Whitney Avalon is an American actress, writer, producer, singer, and

rapper Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...

best known for creating the ''Princess Rap Battle'' series and other musical comedy on YouTube, where her channel has over 600 million views. ''

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'' listed her in their 2015 Comedy Impact Report, stating her work has "amassed over half a billion views" worldwide in a year. She was also named one of ''

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's'' "Internet's Most Fascinating" people in 2015.

''Princess Rap Battles''

The ''Princess Rap Battles'' series was created by Whitney Avalon and features fictional female characters facing off against each other in the form of a

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. Whitney Avalon appears in every episode as a major rap opponent. She posted the first Princess Rap Battle "

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vs. Elsa" in September 2014. Since then, she has posted more rap battles on the channel, including "

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vs. Belle (Disney), Belle" starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, who is a fan of the series. Subsequent episodes include "Maleficent vs. Daenerys" starring Yvonne Strahovski, "Katniss Everdeen, Katniss vs. Hermione Granger, Hermione" starring Molly Quinn, "The Snow Queen, Freya vs. Queen (Snow White), Ravenna" and "Rapunzel (Disney), Rapunzel & Flynn Rider, Flynn vs. Anna (Disney), Anna & Kristoff (Disney), Kristoff". Avalon then posted two Wonderland vs. Oz themed battles: "Dorothy Gale, Dorothy vs. Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), Alice" starring Emily Kinney, Ryan McCartan, Jason Rogel, and Joey Richter followed by "Queen of Hearts (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), The Queen of Hearts vs. Wicked Witch of the West, The Wicked Witch of the West" with Alyssa Preston, Ben Giroux and (like all the battles) Avalon herself. The most recent episode of the series featured Harley Quinn, Black Canary, and Huntress (Helena Bertinelli), Huntress teaming up. Avalon has created numerous parody music videos particularly of Disney releases and tv shows such as Rick and Morty and The Good Place

Appearance in other media

Avalon graduated summa cum laude from Brandeis University in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts, B.A. in Theater Arts. She is a working actress in television, theater, and commercials. In 2013, she played the mom in the controversial Cheerios commercial "Just Checking", featuring an interracial family."Whitney Avalon, Actress In Cheerios Ad Featuring Mixed Race Family: 'I Thought It Was Adorable'". ''Huffington Post''. June 6, 2013
She has appeared in television series such as ''Speechless (TV series), Speechless'', ''Outlaw (TV series), Outlaw'', ''The Big Bang Theory'', ''Days of Our Lives'', ''Monday Mornings'', ''Girl Meets World'', ''Love That Girl!'', and ''Jane the Virgin''. She played Mary Shelley in ''Edgar Allan Poe's Murder Mystery Dinner Party'' and was a series regular in ''Hyperlinked'', a YouTube Premium series distributed by Disney.

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