Liza Koshy
Elizabeth Shaila Koshy (born March 31, 1996) is an American actress, television host, comedian and YouTuber. She began her career on Vine in 2013, before starting a YouTube channel.
Among her acting roles have been Aday Walker in Tyler Perry's horror comedy film Boo! A Madea Halloween (2016) and The Explorer in the YouTube Premium series Escape the Night (2017). She starred as Violet Adams in the Hulu drama television series Freakish (2016–2017). From 2017 to 2018, she was a contributor to the MTV television series Total Request Live. Since 2018, Koshy has produced and starred as the title character in the YouTube Premium comedy series Liza on Demand. From 2018 to 2019, she hosted the Nickelodeon game show revival Double Dare, for which she received an Emmy Award nomination. In 2020, she starred in the Netflix dance-comedy film Work It.
Koshy's main YouTube channel has amassed more than 17 million subscribers, and her two channels have a total of more than 2.5 billion combined views. She has received four Streamy Awards, four Teen Choice Awards, and a Kids' Choice Award. 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 list.
Acted in
Untitled Naked Gun Reboot
2025
A Family Affair
2024
as Eugenie
Players
2024
as Ashley
Good Burger 2
2023
as Wilma the Technician
Cat Person
2023
as Beth
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
2023
as Margo (voice)
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
2023
as Arcee (voice)
The Great American Baking Show
2023
as Self
The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday
2022
as Self - Contestant
The Tiny Chef Show
2022
as Liza
Hamster & Gretel
2022
as Veronica Hill (voice)
Password
2022
as Self - Celebrity Guest
Dancing with Myself
2022
as Self - Judge
The Ghost and Molly McGee
2021
as Jinx (voice)
My Little Pony: A New Generation
2021
as Zipp Storm (voice)
Chopped Next Gen
2021
as Host
VOMO: Vote or Miss Out
2020
as Self
Work It
2020
as Jasmine Hale
Nickelodeon's Unfiltered
2020
as Herself
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
2020
as Self
Floored
2020
The Great Global Cleanup
2020
as Self
Punk'd
2020
as Self
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2019
as Liza Koshy (voice)
All That
2019
as Herself
Crow: The Legend
2018
as Owl (voice)
Liza on Demand
2018
as Liza Hertzler
Double Dare
2018
as Self - Host
Jingle Ballin'
2016
as Herself
Boo! A Madea Halloween
2016
as Aday Walker
FML
2016
as Princess Aubrey
Freakish
2016
as Violet Adams
Escape the Night
2016
as The Explorer
To Tell the Truth
2016
as Self - Panelist
Hell's Kitchen
2005
as Self - Restaurant Patron
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest
1972
as Self - Co-Host
