comedians