Keyyo

Kristina Petrushina ran a YouTube channel as Keyyo from 2011 to 2017, writing herself a set of sketch characters: the Russian Natalia, the rich girl Fredrica, the nerd Per-Erik. She was born in Omsk and grew up in Smedjebacken, and that double vantage point became part of the act.

Swedish television took her on early. Keyyo & Co, her own comedy series for SVT Play, was written with Sissela Benn, who also directed it, and was followed by Ombytta roller med Keyyo; she played Irina in Ma underbart med Tiffany Persson. She has presented Talang on TV4 with Par Lernstrom, been one of the voices of Morgonpasset i P3, run the podcast Fragar at en kompis with Hampus Hedstrom, made the travel programme Keyyo med Rheborg i Ryssland and taken part in Bast i test. Her own written stage show, Ryssen kommer, toured Sweden from 2018 under the direction of Anna Vnuk. Guldtuben named her newcomer of the year and later gave her the humour channel prize, and she hosted Melodifestivalen with Edvin Tornblom.