Elizabeth Shaila "Liza" Koshy (born March 31, 1996), is an American media personality and actress. Her main YouTube channel has amassed more than 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 (2016), and went on to play The Explorer in the YouTube Premium series Escape the Night (2017) and Violet Adams in the Hulu drama television series Freakish (2016–2017). She was a contributor to the MTV television series Total Request Live (2017–2018).
Koshy 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).
Koshy was included in the 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30 Hollywood & Entertainment list and the Time 2019 list of the 25 Most...More about Liza Koshy...
