Jules LeBlanc is an American YouTuber, actress, singer, and former gymnast.
In December 2018, Business Insider recognized her as one of the “most famous teens in the world.” She began appearing on the YouTube channel Bratayley at the age of six and has since built a substantial online following independently.
Early life and Education
Julianna Grace LeBlanc was born on December 5, 2004.
She has two siblings: a younger sister named Hayley, who is also an actress, and an older brother named Caleb, who passed away in 2015 at the age of 13 due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. LeBlanc began gymnastics classes at the age of two, and her family started sharing videos of her online when she was three. She continued training as a gymnast until August 2017. The LeBlanc family initially lived in Severna Park, Maryland, but later relocated to Los Angeles, California to better support her acting and music career.
Career
LeBlanc, first gained recognition through her gymnastics videos. Her YouTube channel, originally called Acroanna, featured her gymnastic meets and tutorials starting in 2008 when she was just three years old. The channel was rebranded in 2017 and now showcases her music videos.
LeBlanc is a prominent figure on the YouTube channel “Bratayley,” which has over 7.3 million subscribers. The daily vlog, which began as a way to share family moments with relatives, started filming when she was six and chronicled the lives of the LeBlanc family. However, no new videos have been posted since November 2019. The vlog included her parents, Billy and Katie, her sisters Jules and Hayley, and her late brother Caleb. The name “Bratayley” was initially a nickname for Hayley, combining “brat” and “Hayley.”
LeBlanc also gained popularity on TikTok under the handle @julesleblanc and won the Shorty Award for “Muser of the Year” in April 2018. She and Hayden Summerall went viral with their YouTube cover of “Little Do You Know” by Alex & Sierra. This collaboration led to their casting in the YouTube series “Chicken Girls,” despite neither having prior acting experience. The series, released in August 2017 by Brat, follows the lives of a group of friends at the fictional Attaway High. Its debut episode garnered over 10 million views, and subsequent episodes of the second season received between 2 million and 4.5 million views each as of May 2018.
LeBlanc’s musical career includes a cover of Maddie & Tae’s “Fly,” which peaked at 34 on the Billboard Country songs chart in September 2017. She released her debut single “Ordinary Girl” in November 2017 and went on her first U.S. tour in early 2018. Her other musical releases include “Little Things,” the pop country compilation album “Lollipop,” and singles “Somebody’s Heart,” “Photograph,” and “Picture This,” a duet with Austin Brown. In November 2018, she released the Christmas song “It’s Gonna Snow.”
LeBlanc co-hosted the YouTube Red Originals series “We Are Savvy,” which focuses on music, fashion, and lifestyle and debuted with over 4.2 million views. In 2018, Variety announced that Lionsgate would distribute a full-length feature film adaptation of “Chicken Girls,” and Skyhorse Publishing would turn the show into a book series. Subsequent seasons of “Chicken Girls” premiered in September 2018 and March 2019.
In May 2018, LeBlanc and her sister Hayley were cast in a new series on the Brat YouTube channel. Additionally, LeBlanc and Addison Riecke starred in the Brat teen mystery series “A Girl Named Jo,” set in 1963. She also appeared in Asher Angel’s music video for “Chemistry.”
LeBlanc starred in Brat’s feature films “Holiday Spectacular” in December 2018 and “Spring Breakaway” in March 2019. In February 2020, she was cast in the Nickelodeon series “Side Hustle” alongside Jayden Bartels. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Nickelodeon launched a virtually-produced talk show titled “Group Chat,” featuring LeBlanc and Bartels, which premiered on May 23, 2020. “Side Hustle” aired from November 2020 to June 2022.
Personal life
In July 2021, LeBlanc became the face of Pacsun’s Fall 2021 collection, which focused on themes of reconnecting with oneself, old friends, and nature.
Net Worth
Estimated to be over 3 million dollars