Anna Akana says her "whole world stopped" when her 13-year-old sister committed suicide on Valentine's Day 2007. "I was so low. And I couldn't see a way out if it," she explains in the current ...

Anna Akana, who broke out via YouTube and is an actress, writer and now musician, discusses her debut album, "Casualty," and how it addresses mental health.

Anna Akana in one of her videos from her popular YouTube channel. Season 3 of Freeform’s witty, sci-fi crime drama Stitchers has Anna Akana playing new medical examiner Amanda — but who is she?

Anna Akana, a 30-year-old actress and singer who developed her fanbase on YouTube, hopes to represent queer women of color in an "epic, awesome way." Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

With more than one million YouTube subscribers and more than 122 million video views, Anna Akana says creativity has given her life more purpose. IE 11 is not supported.

As writers and performers Fowlie, Akana and Price also understand the power of comedy and its ability to heal. Akana has an online YouTube show with more than 100 million video views. She next ...

The 29-year-old Akana is a comedian, actress, YouTube star, and musician. She is also a published author with her memoir, So Much I Want to Tell You: Letters to My Little Sister.She starred in the ...

Absolutely no subject is off-limits in Anna Akana’s new show. It starts dark and does, indeed, get darker. But it’s bloody funny too, testament to Akana’s stand-up chops: all the more ...

In her 34 years, Anna Akana has had an horrific stalker, a litany of mental health problems – including one called, I kid you not, ‘exploding head syndrome’ – and carries the grief of losing her ...