Stevie Kathleen Ryan (June 2, 1984 – July 1, 2017) was an American YouTube personality, actress and comedian. She was known for her

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videos and starring in the VH1 series ''

Stevie TV ''Stevie TV'' is an American comedy television series that starred Stevie Ryan and aired on VH1. The series, which aired from March 4, 2012, through July 12, 2013, parodied films, television shows, and actors. VH1 canceled ''Stevie TV'' in Febru ...

''. Ryan was born June 2, 1984, in

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. At the age of two, Ryan and her family relocated to

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, where her parents operated a trucking business. In 2002, she graduated from Silverado High School. At the age of 19, Ryan made the move to

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to pursue a career in the

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. Throughout 2006 and 2007, Ryan booked various commercial projects while also filming, editing, and acting in videos which she posted online. Ryan collaborated with New Wave Entertainment in 2010 on the

sketch comedy Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. The form developed and became popular in vaudeville, and is ...

show ''Stevie TV'', which parodied famous pop culture personalities and phenomena. It was picked up by VH1. It was cancelled after the second season. Ryan was found dead in her home due to an apparent

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on July 1, 2017, at the age of 33.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

It Should Happen To You: The Anxieties of YouTube Fame (''The New Yorker'')
* 1984 births 2017 deaths Actresses from California 21st-century American actresses American YouTubers Female suicides People from Riverside, California People from Victorville, California Suicides by hanging in California 2017 suicides {{US-tv-actor-1980s-stub