Eva Gutowski

{{short description|American YouTuber}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2019}}

{{Infobox YouTube personality

| name = Eva Gutowski

| birth_name = Eva Marisol Gutowski

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|7|29}}

| birth_place = Brea, California, U.S.

| nationality = {{Hlist|American|Polish}}

| occupation = {{Hlist|Actress|DJ}}

| pseudonym =

| channel_handle = MyLifeAsEva

| years_active = 2011{{Ndash}}present

| genre = {{flatlist|

  • Beauty
  • fashion
  • comedy
  • lifestyle}}

| subscribers = 11.1 million

| views = 1.54 billion

| associated_acts =

| silver_button = yes

| silver_year = 2013

| gold_button = yes

| gold_year = 2016

| diamond_button = yes

| diamond_year = 2019

| stats_update = 25 March 2024

}}

Eva Marisol Gutowski (also known as "MyLifeasEva") is an American YouTube influencer and actress with 11.1 million subscribers on YouTube.{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/10/20/inside-the-glittery-and-long-belated-rise-of-the-female-youtube-star/|title=The new YouTube stars that America might not be ready for|first=Caitlin|last=Dewey|date=October 20, 2015|access-date=July 7, 2016|via=washingtonpost.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/article/eva-gutowski-my-life-as-eva-poor|title=YouTube Superstar Eva Gutowski Shares Her Journey from Hardship to Happiness|access-date=July 7, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2016-04-27/youtube-star-eva-gutowski-shares-her-travel-secrets|title=YouTube Star Eva Gutowski Shares Her Travel Secrets|date=April 27, 2016|access-date=July 7, 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-the-audience-for-pretty-little-liars-comparable-to-fullscreens-web-series-1463652001|title=Is the Audience for 'Pretty Little Liars' Comparable to Fullscreen's Web Series?|first=Mike|last=Shields|date=May 19, 2016|access-date=July 7, 2016|newspaper=Wall Street Journal}} She graduated from Brea Olinda High School in Brea, California. She also attended California State University at Fullerton.{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/mylifeasevas-eva-gutowski/|title=YouTube Superstar Eva Gutowski Shares Her Journey from Hardship to Happiness|website=PEOPLE.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-14}} She was ranked #4 in Variety{{'}}s Famechangers Digital Star Ranking list.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/digital/news/mylifeaseva-youtuber-famechangers-digital-star-ranking-1201544786/|title=MyLifeAsEva: No. 4 in #Famechangers Digital Star Ranking|author=Variety Staff|date=July 22, 2015|access-date=July 7, 2016}} People termed her YouTube's fastest growing star.{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/article/my-life-as-eva-gutowski-comedy|title=How YouTube's Fastest-Growing Star Bucked Gender Trends and Found Success|access-date=July 7, 2016}} She has also been included in Billboard{{'}}s Social Media Stars list.{{cite web|author=Heather Saul |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/eva-gutowski-youtube-star-comes-out-as-bisexual-a7228196.html |title=Eva Gutowski: YouTube star comes out as bisexual |work=The Independent |date=September 6, 2016 |access-date=September 10, 2016}} In mid 2016, she played herself but was titled as "The Journalist" in the first season of Escape the Night in a main role and returned briefly in the second season's pilot episode. She is the author of a lifestyle and advice book titled My Life as Eva: The Struggle is Real. She also starred in a YouTube Red web series called Me and My Grandma that premiered on Gutowski's YouTube channel on March 22, 2017.{{Citation|title=Me and My Grandma|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6076162/|access-date=2019-06-14}}

In August 2017, MTV announced that Gutowski would join the revamped Total Request Live as part of a rotating social media correspondent position alongside fellow YouTubers, Gabbie Hanna, and Gigi Gorgeous.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/trl-eva-gutowski-gabbi-hanna-gigi-gorgeous-social-media-correspondents-mtv-show-1202154239/|title='TRL': Eva Gutowski, Gabbie Hanna & Gigi Gorgeous Tapped As Social Media Correspondents For MTV Show|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=August 23, 2017|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=March 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309213314/https://deadline.com/2017/08/trl-eva-gutowski-gabbi-hanna-gigi-gorgeous-social-media-correspondents-mtv-show-1202154239/|url-status=dead}}

In 2019, she appeared in a PETA ad, protesting marine parks that keep mammals and other animals imprisoned in tanks."Go Behind the Scenes for MyLifeAsEva's Underwater PETA Shoot," [https://www.wisconsingazette.com/multimedia/go-behind-the-scenes-for-mylifeaseva-s-underwater-peta-shoot/youtube_23e6079f-d7ea-5e50-84c6-fc0c1dbf3675.html WisconsinGazette.com], 29 August 2019.

In 2020, she appeared in the "We the People" segment in the 2020 Democratic National Convention with her father.{{cite web| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211206/k8q7aR6uBYI| archive-date = 2021-12-06| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8q7aR6uBYI| title = Rise Up: American Promise with Eva Gutowski at the Democratic National Convention | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}

Personal life

Gutowski is of African American, German, Irish, Polish, and Puerto Rican descent.{{cite web |last1=Gutowski |first1=Eva |title=Verified BLACK LIVES MATTER {{!}} MYLIFEASEVA |url=https://www.instagram.com/tv/CA19jdiFsHF/?hl=en |website=Instagram |access-date=31 May 2020}}

Gutowski is vegan and says she likes to do her own cooking because, "I know whatever I put into what I cook is healthy."Nicole Pajer, "YouTube's Eva Gutowski Spills Her Self-Care Routine: 'It Doesn't Have to Mean Face Masks and Baths'," [https://parade.com/898421/nicolepajer/eva-gutowski-self-care-youtube/ Parade] 5 July 2019.

In September 2016, Gutowski came out as bisexual and to her fans on her Twitter platform. She went on to say, "I am ready for myself to fall in love with someone, no matter who they end up being, and have been since I was 12. Boy or girl."{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/eva-gutowski-youtube-star-comes-out-as-bisexual-a7228196.html|title='TRL':Eva Gutowski: YouTube star comes out as bisexual|first=heather|last=Saul|website=Independent.co.uk|date=September 6, 2016}}

In August 2018, Gutowski announced on Twitter that her car got rear-ended by a woman texting while driving. Eva said she wasn't in the car, but the lady was sent to the hospital, and her car got fixed 3 months later.

Gutowski began dating her current partner, Olav Stubberud, in 2020.{{cite web |last1=Staff |first1=J-14 |title=Is YouTube Star Eva Gutowski Single? The YouTube Star Is Dating Olav Stubberud |date=July 29, 2022 |url=https://www.j-14.com/posts/eva-gutowski-boyfriend-165131/ |publisher=J-14 |access-date=6 September 2023}}

In 2021, Eva started releasing music under her middle name Marisol, debuting as a musician with the single "Hawaii".

In 2023, she moved to New York City with her boyfriend Olav.{{Citation|title=HAWAII|date=2021-06-04|url=https://open.spotify.com/track/72SRuHivfnmjRdSc6zgPLg|language=en|access-date=2021-11-14}}

Filmography

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|+ List of Gutowski's screen appearances

Year

! Show

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2015How to Survive High SchoolEvaMain role (6 episodes)
2016-17Escape the NightThe JournalistMain role (Season 1), Cameo (Season 2) (11 episodes)
2016BizaardvarkHerselfEpisode: "Control (Plus) Alt (Plus) Escape!"
2017Me and My GrandmaJaney SkaleckiMain role (6 episodes)
2018All NightLysseeMain role (10 episodes)
2019How to Survive a Break-UpEvaMain role (6 episodes)

Bibliography

  • My Life as Eva: The Struggle is Real

References