Liza Koshy

Liza Koshy
Koshy in March 2020
Born
Elizabeth Shaila Koshy

(1996-03-31) March 31, 1996 (age 28)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Houston
Occupations
Years active2013-present
YouTube information
ChannelsLiza Koshy
Liza Koshy Too
Subscribers16.9 million (Liza Koshy)
7.18 million (Liza Koshy Too)
Total views2.17 billion (Liza Koshy)
574.39 million (Liza Koshy Too)
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers
10,000,000 subscribers
Last updated: July 19, 2024

Elizabeth Shaila Koshy (born March 31, 1996) is an American YouTuber, media personality and actress.[1][2] Her main YouTube channel has amassed almost 17 million subscribers, and her two channels have a combined total of over 3 billion views.[3][4] She has received four Streamy Awards, four Teen Choice Awards, and a Kids' Choice Award.

Koshy began her career on Vine in 2013, before starting a YouTube channel. She made her acting debut as Aday Walker in Tyler Perry's horror comedy film Boo! A Madea Halloween (2016), and went on to star as Violet Adams in the Hulu horror drama series Freakish (2016–2017) and The Explorer in the YouTube Premium mystery series Escape the Night (2017–2019). She was also a correspondent for the MTV television series Total Request Live (2017–2018).

Koshy co-created, produced and starred as the title character in the YouTube Premium comedy series Liza on Demand (2018–2021), which earned her several accolades, and hosted the Nickelodeon game show revival Double Dare (2018–2019), for which she received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination. She starred in the Netflix dance comedy film Work It (2020), and had voice roles in the animated adventure film My Little Pony: A New Generation (2021) and the science fiction film Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023).

Koshy was included in the 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30 Hollywood & Entertainment list, as well as the Time 2019 list of the 25 Most Influential People on the Internet[5] and its 100 Next list that same year.[6]

  1. ^ Spangler, Todd. "Above Average Steers Focus to Original Comedy Series for TV, Digital Services", Variety, January 18, 2018, accessed April 12, 2018
  2. ^ "Liza Koshy". IMDb. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
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