Early life

Pons was born in Caracas, Venezuela. Pons moved to the United States at the age of five and was
raised in Miami, Florida. She graduated from Miami Country Day School in 2015 and moved to Los
Angeles, California. She has said that she had trouble making friends in high school, so she "would
get hurt to make them laugh."[5] She has also said that she was bullied at high school. She said "I'm
not like the cool girls—I'm the other girl. The one that's basically a nerd, but proud of that." [6]
Pons has Tourette syndrome and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and has struggled with
depression and severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.[7]

Career

Pons in 2017

Pons began her career on the six-second video platform Vine. She has said she used Vine to
showcase the creative things she was already doing. Speaking to Teen Vogue, Pons said, "I started
with my friends, and I started becoming bad. At first it was just being really creative - it wasn't even
funny stuff." Her follower base continued to grow and Pons has said that it "got to the point where a
lot of people depended on me to make them... just so they could get a laugh." She became the first
"Viner" to reach one billion loops.[6]
Writing in The Cut, Allie Jones described Pons' comedy as "universal, physical, and complete with a
twist ending."[5] Pons' comedic style has also been criticised. For instance, former Viner, Cody Ko,
critically viewed one her sketches, saying, "This was written by a four-year-old." [8] Pons cites, among
her inspirations, several Latina stars including Sofía Vergara, Gaby Espino, and Shakira.[5] In 2016,
she was signed with entertainment company Shots Studios.[5][9]
Pons is managed by John Shahidi of Shots Studios.[10]
Pons has used her success in Internet comedy to launch a number of enterprises. In 2015, she
launched a jewelry collection called UNO Magnetic. [6] In 2016, Pons co-authored a novel based on
her own high school experiences, Surviving High School, co-authored with Melissa de la Cruz.
[11]
 Pons starred as Callie in the 2016 romantic comedy We Love You, released on YouTube Red. In
the movie, characters played by Yousef Erakat and Justin Dobies both fall for Pons, who is "cool
enough" to date both of them at the same time.[5][12] The movie was produced by YouTube
and AwesomenessTV.
Pons appeared in the first episode of MTV's horror TV series, Scream, in which she was the
season's first victim.[13] She has starred in a number of music videos, including "Havana" by Camila
Cabello, and "Downtown" by Anitta and J Balvin.[14] In May 2018, Pons released her debut single, a
Spanish-language duet with Matt Hunter titled "Dicen." The YouTube music video amassed 10
million views in just four days.[15] Pons has also had success in modelling. In February 2017, she
became a brand ambassador for CoverGirl.[16] The same month, Pons walked in a Dolce & Gabbana
show in Milan. Babe criticised the move as seeming "a bit hackneyed and past-it." [17] In August, Pons
released her first single and music video for her song "Celoso," which was directed by fellow creator
Rudy Mancuso. The song was certified 3x Platinum and earned a nomination for the Premios Lo
Nuestro nomination for the video.[18] On March 29, 2019 Lele released her English-language debut,
and her first country song with the Jake Owen duet "Señorita" from his album Greetings from... Jake.
[19]

Pons took over hosting of La Voz... México on October 14, 2018.[3] She presented the 19th Annual
Latin Grammy Awards with Aitana.[20]
On December 6, 2019, Pons released her new single and music video “Vete Pa La.” The music
video was self-directed and edited by Pons and produced by Shots Studios. [21]
On December 2019, Pons was a co-host on the red carpet alongside Chelsea Briggs for the
2019 Billboard Women in Music.[22]
Pons was a guest speaker at the 2020 CES conference held in Las Vegas, NV. As a digital media
mogul and global entertainer, Pons was asked to be a speaker on the Spotify panel alongside
Spotify’s Chief Content Officer Dawn Ostroff. She talked about how Spotify revolutionized music and
impacted her career and how she plans on using that same model for her upcoming podcast with
Spotify.[23]
On April 22, 2020, Pons shared the trailer for The Secret Life of Lele Pons, a five part docuseries
exploring her lifelong struggles with mental health. The first of the five episodes premiered on May
19, 2020.

Personal life
Pons revealed in 2015 that she had a nose job, stating "I believe that you should do whatever makes
you happy and feel confident. This is something I always wanted to do and waited until the right time
to do it!", further reiterating "the important thing is that you don't change who you are inside!". [24]

Filmography
Films
Year Title Role Note

201
My Big Fat Hispanic Family Lele Short film
6

201
Insane Kids Lele Short film
6
201 The Walking Dead: No Man's
Lele Short film
7 Land

201
The Space Between Us Tulsa's classmates Cameo
7

201
Caught the Series Clean up man Guest star
7

201
Scooby Doo Is Back Daphne Short film
7

201
Latino Hunger Games Herself Short film
7

201
Airplane Mode Herself Main role
8

Television
Year Title Role Note

201
We Love You Callie TV film
6

201
Scream Leah Episode: "I Know What You Did Last Summer"
6

201
Escape the Night The Hustler Main role (season 1)
6

201
La Voz México Leading FOX EST
8
202 The Secret Life of Lele
Herself Docu-series produced by herself
0 Pons

Music videos
Year Title Artist(s) Role

201
"She's Out of Her Mind" Blink-182 Runner
6

"Summer" Marshmello Dorky girl

201 "Havana" Camila Cabello Bella

7

"Downtown" (lyric
Anitta and J Balvin
video)
Dancer
Zedd, Maren
"The Middle"
Morris and Grey

"Dicen"
201
8 Lele Pons
"Celoso"

Singer/Lead
"Teléfono (Remix)" Aitana and Lele Pons

201
"Bloqueo" Lele Pons and Fuego
9