Liza Koshy

Liza Koshy

Known for
Acting
Born
March 31, 1996 (age 30)
Birthplace
Houston, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Liza Koshy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

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Old Soul

Old Soul

Movie

2027
Family Movie poster

Family Movie

Movie · as Maya

2026
The Man with the Bag poster

The Man with the Bag

Movie

2026
Focker-in-Law poster

Focker-in-Law

Movie

2025
The Naked Gun poster

The Naked Gun

Movie · as Detective Barnes

2025
Summer of 69 poster

Summer of 69

Movie · as Angel

2025
KPop Demon Hunters poster

KPop Demon Hunters

Movie · as Host (voice)

2024
A Family Affair poster

A Family Affair

Movie · as Eugenie

2024
Players poster

Players

Movie · as Ashley

2023
Cat Person poster

Cat Person

Movie · as Beth

2023
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken poster

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

Movie · as Margo (voice)

2023
Good Burger 2 poster

Good Burger 2

Movie · as Wilma the Technician

2023
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts poster

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Movie · as Arcee (voice)

2022
The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday poster

The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday

Movie · as Self - Contestant

2022
Dancing with Myself poster

Dancing with Myself

TV · as Self - Judge · 8 eps

2022
Hamster & Gretel poster

Hamster & Gretel

TV · as Veronica Hill (voice) · 60 eps

2022
The Tiny Chef Show poster

The Tiny Chef Show

TV · as Liza · 1 ep

2022
Password poster

Password

TV · as Self - Celebrity Guest · 1 ep

2022
Is It Cake? poster

Is It Cake?

TV · as Self - Judge · 1 ep

2022
Mo poster

Mo

TV · as Talia · 1 ep

2021
My Little Pony: A New Generation poster

My Little Pony: A New Generation

Movie · as Zipp Storm (voice)

2021
Chopped Next Gen poster

Chopped Next Gen

TV · as Host · 5 eps

2021
Snacked poster

Snacked

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
The Ghost and Molly McGee poster

The Ghost and Molly McGee

TV · as Jinx (voice) · 4 eps

2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune poster

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2020
Work It poster

Work It

Movie · as Jasmine Hale

2020
The Great Global Cleanup poster

The Great Global Cleanup

Movie · as Self

2020
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 poster

Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020

Movie · as Self

2020
VOMO: Vote or Miss Out poster

VOMO: Vote or Miss Out

Movie · as Self

2020
Nickelodeon's Unfiltered poster

Nickelodeon's Unfiltered

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Punk'd poster

Punk'd

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Floored poster

Floored

TV · 12 eps

2019
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? poster

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

TV · as Liza Koshy (voice) · 1 ep

2019
The Tamron Hall Show poster

The Tamron Hall Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2019
All That poster

All That

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Crow: The Legend poster

Crow: The Legend

Movie · as Owl (voice)

2018
Double Dare poster

Double Dare

TV · as Self - Host · 60 eps

2018
Liza on Demand poster

Liza on Demand

TV · as Liza Hertzler · 25 eps

2018
What the Fit poster

What the Fit

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Boo! A Madea Halloween poster

Boo! A Madea Halloween

Movie · as Aday Walker

2016
Jingle Ballin' poster

Jingle Ballin'

Movie · as Herself

2016
FML poster

FML

Movie · as Princess Aubrey

2016
Escape the Night poster

Escape the Night

TV · as The Explorer · 7 eps

2016
Freakish poster

Freakish

TV · as Violet Adams · 20 eps

2016
To Tell the Truth poster

To Tell the Truth

TV · as Self - Panelist · 1 ep

2015
Hot Ones poster

Hot Ones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
The Streamy Awards poster

The Streamy Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

2005
Hell's Kitchen poster

Hell's Kitchen

TV · as Self - Restaurant Patron · 1 ep

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1974
American Music Awards poster

American Music Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep