Liza Koshy
Birthday: 1996-03-31
Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, USA
Synopsis
Elizabeth Shaila Koshy (born March 31, 1996) is an American actress, television host, comedian and YouTuber. She began her career on Vine in 2013, before starting a YouTube channel.
Among her acting roles have been Aday Walker in Tyler Perry's horror comedy film Boo! A Madea Halloween (2016) and The Explorer in the YouTube Premium series Escape the Night (2017). She starred as Violet Adams in the Hulu drama television series Freakish (2016–2017). From 2017 to 2018, she was a contributor to the MTV television series Total Request Live. Since 2018, Koshy has produced and starred as the title character in the YouTube Premium comedy series Liza on Demand. From 2018 to 2019, she hosted the Nickelodeon game show revival Double Dare, for which she received an Emmy Award nomination. In 2020, she starred in the Netflix dance-comedy film Work It.
Koshy's main YouTube channel has amassed more than 17 million subscribers, and her two channels have a total of more than 2.5 billion combined views. She has received four Streamy Awards, four Teen Choice Awards, and a Kids' Choice Award. She was included in the 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30 Hollywood & Entertainment list and the Time 2019 list of the 25 Most Influential People on the Internet and its 2019 100 Next list.
Acting
Dancing with Myself
as Self - Judge
Celebrity creators design a series of dance challenges inspired by viral trends, teaching them to everyday people isolated in unique dance pods who compete for a chance to take home a cash prize.
Chopped Next Gen
as Host
Reality cooking competition where bold young chefs face some of the most-difficult and most-outrageous basket ingredients in Chopped history. The trendsetters create inventive new dishes while dazzling the judges with cutting-edge technique.
My Little Pony: A New Generation
as Zipp Storm (voice)
Equestria's divided. But a bright-eyed hero believes Earth Ponies, Pegasi and Unicorns should be pals — and, hoof to heart, she’s determined to prove it.
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Work It
as Jasmine Hale
A brilliant but clumsy high school senior vows to get into her late father's alma mater by transforming herself and a misfit squad into dance champions.
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Double Dare
as Self - Host
The all-new Double Dare with Liza Koshy has all the trivia, physical challenges, and obstacles for the messiest game show on TV!
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Boo! A Madea Halloween
as Aday Walker
Madea winds up in the middle of mayhem when she spends a hilarious, haunted Halloween fending off killers, paranormal poltergeists, ghosts, ghouls, and zombies while keeping a watchful eye on a group of misbehaving teens.
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Jingle Ballin'
as Herself
A homesick YouTuber stuck in L.A. for the holidays must rediscover the meaning of friendship and save her friends’ night from disaster after she mistakenly throws a party for the entire Internet.
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Freakish
as Violet Adams
A group of students trapped in a high school must fight for survival when predatory mutant freaks take over after a meltdown at the local chemical plant.
