Английская Википедия:Celya AB

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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

Celya AB was born and brought up in Paris.[1] Her family lived in the suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis.[2] She moved to Birmingham in 2014. She is of mixed French and Algerian heritage.[2]

She discovered stand-up on a trip back to Paris and did her first gig in Birmingham.[2] She made her stand-up debut at Sutton Coldfield’s Comedy Junction in early 2017, encouraged by local comedian Karen Bayley.[3]

In 2019 she won the Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award,[3] and was also a finalist in the Funny Women awards[4].[5]

In 2022 she won the "Best Newcomer award" from Chortle.[1][4] She has appeared on BBC1 as a finalist in the BBC's New Comedy Award 2021, which was won by Welsh comedian Anna Thomas.[6] 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.[7]

Comedy style

Celya AB has cited Dylan Moran and American comedian/ actress Maria Bamford, as well as French trio Les Inconnus and the late humourist Pierre Desproges, as formative influences.[3]

References

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