Playing The Role
Let us hear it from Hank Perlman, who directed Hungry Man. “I think Milana’s Lily resonates with audiences because she’s a multi-dimensional character in a way that’s rare for commercials,” he said. The director has worked on most of the commercials of the carrier! He also shared, “We try as hard as we can not only to make her funny but to make her as strong, smart, and human as possible. And hopefully, all of that makes her as relatable as a character in a 30-second commercial can be.”
Playing The Role
Moving To The United States
Milana Aleksandrovna Vayntrub was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on March 8, 1987. At the time, the country had been under the Soviet Union. The family was Jewish, and her parents were scared that they would be persecuted for this. This was why they left Tashkent when Milana was only three years old. They first headed to Austria, went to Italy, and waited there for permission to go to the United States. In 1990, the Vayntrub family arrived in West Hollywood.
Moving To The United States
