Liza Koshy
Biography
Elizabeth Shaila Koshy is an American YouTuber, media personality, and actress who was born on March 31, 1996, in Houston, Texas, USA. Her main YouTube channel has amassed almost 17 million subscribers, and her two channels have a combined total of over 3 billion views. 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 in 2016. She subsequently starred as Violet Adams in the horror drama series Freakish from 2016 to 2017 and as The Explorer in the YouTube Premium mystery series Escape the Night from 2017 to 2019. She also served as a correspondent for MTV.
Career overview
Elizabeth Shaila Koshy was born on March 31, 1996, in Houston, Texas. Known professionally as an American YouTuber, media personality, and actress, she began her career on Vine in 2013 before starting a YouTube channel. Her main channel has amassed almost 17 million subscribers, and her two channels have achieved over 3 billion views combined. Throughout her digital media career, she has received four Streamy Awards, four Teen Choice Awards, and a Kids' Choice Award.
Koshy made her feature film acting debut as Aday Walker in Tyler Perry's horror comedy film Boo! A Madea Halloween in 2016. Following her film debut, she expanded her acting career into television and digital series. She starred as Violet Adams in the horror drama series Freakish from 2016 through 2017. Additionally, she appeared as The Explorer in the YouTube Premium mystery series Escape the Night from 2017 to 2019, and she also served as a correspondent for MTV.
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- Focker-In-Law (2026)
- Family Movie (2026) as Maya
- The Man with the Bag (2026)
- KPop Demon Hunters (2025) as Host (voice)
- The Naked Gun (2025) as Detective Barnes
- Summer of 69 (2025) as Angel
- Players (2024) as Ashley
- A Family Affair (2024) as Eugenie
- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023) as Arcee (voice)
- Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023) as Margo (voice)
- Cat Person (2023) as Beth
- Good Burger 2 (2023) as Wilma the Technician
- Hamster & Gretel (2022) as Veronica Hill (voice)
- Is It Cake? (2022) as Self - Judge
- The Tiny Chef Show (2022) as Liza
- Password (2022) as Self - Celebrity Guest
- Mo (2022) as Talia
- Dancing with Myself (2022) as Self - Judge
- The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday (2022) as Self - Contestant
- The Ghost and Molly McGee (2021) as Jinx (voice)
- Snacked (2021) as Self
- Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (2021) as Self - Contestant
- My Little Pony: A New Generation (2021) as Zipp Storm (voice)
- Chopped Next Gen (2021) as Host
- Punk'd (2020) as Self
- Nickelodeon's Unfiltered (2020) as Self
- Work It (2020) as Jasmine Hale
- VOMO: Vote or Miss Out (2020) as Self
- Floored (2020)
- Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 (2020) as Self
- The Great Global Cleanup (2020) as Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
- Tamron Hall (2019) as Self - Guest
- Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2019) as Liza Koshy (voice)
- All That (2019) as Self
- Double Dare (2018) as Self - Host
- Double Dare (2018) Executive Producer
- Liza on Demand (2018) as Liza Hertzler
- Liza on Demand (2018) Creator
- What the Fit (2018) as Self
- Crow: The Legend (2018) as Owl (voice)
- To Tell the Truth (2016) as Self - Panelist
- Escape the Night (2016) as The Explorer
- Freakish (2016) as Violet Adams
- Boo! A Madea Halloween (2016) as Aday Walker
- FML (2016) as Princess Aubrey
- Jingle Ballin' (2016) as Herself
- Hot Ones (2015) as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self
- The Streamy Awards (2009) as Self - Presenter
- Hell's Kitchen (2005) as Self - Restaurant Patron
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) as Self - Guest
- American Music Awards (1974) as Self - Presenter