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Liza Koshy

Acting

Born March 31, 1996 · Houston, Texas, USA

Also known as Elizabeth Shaila Koshy

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Liza Koshy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Daytime Emmy AwardOutstanding Game/Audience Participation Show · 2020
  • Forbes 30 Under 30 · 2019
  • Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards · 2019
  • Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards · 2018
  • Streamy Awards · 2018
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  • Teen Choice Awards · 2018
  • Streamy Awards · 2017
  • Teen Choice Awards · 2017
  • Streamy Awards · 2016
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Filmography37 titles

The Tiny Chef Show

2022as Liza

The Ghost and Molly McGee

2021as Jinx (voice)

KPop Demon Hunters

2025as Host (voice)

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

2019as Liza Koshy (voice)

My Little Pony: A New Generation

2021as Zipp Storm (voice)

Escape the Night

as The Explorer

Double Dare

as Self - Host

All That

as Self

Work It

2020as Jasmine Hale

What the Fit

as Self

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

2023as Arcee (voice)

Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken

2023as Margo (voice)

Hot Ones

2015as Self

Mo

2022as Talia

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

2021as Self - Contestant

Is It Cake?

2022as Self - Judge

Hell's Kitchen

2005as Self - Restaurant Patron

Summer of 69

2025as Angel

The Naked Gun

2025as Detective Barnes

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019as Self

The Daily Show

1996as Self

Freakish

as Violet Adams

Nickelodeon's Unfiltered

as Self

Hamster & Gretel

as Veronica Hill (voice)

Good Burger 2

2023as Wilma the Technician

Players

2024as Ashley

FML

2016as Princess Aubrey

Cat Person

2023as Beth

Boo! A Madea Halloween

2016as Aday Walker

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014as Self

A Family Affair

2024as Eugenie

To Tell the Truth

2016as Self - Panelist

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988as Self - Guest

The Great Global Cleanup

2020as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014as Self

Tamron Hall

2019as Self - Guest

Chopped Next Gen

as Host