Liz Katz

Katz was born on July 8, 1988, and raised in Randolph, New Jersey. She attributes her love of gaming to simply being how she was raised: "Growing up as a kid my father forced us to play table top games, miniature war-gaming... It was just something you did in my family".[3] She is "half-Jewish",[4][2] and also celebrates Hanukkah and Passover.[4][2]

Katz attended Randolph High School and cosplayed throughout her teens as a hobby.[5] After a brief career in the adult film industry under the pseudonym Risi Simms,[6] Katz created a Facebook page under her real name and began posting her cosplay work. In 2014 Katz began playing video games live on Twitch.[7]

Katz began cosplaying professionally after winning IGN’s Best Cosplay at WonderCon 2012.[8][9] In 2014, Katz began playing video games live on Twitch[7] and posting gaming videos on her YouTube channel.[10]

In 2013, Katz undertook a crowdfunding effort to fund a cosplay outfit, raising US$4,690 (equivalent to $5,892 in 2022), starting from her original goal of US$650 (equivalent to $817 in 2022).[11][12] This prompted a debate in some circles on the use of crowdfunding for cosplay.[13]

Playboy ranked Katz as the fifth sexiest cosplayer in 2014.[14] FHM ranked her as the fourth sexiest cosplayer in 2016.[15] Katz has since featured prominently at many cons and other events.[16]

Katz has appeared in a number of Sam Macaroni's works and had over 1,200,000 Instagram followers as of June 2022.[17]

Katz has three children. She first gave birth to a son when she was twenty.[18] Twelve years after her first child, she became pregnant once more, after entering into a relationship with YouTuber H2O Delirious. She gave birth to a daughter in September 2020,[19][20] and to another daughter in December 2021.[21]

• Official website
• Risi Simms at the Adult Film Database
• Liz Katz at IMDb