Celya AB

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Celya AB
Born1995 [1]
Nationality French
OccupationComedian
Known forBest 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.

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Life

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

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. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Tweet by Ceyla AB
  2. 1 2 "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.
  3. 1 2 3 "Celya AB: 'I got a couple of laughs and couldn't think about anything else for weeks'". the Guardian. 2022-07-12. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  4. 1 2 3 "Birmingham's Celya AB scoops major comedy award". www.whatsonlive.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  5. 1 2 "Celya AB". Moseley Folk & Arts Festival. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  6. ↑ "Celya AB: Swimming". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  7. ↑ Bennett, Steve. "Anna Thomas wins the BBC New Comedy Award : News 2021 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  8. ↑ "Debutante's Ball: Edinburgh Fringe Debuts - The Skinny". www.theskinny.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
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