Nationality American Role Musical Artist Other names Jodie Rivera Movies Hocus Pocus | Name Jodie-Amy Rivera Years active 1993–present Albums Video Girl Website vprincess.com | |
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Full Name Jodie-Amy Rivera Born February 22, 1984 (age 40) ( 1984-02-22 ) Italy Known for Comedy, Parody, Musical Education New England Conservatory of Music Similar People Vinessa Shaw, Omri Katz, Sean Murray, Larry Bagby, Thora Birch Profiles | ||
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Jodie-Amy Rivera (born February 22, 1984), also known as VenetianPrincess, is a YouTube Internet personality since 2006. Her videos are usually parodies of songs and events in pop culture. As of October 2015, her two channels have amassed a combined subscriber count just under 1 million, with over 340 million video views. She gained notoriety in 2006 after being featured on the front page of YouTube, and in 2007 was one of the first people invited into YouTube's revenue sharing program. In December 2008, Samsung announced that her music video for her original song "Somewhere Else" is the pre-installed video on all Samsung Behold cell phones. PC World Magazine named her "7 Things Guys Don't Have To Do" music video one of the top 10 viral videos of 2008. She was the most subscribed female in the world from February 2009 to August 2012.
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- Background
- Videos
- Press
- Acting career
- AwardsRank Achievements
- Books
- Magazines
- Albums
- Music VideosParody Singles
- References
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Background
Rivera is of Swedish and Italian ancestry, and grew up in Brockton, Massachusetts. She studied opera as a soprano.
During a May 2012 interview on CBS' The Insider, Rivera reaffirmed that she chose the name VenetianPrincess because of her love of Lady Diana and a fascination with the Italian city of Venice.
On her YouTube channel she announced she was married and has a baby girl.
Videos
She became popular for her episodic series The Princess Chronicles (formerly known as "The Disclosed Series"). The series was known for its elaborate editing and visual effects.
Press
In 2007, she received media coverage for her videos, with appearances on Fox News, Boston, Fox News Milwaukee, and ABC News Boston. She was interviewed on Massachusetts radio station JAMN 94.5, and a two-page article was also written about her in the Boston Herald on June 18, 2007. A segment about her videos was presented by Bill Weir on ABC's first episode of television series I-Caught, airing on August 7, 2007.
On February 10, 2008, an article about VenetianPrincess was featured in the Boston Globe. On February 11, 2008, another large article was printed in the Brockton Enterprise.
In April 2008, VenetianPrincess' "Hillary, Be My Best Friend" parody video went viral with over 800,000 views in just over 2 days. The video received press coverage from CNN, FOX News, NBC News, The Washington Post, VH1.com, and Hotair.com.
In July 2008, VenetianPrincess and MakeMeBad35's video collaboration of "Drunken Genie" (as titled on VenetianPrincess' channel) and "My Pretty Genie" (as titled on MakeMeBad35's channel) got an Epic Fail on Attack of the Show on G4. The hosts on the show have also chosen VenetianPrincess one of the top hottest women of the web for three consecutive weeks.
In February 2009, VenetianPrincess made a video about Nadya Suleman titled "Octo-Mom Song." The video was mentioned in several national magazines and newspapers including the LA Times, USA Today, Radar Online, Trendhunter Magazine, Entrevue Magazine, And Don't Miss Magazine. She has also made parodies about the Jonas Brothers.
On August 10, 2009 VenetianPrincess' Transformers 2 Parody was shown on MTV on the It's On with Alexa Chung Show. Alexa Chung commented "Megan Fox's acting was amazing in that video", referring to VP's portrayal of Megan Fox.
On May 15, 2012, Rivera was featured on CBS' The Insider,
Acting career
She appeared in Disney's 1993 Halloween-themed fantasy horror comedy film Hocus Pocus very briefly as a background extra. Most recently, she has appeared in two episodes of HBO's web show Elevator: Drunk Dial and Telemarketer. She has also produced videos for MTV, Universal Pictures, ABC, and other major brands.
Awards/Rank Achievements
Books
Rivera has been profiled:
Magazines
VP has been featured in several spreads in major magazines.