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DeutschCelya AB
Celya AB | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1995 (age 28–29)[1] |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Comedian |
| Known for | Best Newcomer Chortle Award; Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award 2019 |
Celya AB (born 1995) is a French stand-up comedian, writer, and actress based in England. She won the Best Newcomer Chortle Award in 2022.
Life
[edit]Celya AB was born and brought up in Paris.[2] Her family lived in the suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis.[3] She moved to Birmingham in 2014. She is of mixed French and Algerian heritage.[3]
She discovered stand-up on a trip back to Paris and did her first gig in Birmingham.[3] She made her stand-up debut at Sutton Coldfield’s Comedy Junction in early 2017, encouraged by local comedian Karen Bayley.[4]
In 2019 she won the Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award,[4] and was also a finalist in the Funny Women awards.[5][6]
In 2022 she won the "Best Newcomer award" from Chortle.[2][5] She has appeared on BBC1 as a finalist in the BBC's New Comedy Award 2021, which was won by Welsh comedian Anna Thomas.[7] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland she, like other comedians including Thanyia Moore, did not make her debut at the Edinburgh Fringe until August 2022.[8]
Comedy style
[edit]Celya AB has cited Dylan Moran and American actress and comedian Maria Bamford, as well as French trio Les Inconnus and the late humourist Pierre Desproges, as formative influences.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Tweet by Ceyla AB
- ^ a b "Celya AB: 'I'm not always nice about the British. But it's always with love'". The Scotsman. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ a b c "Celya AB: 'I got a couple of laughs and couldn't think about anything else for weeks'". the Guardian. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ a b c "Birmingham's Celya AB scoops major comedy award". www.whatsonlive.co.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Celya AB". Moseley Folk & Arts Festival. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Celya AB: Swimming". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ Bennett, Steve. "Anna Thomas wins the BBC New Comedy Award : News 2021 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Debutante's Ball: Edinburgh Fringe Debuts - The Skinny". www.theskinny.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
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