GloZell

GloZell Lyneette Simon (née Green, born July 30, 1972 ) is an American comedian and YouTube personality based in Hollywood, California.

Green established her YouTube channel in 2008, with video interviews, comedy about her life and song parodies. As of February 2015, the channel has accumulated more than four million subscribers and more than 700 million total views. By the same month, six of her individual videos had each been viewed more than 10 million times, such as her "My Push up Bra will help me get my man" video (23 million views) and her cinnamon challenge video (40 million views). She gained wide notice when her vlog about meeting Elijah Wood was mentioned by the actor during a 2011 interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. In 2012, she appeared in the web series Dr. Fubalous. In January 2015 GloZell interviewed Barack Obama in a YouTube livestream hosted at The White House.

Early life

GloZell was born to Gloria and Ozell Green, her name being a portmanteau of the names of her parents. She has one sister, DeOnzell, who is an opera singer. In 1997, Green graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in musical theatre.