Lucia Keskin
{{short description|English comedian, actress and internet personality (born 2001)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2023}}
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| image = Lucia Keskin.jpg
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| birth_name = Lucia Ella Keskin
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2001|2|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = Margate, Kent, England
| education = Dane Court Grammar School
| occupation = {{hlist|Comedian|actress|writer|YouTuber|internet personality}}
| years_active = 2017–present
| employer =
| television = Big Boys (2022)
Sneakerhead (2022)
Things You Should Have Done (2024)
| children =
| spouse =
| module = {{Infobox YouTube personality| embed = yes
| channel_id = UCvEMIM3p5tbBjc8-6rLoB4Q
| channel_display_name = Chi With A C
| genre = {{flatlist|
- Comedy
- music
- vlogs
}}
| subscribers = 482 thousand
| views = 38 million
| silver_button = yes
| silver_year = 2019
| stats_update = 05 July 2025
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Lucia Ella Keskin (born 9 February 2001),{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/chiwithaC/status/1226571523345068038|title=Thank you for all the birthday love!! Xx|date=9 February 2020}} also known as Chi with a C {{IPAc-en|'|ch|i:}}, is an English comedian, actress, writer, YouTuber and internet personality. She began her career posting skits and videos on YouTube, before making appearances in comedy series including Big Boys and Sneakerhead. In 2024, she wrote and starred in her own BBC sitcom Things You Should Have Done.
Early and personal life
Keskin is from Margate. She attended Dane Court Grammar School, Broadstairs. She briefly worked as an assistant in a dance school, after leaving education with just one GCSE. She also trained at The Canterbury Academy Institute of Performing Arts, studying musical theatre.
In January 2022, Keskin announced she was in a relationship with a woman. However, she confirmed she was again single a year later via an Instagram post.{{Cite web |title=Chi on TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@chiwithac/video/7056147884651203845?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7104971316138149381 |access-date=15 June 2022 |website=TikTok |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Chi on Instagram|url= https://www.instagram.com/p/CnrMy8NDNAh/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== |access-date= 21 January 2023 |website=Instagram |language=en}}
Career
Keskin began uploading videos on YouTube in 2017. Her first viral video was an impersonation of Gemma Collins uploaded to Facebook in 2018 and first YouTube hit was a September 2018 reenactment of Friends{{'}} pilot episode.{{cite web |title=Lucia Keskin |url=https://www.pbjmanagement.co.uk/artists/lucia-keskin |website=PBJ Management |access-date=24 May 2023}} Subsequently, Keskin appeared on BBC News, accidentally Skypeing the channel during another interview.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/skype-caller-cuts-over-bbc-brexit-interview-198042/|title = Skype caller cuts over BBC Brexit interview|date = 31 January 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.indy100.com/article/youtuber-skype-bbc-live-brexit-interview-chi-with-a-c-funny-watch-video-8758366|title=YouTuber accidentally skypes BBC during a live interview about Brexit|date=1 February 2019|website=indy100|access-date=4 May 2020|archive-date=9 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909064747/https://www.indy100.com/article/youtuber-skype-bbc-live-brexit-interview-chi-with-a-c-funny-watch-video-8758366|url-status=dead}} She has performed several other parodies of TV shows and characters, using greenscreen.{{Cite web|url=https://teneightymagazine.com/2019/02/18/weekly-round-up-11-17-february-2019/|title=Weekly Round-Up: 11 – 17 February 2019}} In The Daily Telegraph, Eleanor Halls described Keskin as "the funniest person online right now."{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/comedians/meet-chi-c-youtube-comedian-entertaining-prime-time-tv/|title=Meet Chi with a C: the YouTube comedian more entertaining than most prime-time TV|first=Eleanor|last=Halls|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=14 April 2020|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}} Keskin featured at the 2019 Summer in the City festival.{{cite web |title=Seven reasons why Chi With a C is your new favourite YouTuber |url=https://thecanterburyhub.co.uk/seven-reasons-why-chi-with-a-c-is-your-new-favourite-youtuber/ |website=The Canterbury Hub |date=9 April 2019 |access-date=24 May 2023}}
In 2020, Keskin's parody of American Horror Story was praised by Sarah Paulson, an actress of the series. Paulson agreed with comments that encouraged Netflix to commission Keskin for her own show.{{cite web |title=Chi With a C review – YouTuber brings Ab Fab and Killing Eve skits to big screen |url=https://theguardian.com/stage/2021/aug/11/chi-with-a-c-review-rio-cinema-london-blue-tick-festival-youtube |website=The Guardian |access-date=24 May 2023 |date=11 August 2021}} In December 2020, Keskin appeared in a YouTube video advertising Sky Q alongside breakfast television presenter Lorraine Kelly, whom Keskin has impersonated in the past. They discussed popular television programmes available on the service, in addition to Kelly ranking several of Keskin's parody videos including a breakfast television parody in which she parodied Lorraine.{{cite web |title=Teen's create incredible parodies of This Morning and Love Island and they're hilarious |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/teens-create-incredible-parodies-morning-22359301.amp |website=Daily Mirror |access-date=24 May 2023 |date=19 July 2020}}
In May 2022, Keskin made her television acting debut in the Channel 4 series Big Boys as Kelly.{{Citation |title=Big Boys (TV Series 2022– ) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt13683866/characters/nm10835509 |access-date=15 June 2022}} In July 2022, Keskin starred in the sitcom Sneakerhead which aired on Dave.{{cite web |title=UKTV announces Sneakerhead comedy from Roughcut |url=https://www.televisual.com/news/uktv-announces-sneakerhead-comedy-from-roughcut/ |website=Televisual |access-date=24 May 2023 |date=17 January 2022}} In May 2023, Keskin announced that she had written and would be starring in a six-part sitcom for BBC Three titled Things You Should Have Done. It is based on a dysfunctional family concept in where the daughter Chi played by Keskin, learns to cope with independence following the death of her parents. It fully debuted on BBC iPlayer in February 2024, and released episodes live weekly on BBC Three.{{Citation |title=Things You Should Have Done- British Comedy Guide |date= 24 May 2023 |url= https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/7352/lucia-keskin-sitcom-things-you-should-have-done/ |access-date=24 May 2023}}{{cite web |title=Jon Petrie announces new and returning series featuring stellar talent and rising stars at the BBC's Comedy Festival in Cardiff |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/jon-petrie-new-returning-comedy-series-bbc |website=BBC |access-date=24 May 2023}} In March 2024, she appeared in the first episode of the third series of Mandy as Shona, a plane passenger who couldn't get the film Jumanji to play on her in-flight entertainment system.{{cite web |title=YouTube sensation Lucia Keskin: 'It's my worst nightmare to be called an influencer' {{!}} Television {{!}} The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/mar/12/youtube-sensation-lucia-keskin-its-my-worst-nightmare-to-be-called-an-influencer-things-you-should-have-done-bbc |website=The Guardian |date=12 March 2024 |access-date=27 March 2024 |last1=Khan |first1=Coco }}
Filmography
References
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External links
- {{YouTube|channel=UCvEMIM3p5tbBjc8-6rLoB4Q}}
- {{IMDb name|10835509}}
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Category:Actresses from Margate
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