Grace Helbig

Grace Anne Helbig (born September 27, 1985) is an American comedian, actress, and internet personality.

In 2003, Helbig began studying at Ramapo College in Mahwah, New Jersey, and graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in digital filmmaking from Ramapo's School of Contemporary Arts.

It was there that she formed a sketch comedy group called Baked Goods with her best friend, Michelle Akin.

She took improv classes at the Peoples Improv Theater in New York City.

In 2005, she entered the Miss New Jersey USA pageant competition, reaching the semi-finals.

In November 2007, Helbig house-sat for a family in South Orange, New Jersey.

To alleviate boredom and keep herself entertained, she began a daily vlog of her house sitting experience on her personal YouTube channel GracieHInABox.

Helbig created and hosted the My Damn Channel web series DailyGrace (2008–2013).

Beginning March 2008, Helbig and her college roommate Michelle Akin (née Vargas) created the Grace n' Michelle YouTube channel.

In early 2008, Helbig narrated the short-lived animated web series, Bedtime Stories on My Damn Channel, which consisted of R-rated parodies of classic fairy tales.

My Damn Channel founder and CEO Rob Barnett discovered her personal vlogs through her profile and offered her the opportunity to host her own video blog web series on the My Damn Channel website.

This became DailyGrace, which premiered on April 14, 2008, with new episodes published every weekday.

On October 11, 2010, DailyGrace was launched as its own YouTube channel.

From the series' inception in April 2008 through December 2013, Helbig created over 830 DailyGrace episodes for the DailyGrace YouTube channel—in addition to the 690 DailyGrace episodes that had been published exclusively on the My Damn Channel website (i.e., all episodes up to October 8, 2010, as well as additional extra videos after that date).

She was a correspondent on the G4 network tech series Attack of the Show! (2011–2012), played Idol on the Fine Brothers' web series MyMusic (2012–2013), and co-produced and starred in the feature films Camp Takota (2014), Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2016) and Dirty 30 (2016).

From March 2012 through January 2013, Helbig hosted My Damn Channel LIVE once a week from the company's New York City studio (the remaining weekday episodes were hosted by Beth Hoyt).

The most recent video on this channel was uploaded on October 25, 2013, when Helbig visited Akin in Brooklyn.

By the end of December 2013, the channel had amassed over 2.4 million subscribers and over 211 million video views on YouTube.

In November 2013, the series was revived in a weekly format as My Damn Channel LIVE: Hangout, with Helbig making a few appearances via video chat from the Los Angeles studio.

On September 13, 2013, Helbig premiered her weekly web series Grace's Faces on beauty guru Bobbi Brown's newly created YouTube channel I love makeup.

On November 4, 2013, Helbig premiered a weekly supplemental DailyGrace series exclusive to the My Damn Channel website entitled One Thing You Didn't Know About Me From Last Week.

The series lasted five episodes and ended December 2, 2013.

On December 27, 2013, Helbig uploaded her final DailyGrace episode to the DailyGrace YouTube channel.

Four days later, My Damn Channel released a statement announcing that Helbig had chosen not to renew her multi-year contract with the network, and that going forward, no new content would be created by Helbig for the DailyGrace YouTube channel.

My Damn Channel indicated that the DailyGrace YouTube channel would remain active solely as an archive, with plans for the network to upload the early DailyGrace episodes and other Helbig content that had formerly been exclusive to the My Damn Channel website.

News of Helbig's departure from My Damn Channel and the shift back to her own independent channel contributed to a dramatic increase in it'sGrace subscribers, from just under 87,000 in the last week of 2013 to over a half million by the first week of 2014.

She has authored two comedic handbooks for Millennials: Grace's Guide: The Art of Pretending to Be a Grown-up (2014) and Grace & Style: The Art of Pretending You Have It (2016).

Helbig was born in the Philadelphia suburb of Woodbury, New Jersey, to John and Theresa.

She has an older brother, John, and a younger brother, Tim.

She attended Gateway Regional High School in Woodbury Heights, New Jersey.

She was a successful track star and medal-winning pole-vaulter.

The series lasted twenty-four episodes and ended March 7, 2014.

On January 6, 2014, Helbig relaunched her personally owned, formerly secondary channel it'sGrace (renamed from GracieHinABox) as her main YouTube channel.

On January 22, 2014, just two and a half weeks after the channel's relaunch, it'sGrace passed 1 million subscribers.

On April 30, 2014, it was announced via press release that Helbig had partnered with multi-channel network Fullscreen.

On December 30, 2014, just one week shy of the one-year anniversary of the channel's relaunch, it'sGrace passed 2 million subscribers.

She created and hosted the comedy/talk show on the E! television network The Grace Helbig Show (2015).

On August 22, 2016, it'sGrace passed 3 million subscribers, surpassing her DailyGrace channel peak.

As of August 2021, Helbig's YouTube channel has 2.65 million subscribers and over 331 million video views.

She is the co-creator and co-host of the podcast This Might Get Weird (2018–present) alongside frequent collaborator Mamrie Hart and is the voice of Cindy Bear in the Max animated series Jellystone! (2021–present).