Grace Eleanor Keeling (born 12 August 1999), known professionally as GK Barry, is an English internet personality, social media influencer and presenter. Keeling began posting on video-sharing platform TikTok in 2020 whilst completing a film studies degree at Nottingham Trent University, during which she worked on the BBCsoap operaDoctors. After one year of posting lifestyle videos on the app, she surpassed 1 million followers. She began presenting a podcast, Saving Grace, in April 2022, which sees her interviewing various celebrities. She has since gone on to tour the Saving Grace podcast around the UK. In 2024, Keeling joined the cast of Loose Women as a panellist, making her the youngest regular panellist in the show's 25-year history. She went on to appear in the twenty-fourth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! later that year. In 2025, she made her acting debut, with a cameo as Vanessa in the Netflix original series Missing You.[2]
GK studied film at Nottingham Trent University (NTU), obtaining a master's in digital marketing. Whilst at NTU, she worked with the BBC soap opera Doctors, creating videos for ShawMind and Nottinghamshire Police, helped the Nottingham Women's Centre rebrand their business and assisted on the set of the Netflix film Hood.[5]
Career
Keeling came to attention on TikTok in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] She chose the username @gkbarry due to initially not wanting her real name to become public and has explained that the username comes from her initials, GK, and the surname of her friend, Tatiana Barry.[7] She admitted that in her final year of university, she prioritised TikTok over her work and felt that she could have achieved a better grade.[8]
In late 2021, she appeared on the Fellaspodcast, which led to Keeling starting her own podcast under The Fellas Studios, Saving Grace, in April 2022,[7][9] which is also uploaded as a vodcast to YouTube.[10] In November 2022, Keeling participated in Footasylum's "Locked In" online reality series in which she finished as the 2nd runner-up.[11] In February 2023, Keeling toured the UK as part of her Saving Grace podcast.[12] Later that month, she also appeared in an episode of Love Island: Aftersun to discuss the ninth series with presenter Maya Jama.[4] She also fronted an advertisement campaign for KFC in July 2023.[13] Keeling has also appeared on the ITV2 game show CelebAbility in July 2023, as well as appearing as a contestant in episodes of The Wheel and The Weakest Link on BBC One.[4] In September 2023, Keeling was announced as one of the celebrities participating in Don't Look Down for Stand Up to Cancer, which aired on Channel 4 in October 2023.[14] In October 2023, Keeling appeared as a guest panellist on the Big Brother companion show, Big Brother: Late & Live, to discuss the twentieth series with presenters Will Best and AJ Odudu.[15]
In January 2025, Keeling appeared as a guest panellist on the Channel 4 comedy talk show, The Last Leg.[23] She is expected to tour the UK for a third time in September 2025, as part of the Saving Grace: Jungle Fever Tour.[24]
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