Celya AB

Celya AB
Born	1995 (age 29–30)[1]
Nationality	French
Occupation	Comedian
Website	www.celya-ab.com

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

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

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

1. Tweet by Ceyla AB
2. Richardson, Jay (3 August 2022). "Celya AB: 'I'm not always nice about the British. But it's always with love'". The Scotsman.
3. Pape, Liam (12 July 2022). "Celya AB: 'I got a couple of laughs and couldn't think about anything else for weeks'". The Guardian.
4. "Birmingham's Celya AB scoops major comedy award". Whats On Live. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
5. "Celya AB page at Chortle". Chortle.
6. 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.
7. "Debutante's Ball: Edinburgh Fringe Debuts - The Skinny". www.theskinny.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
8. 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.
9. "Interview with comedian Celya AB of The Bush Comedy Festival". Culture Calling. July 2024.

External links

• Celya AB on Instagram