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Marbles at the 2014 VidCon
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Jenna Nicole Mourey September 15, 1986 Rochester, New York, U.S. |
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Nationality | American | ||||||||||
Residence | Sherman Oaks, California, U.S. | ||||||||||
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Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||||||||||
Website | jennamarblesblog |
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Pseudonym | Jenna Marbles | ||||||||||
Years active | 2009–present | ||||||||||
Genre | Comedy, vlog | ||||||||||
Subscribers | 16.7 million (January 7, 2017) |
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Total views | 2.1 billion (January 7, 2017) |
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Associated acts | Smosh, Ryan Higa | ||||||||||
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Subscriber and view counts updated as of January 7, 2017. |
Jenna Nicole Mourey (born September 15, 1986), better known by her pseudonym Jenna Marbles, is an American YouTube personality, vlogger, comedian, and actress. As of January 2017, her channel has over 2.1 billion video views and 16.7 million subscribers, making it the 19th most subscribed channel on YouTube and the 2nd most popular channel operated by a woman.
Marbles was born and raised in Rochester, New York, where she graduated from Brighton High School in 2004. She then moved to Boston, where she attended Suffolk University. At Suffolk she obtained a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, and later attended Boston University for a Master of Education in Sport Psychology and Counseling.
Marbles initially started her career with Barstool Sports, where she wrote for their female counterpart site StoolLaLa. In the summer of 2010, Marbles was sharing a three bedroom apartment in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She had an $800 rent that she paid for by working various jobs, like bartending, working at a tanning salon, blogging, and go-go dancing at nightclubs.
Marbles released a video in 2010 entitled "How To Trick People Into Thinking You're Good Looking" which was viewed over 5.3 million times in its first week. Her video "How To Avoid Talking To People You Don't Want To Talk To" was featured in articles by The New York Times and ABC News in August 2011. In the video, she stated, "I'm sick and tired of guys thinking that just because I showed up at a club or a dance or a bar, that I want to have their genitalia touching my backside." The video had approximately 35 million views as of December 2016.