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

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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

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to Italian-American parents. She previously tried to break into television before becoming a star on Vine, and signed with content network

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. Furlan was embroiled in a controversy during the 2014

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Red Carpet show when she told actor

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, "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

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drummer,

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. On February 14, 2018, they announced their engagement on Instagram. They were married a year later on February 14, 2019.

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