Lindsay Ellis

Lindsay Ellis is an American author and former video essayist. Much of her content focused on analyzing and critiquing films and other media.

Background
Lindsay was born in Johnson City, Tennessee during the mid-1980s. In 2007, she received a bachelor's degree in Film Studies at NYU and an MFA degree at the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 2011.

In 2008, Lindsay was made host of The Nostalgia Chick, a show created by Channel Awesome, modeled after the Nostalgia Critic. By 2014, Lindsay left The Nostalgia Chick and started focusing on making video essays instead.

Her video essays perform analytical critiques of numerous movies, especially Walt Disney films. She has garnered over 1,200,000 subscribers throughout her career, making her one of the largest figures of BreadTube. Besides her video essays, she also is an author, having released her debut novel Axiom's End in 2019. It received positive reviews and was a New York Times best seller.

In March 2021, Lindsay Ellis was canceled by Twitter over accusations of anti-Asian racism after making a tweet comparing Raya to Avatar. She ended up temporarily deleting her Twitter account and made a response video a month later. As a result of continued cancellations, she would end up leaving YouTube in December.

Trivia

 * She identifies as bisexual.
 * She is 5'2 or 157cm.