Stevie Kathleen Ryan (June 2, 1984 – July 1, 2017) was an American actress and YouTube personality. She starred in the VH1 series Stevie TV. She was born and raised in the city of Victorville, California and graduated from Silverado High School in 2002. She moved to Los Angeles at the age of 19 to enter the entertainment industry. Throughout 2006 and 2007, Stevie continued to book various commercial projects while also filming, editing, and acting in videos which she posted online.
In 2010, Ryan was contacted by New Wave Entertainment after they saw an online parody Stevie made of one of their shows. Together they came up with Stevie TV, a sketch comedy format parodying top pop culture personalities and phenomena. The show was picked up by VH1. Stevie TV was cancelled after the second season. Ryan was found dead in her home after an apparent suicide by hanging on July 1, 2017, at the age of 33, after battling with depression.
