Claudia Sulewski (born February 19, 1996) is an American

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, host and actress. In 2007, she started making videos on her YouTube channel in her hometown of Chicago, before moving to Los Angeles in 2014, where she jumped into hosting. A year later, she began hosting videos for ''

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''s YouTube channel, becoming its regular host. She has continued on to an acting career, debuting in the 2022 film '' I Love My Dad''.

Early life

Sulewski was born in

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, to Polish parents Beata Krupińska and Czesław Sulewski. She was raised in Park Ridge, a suburb of Chicago. She has two brothers.

Career

YouTube and hosting

She started her YouTube channel in 2007 with the name BeyondBeautyStar, and used the same name on Instagram. Her channel consists of videos about her fashion choices, beauty routines, travels, interior design endeavors, workouts, daily life, and wellness; she has since changed her channel's display name to her full name, 'Claudia Sulewski', as well as all her accounts across social media. Sulewski eventually quit YouTube with no clear explanation, other than a vague declaration in her July 2022 "something needs to change..." video, where she admitted her lifestyle in her vlogs no longer felt authentic. During the

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lockdowns, Sulewski and her boyfriend, musician

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, started the podcast ''We Bought A House''. Soon after, they stopped doing the podcast, O'Connell citing that they felt like they were "sharing too much."

Business ventures

She has also ventured into fashion by collaborating with Nordstrom BP to create a clothing line for which she acted as the social media creative director, crafting the advertisements and producing her own lookbook for the launch. Additionally, Sulewski founded the sustainable body care brand, Cyklar, in October 2023

Acting and directing

From 2016 to 2017, she appeared in the TV series ''The Commute'', and from 2016 to 2018, in the webseries ''T@gged''. In 2019, she appeared in an episode of '' Marvel's Runaways''. She made her wide-release feature film debut in the 2022 movie '' I Love My Dad'', co-starring James Morosini, who also writes and directs, and Patton Oswalt. The film premiered at

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on March 12, winning the Jury and Audience Awards in the Narrative Film Competition. Sulewski also directed, filmed, and edited the music video of O'Connell's song, "Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa", released in July. The music video was filmed on iPhone and a handycam in

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Personal life

Since 2018, Sulewski has been in a relationship with musician

. She has since become an inspiration for O'Connell's music, such as in songs "''Claudia''" and "''Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa''", the former for which she painted the cover art, and the latter for which she directed the music video.

Filmography

Television and webseries

Film

Music video

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sulewski, Claudia 1996 births 21st-century American actresses American web series actresses American YouTube vloggers American TikTokers Living people YouTubers from Chicago American people of Polish descent