Celya AB

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. Her family lived in the suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis. She moved to Birmingham in 2014.

In 2019 she won the Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award, and was a finalist at the Funny Women awards.

In 2022 she won the Best Newcomer Award from Chortle.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic she did not make her debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe until August 2022 with her show Swimming. In 2023 she performed the show Second Rodeo and in 2024 - Of All People.

In March 2026, Celya AB was confirmed to be part of the writing team for the first series of Saturday Night Live UK.

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.