GK Barry

Grace Eleanor Keeling (born 12 August 1999), known professionally as GK Barry, is an English internet personality, social media influencer and presenter. Keeling began posting on video-sharing platform TikTok in 2020 whilst completing a film studies degree at Nottingham Trent University, during which she worked on the BBC soap opera Doctors. After one year of posting lifestyle videos on the app, she surpassed 1 million followers. She began presenting a podcast, Saving Grace, in April 2022, which sees her interviewing various celebrities. She toured the Saving Grace podcast around the UK in February 2023. Life and career Grace Eleanor Keeling was born on 12 August 1999 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. She later moved to Nottingham and studied film at Nottingham Trent University (NTU), obtaining a master's in digital marketing. Whilst at NTU, she worked on the set of the BBC soap opera Doctors, created videos for ShawMind and Nottinghamshire Police, helped the Nottingham Women's Centre rebrand their business and assisted on the set of the Netflix film Hood. Keeling joined TikTok in March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. She had initial qualms over the app due to believing it was for dance videos, but upon discovering that she could make comedy and lifestyle videos, she began posting. She chose the username @gkbarry due to initially not wanting her real name to become public. She has explained that the username comes from her initials, GK, and the surname of her friend, Tatiana Barry. She admitted that in her final year of university, she prioritised TikTok over her work and felt that she could have gotten a better grade. In late 2021, she appeared on the Fellas podcast, which led to Keeling getting her own podcast, Saving Grace, in April 2022. Since it was rare for TikTokers to have a podcast at that time, she wondered if it was a good career move and was shocked when it debuted at number one on various podcast charts. She also uploads the podcast to YouTube. In November 2022, Keeling participated in Footasylum's Locked In series. She had wanted to compete in Big Brother and thought the two are similar, and despite hating leaving her home, she appeared on the series for two weeks. Afterwards, she was asked if she would appear on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! by hosts Ant & Dec. She joked: "If there's pound signs involved - absolutely!". In February 2023, Keeling toured the UK as part of her Saving Grace podcast.