Liza Koshy Biography
Liza Koshy is an internet personality and actress from the United States with over 17 million subscribers to her main YouTube channel, and her two channels have over three billion combined views.
She has four Streamy Awards, four Teen Choice Awards, and a Kids’ Choice Award under her belt.
Koshy received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination after she produced and starred in the YouTube Premium comedy series, Liza on Demand.
Koshy was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Hollywood & Entertainment list in 2019, as well as the Time 2019 list of the 25 Most Influential People on the Internet and its 2019 100 Next list.
She is fluent in both English and Spanish.
Wiki Profile
| Real Name: | Elizabeth Shaila Koshy |
| Stage Name: | Liza Koshy |
| Date of Birth: | 31 March 1996 |
| Place of Birth: | Houston, Texas, United States |
| Nationality: | American |
| Husband/Spouse: | Not Married |
| Occupation | Actress, TV Personality and Social Media Influencer |
| Net Worth: | $6 million |
Early Life and Education
Koshy was born as Elizabeth Shaila Koshy on March 31, 1996 in Houston, Texas, and raised there. Jose Koshy, her Indian father, is a petroleum executive, and her mother, yoga instructor Jean Carol (née Hertzler), is of German ancestry.
Liza has two older sisters, Olivia Koshy and Rachel Koshy. She was enrolled in a dual language educational and cultural program from kindergarten to fifth grade, where she learned to speak Spanish.
After graduating from Lamar High School in 2014, Koshy enrolled at the University of Houston and began studying business marketing but later dropped out of college in 2015 and relocated to Los Angeles to pursue her career.
Career
Koshy began her career in 2013 by posting comic videos on the Vine platform with the name, “Lizzza,” where she posted short comedic videos. Koshy had 7 million followers when Vine shut down in 2017.
By 2016, Koshy had made a name for himself on the YouTube platform. Koshy interviewed President Barack Obama on her YouTube channel in November 2016, just before the 2016 election, to encourage voter registration.
Koshy’s videos include “her exaggerated facial expressions, quick pace, and determination to appear as ridiculous as the joke requires Some of her videos make serious issues, such as anxiety, peer pressure, and internet trolls, more accessible and engaging for her viewers.”
She stopped uploading new videos to her main YouTube account in early 2018 to focus on full-time acting and hosting. In 2019, she resumed posting new videos.
Koshy became the “fastest YouTube personality to reach 10 million subscribers” as of 2017. In 2021, her main YouTube channel had over 17 million subscribers and over 2 billion views.
Her second YouTube channel had over 8 million subscribers, and her two channels had over 3 billion views combined.
She has over 18 million Instagram followers, over 26 million TikTok followers, over 4 million Facebook followers, and over 2.8 million Twitter followers.
Koshy was named to Time’s 2019 list of the 25 Most Influential People on the Internet, as well as its 2019 100 Next list.
Koshy began her acting career in 2016 when she played Violet Adams in the Hulu original horror series Freakish. In 2017, she returned to the show for its second season.
She also featured as Aday Walker in the horror-comedy feature film Boo! A Madea Halloween in 2016 and as herself in the YouTube Premium series Jingle Ballin’.
In the 2016 comedy film, FML, Koshy played Princess Aubrey. She appeared as The Explorer in the YouTube Premium mystery-reality series Escape the Night in 2017.
Liza on Demand, a YouTube Premium situation comedy series starring and co-produced by Koshy, premiered in June 2018, “following the chaotic misadventures of the eponymous character” as she works to become a “elite tasker” doing odd jobs for pay.
Koshy voiced the character Owl in Crow: The Legend, an animated virtual-reality short film written and directed by Eric Darnell and starring John Legend, in November 2018.
On November 15, 2018, the film premiered on the Liza Koshy Too YouTube channel and Oculus VR. In 2019, she returned to Escape the Night.
She appeared in the Netflix dance comedy Work It (2020). Zipp Storm was voiced by Koshy in the Netflix film My Little Pony: A New Generation, which will be released in 2021.
Liza Koshy Movies
- Work It
- My Little Pony: A New Generation
- Tyler Perry‘s Boo! A Madea Halloween
- FML
- Crow: The Legend
- Jingle Ballin
Personal Life
Koshy was involved in a romantic relationship with fellow YouTube personality, David Dobrik between 2015 and late 2017. Lizzy made her break-up with David public in June 2018.
Liza Koshy Net Worth
Lizzy Koshy has an estimated net worth of $6 million. She generates her income by starring in movies as well as being a social media influencer.
Social Media
- Instagram: @Lizakoshy
- Twitter: @Lizakoshy
- TikTok: @Lizzza
- YouTube: @Liza Koshy
