Lucia Ella Keskin (born 9 February 2001), also known as Chi with a C , is an English comedian, actress, writer, YouTuber and internet personality. She began her career posting comedy sketches and parody videos on YouTube before appearing in television series including Big Boys and Sneakerhead. In 2024, she created, wrote and starred in the BBC Three sitcom Things You Should Have Done. For her writing on the series, Keskin won the British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Emerging Talent: Fiction in 2025.
Early and personal life Keskin is from Margate, Kent. 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.
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. Subsequently, Keskin appeared on BBC News, accidentally Skypeing the channel during another interview. She has performed several other parodies of TV shows and characters, using greenscreen. In The Daily Telegraph, 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 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.
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.
In May 2022, Keskin made her television acting debut in the Channel 4 series Big Boys as Kelly. In July 2022, Keskin starred in the sitcom Sneakerhead which aired on Dave.
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.
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.
The second series of Things You Should Have Done was broadcast in 2026. Reviewing the series for The Guardian, Hannah J Davies described Keskin as remaining "perfectly gormless as Chi" and noted the programme's continued surreal style. In March 2026, the series won the Royal Television Society Programme Award for Scripted Comedy for the second consecutive year.
Later that month, Keskin and Jamie Bisping reprised their roles as Chi and Lucas in the online spin-off What Have You Done?, in which the characters interviewed celebrity guests on Ramsgate Boating Lake. In May 2026, the BBC commissioned a third six-episode series of Things You Should Have Done, with Keskin returning as creator and star.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2019 BBC News Herself Television interview Britain's Extreme Weather Archive footage 2022–2025 Big Boys Kelly 7 episodes 2022 Sneakerhead Amber Main role Live at the Moth Club Ellen Main role 2024–present Things You Should Have Done Chi Main role; also writer 2024 Mandy Shona Episode: "Destination: Dundee" 2025 Chip Shop Customer Episode: "Mand on the Run" Would I Lie to You? Herself Panellist; series 18 episode 7 2026 What Have You Done? Chi Online spin-off of Things You Should Have Done; co-host with Jamie Bisping Stepping Up Kelcie Channel 4 series
Accolades
| 2025 | Things You Should Have Done | Royal Television Society Programme Award for Scripted Comedy
| 2025 | Things You Should Have Done | British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Emerging Talent: Fiction
| 2025 | Cunk on Life | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special
| 2026 | Things You Should Have Done | Royal Television Society Programme Award for Scripted Comedy
| 2026 | Things You Should Have Done | British Academy Television Award for Best Scripted Comedy
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