Jenna Marbles facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Jenna Marbles
Marbles in 2018
Born	Jenna Nicole Mourey (1986-09-15) September 15, 1986 (age 38) Rochester, New York, U.S.
Education	Suffolk University (BS) Boston University (MEd)
Occupation	YouTuber
Years active	2010–2020 (on hiatus)
Spouse(s)	Julien Solomita ​ (m. 2022)​
YouTube information
Genre	Comedy vlog
Subscribers	19.7 million
Total views	1.8 billion
Subscriber and view counts updated as of September 17, 2023.

Jenna Nicole Mourey (born September 15, 1986), better known as Jenna Marbles, is an American YouTuber. Over the span of ten years, her YouTube channel has accumulated approximately 1.8 billion video views and, at its peak, over 20 million subscribers. After apologizing for a series of accusations involving offensive content in her older videos, Marbles announced her indefinite hiatus from the platform in 2020.

Early life and career

Mourey was born and raised in Rochester, New York. She then moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in psychology at Suffolk University and Master of Education in sport psychology and counseling at Boston University.

In the summer of 2010, Mourey was sharing a three-bedroom apartment in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She supported herself by bartending, working at a tanning salon, and vlogging. That year, Mourey started her career with Barstool Sports, where she wrote for their female-oriented site StoolLaLa. She left the publication in 2011.

YouTube career

Among the first of Marbles's videos to gain traction on the platform, "How to Trick People into Thinking You're Good Looking", released in 2010, was viewed around 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 The New York Times and ABC News in August 2011. .....

Marbles adopted the pseudonym Jenna Marbles after her mother complained the search term "Mourey" resulted only in Jenna's videos on Google. Jenna's mother was unemployed when Jenna's first video went viral and was concerned that the content might put off potential employers. The name "Marbles" stems from her dog's name, Mr. Marbles.

Marbles portrayed Eve in the Epic Rap Battles of History episode "Adam vs. Eve", and she made appearances in Annoying Orange, Ridiculousness, and Smosh: The Movie. Marbles was featured in the rapper Pitbull's "Fireball" music video alongside fellow YouTubers Bart Baker and Brittany Furlan.

Alongside the creators of the YouTube channel Smosh, Marbles became the first YouTube personality to have her likeness appear as a wax figure displayed at Madame Tussauds New York, which she unveiled in 2015.

Other ventures

Marbles released a brand of dog toys called Kermie Worm & Mr. Marbles. The toys are modeled after her dogs' likenesses. She also created items with some of her most popular phrases printed on them, including "What are this?" and "Team legs!" Marbles previously hosted a weekly pop countdown on SiriusXM Hits 1 named YouTube 15. In 2016, Marbles became an executive producer for Maximum Ride, a film based on James Patterson's series of novels of the same name.

Personal life

In April 2021, Marbles became engaged to long-time partner and fellow YouTuber Julien Solomita. They married in November 2022. In January 2023, Marbles and Solomita had an incident at their home where an intruder broke in, was subdued with pepper spray, and arrested.

Marbles is a vegan.

Awards and nominations

See also

In Spanish: Jenna Marbles para niños