Lucia Ella Keskin (born 9 February 2001), also known as Chi with a C , is an English comedian, actress, writer,

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and internet personality. She began her career posting skits and videos on

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, before making appearances in comedy series including ''

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'' and ''Sneakerhead''. In 2023, she wrote and starred in her own

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sitcom ''Things You Should Have Done''.

Early and personal life

Keskin is from

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. She attended

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. She briefly worked as an assistant in a dance school, after leaving education with just one

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. She also trained at

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institute of Performing Arts studying musical theatre. In January 2022, Keskin announced she was in a relationship with a woman, however confirmed she was again single a year later via an Instagram post.

Career

Keskin began uploading videos on

in 2017, her first

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was an impersonation of

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uploaded to

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in 2018 and first

hit was a September 2018 reenactment of ''

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. Subsequently, Keskin appeared on

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, accidentally

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ing the channel during another interview. She has performed several other parodies of TV shows and characters, using

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. In ''

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'', Eleanor Halls described Keskin as "the funniest person online right now." Keskin featured at the 2019 Summer in the City festival. In 2020, Keskin's parody of ''

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'' was praised by

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, an actress of the series. Paulson agreed with comments that encouraged Netflix to commission Keskin for her own show. In December 2020, Keskin appeared in a YouTube video advertising

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alongside breakfast television presenter

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, 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 ''

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''. In May 2022, Keskin made her television acting debut in the

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series ''

'' as Kelly. In July 2022, Keskin starred in the sitcom ''Sneakerhead'' which aired on

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. In May 2023, Keskin announced that she had written and would be starring in a six-part sitcom for

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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 is set to air later in 2023.

Filmography

References

External links

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