It is hard to imagine how many struggles and hardships people have had to go through in the past to achieve fame and success without the presence of social media. That's not to undermine the hard work that the new generation of celebrities put into their jobs in any way. It's just the obvious: that with the access to the internet, social media, and the culture of digital celebrity, it's much easier to make your dreams come true with the help of a huge online community or following.
Updated March 29, 2023: If you're curious about online influencers who somehow entered the acting profession and established themselves as good actors, you'll be happy to know that this list has been updated with additional content and higher quality .
Many of the social media influencers have taken advantage of this sensation and made their shot in the film industry. It doesn't always work in their favor, nor are they exceptionally good at it, but at least they explain their options and expand the branches of their work. Here are 12 influencers who have tried the acting path.
12 Charlie D'Amelio
With her monumental rise to fame and fortune thanks to the Chinese social media phenomenon TikTok, Charlie D'Amelio has become an internet sensation and one of the most followed users on the platform with a whopping 150 million followers worldwide.
As a result of the night of her social media appeal, D'Amelio got a run in 2020 StarDog and TurboCat. She has since made a cameo appearance The Simpsonsand will be featured in the upcoming movie, Home school.
11 Bryce Hall
Somehow, the brains of the general population have become so prone to discernment that lip syncing is considered a real talent. Bryce Hall is an example of such a man who has taken advantage of our innate tastelessness, though he has tapped into comedy skits that sometimes bring a strange smile to our face.
Anyway, he has amassed quite a following on TikTok and on YouTube, thus building a career in filmmaking, starring his debut film He is all thatand the coming Skills house.
10 Emily Uribe
Emily Uribe's story is a little less conventional than that of her fellow influencers turned actors. Starting on TikTok (unsurprisingly), Uribe didn't rely on cheesy lip syncs or cringey dancing, opting instead for something entirely unique in the form of impersonation, and more specifically, pretending to interview famous actors.
After her immense likeability was duly noticed by people in the movie, Uribe earned a movie debut with Chicken girls: student years.
9 Jack Martin
No way... another TikTok star! content creator, Jack Martin exploited his penchant for hilarious sketch videos on the major social media outlet, after graduating from Georgetown University, Martin pursued studies in film arts, setting him up for a potential career in the industry. After being approached by producers at NBC, the social media guru starred in the sci-fi flop, La Bree.
8 King Bach
Andrew Byron Bachelor, better known as King Bach, was once the most followed person on the now nonexistent app Vine. Its wit and six-second content helped grab the attention of 11.3 million people at the time. It was only a matter of time before he jumped at the opportunity and used his wits to act professionally.
Although he made his small acting debut in a popular American TV show Black Jesus (2014), many were surprised to see him there and called his performance corny. But isn't that exactly what he's internet famous for? His later 2016 comedy films Meet the blacks And Fifty shades of black have proven that he never fails to make people laugh. The biggest role of his acting career came with the release of the horror comedy Babysit (2017), which has received mixed reviews, and he recently starred in the unique horror film Fear.
7 Noah Beck
Unlike King Bach, Noah Beck has only recently become famous, after the COVID pandemic had already started. After starting a TikTok account, mainly dancing to different songs, it only took him a month to go viral and gain millions of followers.
Surprisingly, Beck had some minor acting roles before making a name for himself as a popular TikTok celebrity. Though he only started taking acting classes in 2021, he had appeared in little-known short comedies such as Meet Nancy Wu in 2017 and Back to the function in 2018.
6 Lisa Koshy
Vine is certainly a website that started and helped build a career for a plethora of people. Lisa Koshy is one of those who took a leap to stardom through Vine and YouTube respectively, creating creative funny content and gaining over 17 million subscribers as a result.
She made her acting debut in 2016 starring in Tyler Perry's filmBoo! A Madea Halloween and later took her audience to another world with her performance in a Hulu drama series Capricious. She has challenged her skills by producing and starring in a YouTube Premium show Lisa on request where she plays an ambitious funny character identical to herself. What ultimately landed her an Emmy nomination was her hosting in Double dare.
5 Grace Helbig
Grace Helbig started her YouTube channel in 2007 just because she was bored at a babysitting job. Like most older generation YouTubers, she didn't expect to blow up and get so many subscribers. She has always expressed an interest in acting when she took improv classes in New York.
It was no surprise that her acting debut followed naturally in a movie called Camp Takota (2014),which she co-produced. For many millennials, this movie had become a staple of their teens and early twenties thanks to the iconic trio. Two years later, Helbig joined her friends Hannah and Mamrie Hart in a comedy Dirt 30 where they showed off their funny personalities. Helbig recently voiced Cindy Bear in the animated series Jelly stone.
4 Ryan Higa
Ryan Higa has many YouTube firsts under his belt thanks to the popularity of his comedy videos in the early days of the website. Not only was he the most subscribed creator from 2009 to 2011, he was also the first person on YouTube to reach two and then three million subscribers.
You could say he starred in the first YouTube movie ever made - Ryan and Sean's not-so-excellent adventure (2008), playing a YouTuber cast for a film by a struggling director. Because of his comedic personality, many were shocked to see him star in a horror movie Tell me how I die (2016). Recently he appeared in Netflix's Find Ohana (2021).
3 Baby Ariel
Ariel Martin rose to mainstream popularity when TikTok was still known as musical.ly. Her impact on the social platform has been so strong that in 2017 she was named by TIME as one of the most influential people on the internet.
This Florida content creator went on to star and produce her own YouTube series called Baby doll records (2018).A year later, Nickelodeon announced her role in an upcoming sleuth comedy Bixler High Private Investigator. But her biggest role to date is her werewolf character Wynter in a Disney movie Zombies 2 (2019).
2 Loren Grey
Most of her career has Loren Grey has focused on her social media presence by creating musical.ly videos, now TikTok videos, making her one of the most followed content creators on this platform. She has followed the common trajectory for social media influencers by getting into music and most recently entering the film industry.
In an animated movie 100% Wolves (2020), about Freddy Lupine, who instead of turning into a werewolf into a fluffy poodle, calls them Twitchy's character. She has also secured a small role of Cleme Crane in a thriller called Do not run (2021).
1 Addison Rae
Addison Rae has garnered 81 million followers thanks to her dance videos and counting for herself on the TikTok platform. She is the fourth most followed content creator in this app. Before deciding to make her acting debut with her own face, she lent her voice to an animated cat character Rosalinde in a 2018 movie. spy cat.
What really made her the talk of the town was her acting debut in the 2021 gender-swapped remake He is all that. The project has received mixed reactions from the public; one side called it a chilling attempt at acting and the other side expressed their support. The film has a review score of only 31% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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