Celya AB
Celya AB | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1995 (age 28–29)[1] |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Comedian |
| Website | www |
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.
Biography
[edit]Celya AB was born and brought up in Paris in a non-religious French-Algerian family.[2] Her family lived in the suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis.[3] She moved to Birmingham in 2014.[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, and was a finalist at the Funny Women awards.[5][better source needed]
In 2022 she won the Best Newcomer Award from Chortle.[2] She has appeared on BBC One 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 she did not make her debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe until August 2022[7] with her show Swimming. In 2023 she performed the show Second Rodeo and in 2024 - Of All People.[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.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Tweet by Ceyla AB
- ^ a b Richardson, Jay (3 August 2022). "Celya AB: 'I'm not always nice about the British. But it's always with love'". The Scotsman.
- ^ a b c Pape, Liam (12 July 2022). "Celya AB: 'I got a couple of laughs and couldn't think about anything else for weeks'". The Guardian.
- ^ "Birmingham's Celya AB scoops major comedy award". Whats On Live. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "Celya AB page at Chortle". Chortle.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Crae, Ross (6 August 2024). "'The city is so filled with everyone's memories, it's like wading through water': Edinburgh Fringe Q&A – Celya AB". The Sunday Post.
- ^ "Interview with comedian Celya AB of The Bush Comedy Festival". Culture Calling. July 2024.