Eleonora Pons Maronese known professionally as Lele Pons, is a Venezuelan-American singer, internet celebrity, YouTuber, and actress.
Eleonora Pons Maronese was born on June 25, 1996, in Caracas, Venezuela, to Luis Guillermo Pons Mendoza, an architect, and Ana Maronese Pivetta, a pediatrician.
On her mother’s side, she has Italian ancestry. She moved to the United States at the age of five and was raised in Miami, Florida.
She graduated from Miami Country Day School in 2015 and moved to Los Angeles, California.
Full Name: Eleonora Pons Maronese
Date of Birth: June 25, 1996
Place of Birth: Caracas, Venezuela
Age: 25
Nationality: VenezuelaUnited States
Occupation: YouTuber, singer, actress
Net-worth: $3 million.
Career:
Pons began her career on the video platform Vine. She has said she used Vine to showcase the creative things she was already doing. Speaking to Teen Vogue, Pons said, “I started with my friends, and I started becoming bad. At first it was just being really creative – it wasn’t even funny stuff.” Her follower base continued to grow and Pons has said that it “got to the point where a lot of people depended on me to make them… just so they could get a laugh.” She became the first “Viner” to reach one billion loops
In 2016, she was signed with entertainment company Shots Studios.
Pons has used her success in Internet comedy to launch a number of enterprises. In 2015, she launched a jewelry collection called UNO Magnetic.
In 2016, Pons co-authored a novel based on her own high school experiences, Surviving High School, co-authored with Melissa de la Cruz. Pons starred as Callie in the 2016 romantic comedy We Love You, released on YouTube Red. In the movie, characters played by Yousef Erakat and Justin Dobies both fall for Pons, who is “cool enough” to date both of them at the same time.\ The movie was produced by YouTube and AwesomenessTV.
Pons appeared in the first episode of MTV’s horror TV series, Scream, in which she was the season’s first victim.
She has starred in a number of music videos, including “Havana” by Camila Cabello, and “Downtown” by Anitta and J Balvin.
In May 2018, Pons released her debut single, a Spanish-language duet with Matt Hunter titled “Dicen”. The YouTube music video amassed 10 million views in just four days. Pons has also had success in modelling. In February 2017, she became a brand ambassador for CoverGirl.
In August, Pons released her first single and music video for her song “Celoso”, which was directed by fellow creator Rudy Mancuso.
The song was certified 3× Platinum and earned a nomination for the Premios Lo Nuestro nomination for the video.
On March 29, 2019, Lele released her English-language debut, and her first country song with the Jake Owen duet “Señorita” from his album Greetings from… Jake.
She presented the 19th Annual Latin Grammy Awards with Aitana.
On December 6, 2019, Pons released her new single and music video “Vete Pa La”. The music video was self-directed and edited by Pons and produced by Shots Studios.
On August 19, 2020, Pons released the first episode of Best Kept Secrets with Lele Pons, a podcast on Spotify in which anonymous callers share “eyebrow raising experiences they don’t dare share with friends and family”.
Films:
My Big Fat Hispanic Family
Insane Kids
The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land
The Space Between Us
Caught the Series
Latino Hunger Games
Songs:
“Dicen”
(with Matt Hunter)
“Celoso”
“Teléfono (Remix)”
“Bloqueo”
“Vete Pa La”
“Se Te Nota”
Awards:
MTV Millennial Awards: Worldwide Instagrammer of the Year
Premios Juventud: Triple Threat
Streamy Awards: Best Ensemble Cast
Teen Choice Awards: Choice Web Star: Comedy
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