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Who is Liza Koshy?
Elizabeth Shaila “Liza” Koshy is a prominent American media personality and actress. Her main YouTube channel has amassed more than 17 million subscribers and her two channels have combined a total of over 3 billion views. She has thus received four Streamy Awards, four Teen Choice Awards, and a Kids’ Choice Award.
Before starting a YouTube channel, he began his career on Vine in 2013. Thus 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 to 2017). From 2017 to 2018, she was a contributor to the MTV television series Total Request Live.
Next, she produced and starred as the title character in the YouTube Premium comedy series Liza on Demand (2018 to 2021). Because of the series, she earned several accolades and hosted the Nickelodeon game show revival Double Dare (2018 to 2019) for which she received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination. She then starred in the Netflix dance-comedy film Work It (2020). She was included in the 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30 Hollywood & Entertainment list and the Time 2019 list of the 25 Most Influential People on the Internet and its 2019 100 Next lists.
How Old Is Liza Koshy?
She is 26 years old as of January 2023, having been born on March 31, 1996, in Houston, Texas, U.S. Liza shares her birthdate with celebrities such as; amyywoahh, Kids Diana Show, Ewan McGregor, Xobrooklynne, and many more.
Liza Koshy Family
Who are Liza Koshy’s Parents?
She was born to Jose Koshy (Father) an Indian Malayali petroleum executive from Kerala, and Jean Carol Hertzler (Mother) an American yoga instructor of German descent.
Does Liza Koshy have Siblings?
She has two elder sisters by name Rachel and Olivia
Liza Koshy Education
She received her high school education at Lamar High School. After high school, she attended The University of Houston and began to study business marketing. In 2015, she left college and went on and moved to Los Angeles to pursue a media career.
Liza Koshy Marital Status
News on the internet shows that she is single as of January 2023. But has been in a relationship.
Liza Koshy Kids
She does not have any kids as of January 2023. In case there is new news regarding this matter, we will update it here as soon as possible.
Liza Koshy Career
A Career in Social Media
In 2013, she began posting comic videos on the Vine platform under the pseudonym “Lizzza” where she posted short comedic videos. However, Vine closed in 2017 and Liza had 7 million followers. By 2016, she was becoming noted on the YouTube platform. Just before the 2016 election, Liza interviewed President Barack Obama in November 2016, on her YouTube channel to encourage voter registration.
Her videos feature “her loud facial expressions quick pace and her commitment to looking as ridiculous as possible as the joke demands. [Some of her videos] take serious issues – like anxiety, the pressure to fit in, and internet trolls – and make them accessible and engaging for her viewers”. In early 2018, she suspended adding new videos to her main YouTube account as she turned to full-time acting and hosting work. In 2019, she resumed posting new videos. She thus became “the fastest YouTube personality to reach 10 million subscribers” in 2017.
As of 2021, her main youtube channel had over 17 million subscribers and more than 2 billion views. Her second YouTube channel had more than 8 million subscribers whereas her two channels had a combined total of more than 3 billion views. On Instagram, she had more than 18 million followers more than 26 million followers on TikTok, more than 4 million on Facebook, and more than 2.8 million on Twitter. Time named her to its 2019 list of the 25 Most Influential People on the Internet and its 2019 100 Next lists.
An Acting Career
She starred in the Hulu original horror series Freakish as Violet Adams in 2016. In 2017, she reprised the role in the show’s second season. In 2016 also, she played the role of Aday Walker in the horror-comedy feature film, Boo! A Madea Halloween and starred as herself in the YouTube Premium series, Jingle Ballin. Next, she starred in the 2016 comedy film FML as Princess Aubrey. In 2017, she played a recurring character, The Explorer in the YouTube Premium mystery-reality series Escape the Night. She then stars in and co-produces a YouTube Premium situation comedy series Liza on Demand which premiered in June 2018.
This was following the chaotic misadventures of the eponymous character as she works to become an “elite tasker” doing odd jobs for pay. In September 2019, season 2 premiered. And in 2018 she voiced the character Owl in Crow: The Legend, an animated virtual-reality short film written and directed by Eric Darnell, starring John Legend. The film premiered on November 15, 2018, on the Liza Koshy Too YouTube channel and Oculus VR. In 2019, she returned to Escape the Night. And she went on to co-star in the Netflix dance-comedy film Work It (2020). In 2021, she voiced Zipp Storm in the Netflix film My Little Pony: A New Generation.
A Career in Other Ventures
In addition to her social media and acting careers, she has also ventured into other ventures. Thus she hosted the live preshow at the 2017 Golden Globes Awards which received 2.7 million live viewers on Twitter – a record for the medium. Also, she hosted Nigel Lythgoe’s series Every Single Step and was “the only social entertainer chosen to promote the 2016 MTV Movie Awards. From 2017 to 2018, she was one of the hosts of Total Request Live on MTV and served as producer and developer of content for MTV. She then conducted interviews with the candidates attending the 2018 and 2019 Met Galas on behalf of Vogue.
From June 2018 to December 2019, she hosted the revival of the Nickelodeon game show Double Dare. In 2020, she hosted the Quibi dance competition show Floored. Her online advertisements for Beats Electronics draw four times more viewers than those of other celebrities. She then collaborates with The Giving Keys, a jewelry company that employs and supports the formerly homeless population, on a necklace collection. Moreover, she is a co-chair of “When We All Vote”, a nonpartisan, nonprofit group dedicated to increasing voter participation. Also, she advertises Beyond Meat.
Liza Koshy Height and Measurements
Adding up to her well-curved and beautiful body, she stands at a height of 5ft 0¾ inches (1.52m) and a weight of 54kg (119 lbs).
Liza Koshy’s Salary and Net Worth
News on the internet shows that she makes roughly $1.5 million annually and has a net worth of $6 million.