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Liza Koshy

Liza Koshy

Acting1996Houston, Texas, USA

Biography

Elizabeth Shaila Koshy (born March 31, 1996) is an American YouTuber, media personality and actress. Her main channel has amassed almost 17 million subscribers, and her two channels have over 3 billion views combined. 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). She went on to star as Violet Adams in the 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). She 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, the Time 2019 list of the 25 Most Influential People on the Internet and its 100 Next list that same year.

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Acting History

2025
The Naked Gun
as Detective Barnes
Summer of 69
as Angel
KPop Demon Hunters
as Host (voice)
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
TVas Self - Contestant1 eps
Mo
TVas Talia1 eps
2024
Players
as Ashley
A Family Affair
as Eugenie
Snacked
TVas Self1 eps
Is It Cake?
TVas Self - Judge1 eps
2023
Good Burger 2
as Wilma the Technician
Cat Person
as Beth
Hell's Kitchen
TVas Self - Restaurant Patron1 eps
2022
Hamster & Gretel
TVas Veronica Hill (voice)60 eps
The Ghost and Molly McGee
TVas Jinx (voice)4 eps
American Music Awards
TVas Self - Presenter1 eps
2021
Tamron Hall
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
2020
Work It
as Jasmine Hale
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
TVas Liza Koshy (voice)1 eps
2019
To Tell the Truth
TVas Self - Panelist1 eps
Hot Ones
TVas Self1 eps
All That
TVas Self
2018
Liza on Demand
TVas Liza Hertzler
What the Fit
TVas Self
2016
Jingle Ballin'
as Herself
Freakish
TVas Violet Adams
Escape the Night
TVas The Explorer
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TVas Self - Guest

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
3/31/1996(29 years old)
Place of Birth
Houston, Texas, USA