“I have a lot of photos of my grandparents - they're my heroes, even though they've passed away. They were always happy, positive, loving to everyone they met, and a huge inspiration to me and the reason I do what I do.”

American comedian, YouTuber, actress, singer and writer

Colleen Ballinger is an American comedian, YouTuber, actress, singer, and writer. She is best known for creating and performing Miranda Sings, an Internet character that became her signature act across YouTube, live comedy tours, and television. Ballinger built Miranda Sings as a satire of online performers who badly sing in hopes of fame, while seeming unaware of their own lack of talent. She later took the character to theatres around the world in a one-woman show and created and starred in the Netflix series Haters Back Off, which ran from 2016 to 2017.