Celya AB
{{Short description|French writer and comedian}}
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Celya AB (born 8 September 1995) is a French stand-up comedian, writer and actress based in England. She won the Best Newcomer Chortle Award in 2022.
Biography
Celya AB was born and brought up in Paris in a French-Algerian family.{{cite web |date=3 August 2022 |title=Celya AB: 'I'm not always nice about the British. But it's always with love' |url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/edinburgh-festivals/celya-ab-im-not-always-nice-about-the-british-but-its-always-with-love-3791747 |author=Richardson, Jay |website=The Scotsman |language=en}} Her family lived in the suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis.{{Cite web |date=12 July 2022 |title=Celya AB: ‘I got a couple of laughs and couldn’t think about anything else for weeks’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/jul/12/celya-ab-standup-interview-french-comedian |author=Pape, Liam |website=The Guardian |language=en}} She moved to Birmingham in 2014.
She discovered stand-up on a trip back to Paris and did her first gig in Birmingham. She made her stand-up debut at Sutton Coldfield's Comedy Junction in early 2017, encouraged by local comedian Karen Bayley.{{Cite web |title=Birmingham’s Celya AB scoops major comedy award |url=https://www.whatsonlive.co.uk/birmingham/news/birminghams-celya-ab-scoops-major-comedy-award/45617 |access-date=5 August 2022 |website=Whats On Live |language=en |archive-date=5 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220805151640/https://www.whatsonlive.co.uk/birmingham/news/birminghams-celya-ab-scoops-major-comedy-award/45617 |url-status=dead }}
In 2019 she won the Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award, and was a finalist at the Funny Women awards.{{Cite web |title=Celya AB page at Chortle |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/c/34540/celya_ab|website=Chortle |language=en}}{{Better source needed|date=August 2024}}
In 2022 she won the Best Newcomer Award from Chortle. 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.{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Steve |title=Anna Thomas wins the BBC New Comedy Award : News 2021 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2021/11/06/49592/anna_thomas_wins_the_bbc_new_comedy_award |access-date=3 August 2022 |website=www.chortle.co.uk |language=en}}
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic she did not make her debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe until August 2022{{Cite web |title=Debutante's Ball: Edinburgh Fringe Debuts - The Skinny |url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/festivals/edinburgh-fringe/comedy/edinburgh-fringe-debuts |access-date=7 August 2022 |website=www.theskinny.co.uk |language=en}} with her show Swimming. In 2023 she performed the show Second Rodeo and in 2024 - Of All People.{{cite web|url=https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/the-city-is-so-filled-with-everyones-memories-its-like-wading-through-water-edinburgh-fringe-qa-celya-ab/ |title=‘The city is so filled with everyone’s memories, it’s like wading through water’: Edinburgh Fringe Q&A – Celya AB |author=Crae, Ross |date=6 August 2024|website=The Sunday Post}}
Comedy style
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.{{Cite web |title=Interview with comedian Celya AB of The Bush Comedy Festival |url=https://www.culturecalling.com/uk/news/an-interview-with-comedian-celya-ab-of-the-bush-comedy-festival |website=Culture Calling |date=July 2024 |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{Instagram|abcelya}}
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Category:French expatriates in England
Category:French people of Algerian descent
Category:French stand-up comedians
Category:French women comedians
Category:French LGBTQ comedians
Category:French bisexual women
Category:French bisexual entertainers
Category:People from Seine-Saint-Denis