Amy Schumer

About Amy Schumer

Comedian who rose to prominence after appearing on Last Comic Standing and whose sketch show, Inside Amy Schumer, debuted on Comedy Central in 2013. She was also a guest star on HBO's Girls and starred in the film Trainwreck in 2015.

Amy Beth Schumer is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She ventured into comedy in the early 2000s before appearing as a contestant on the fifth season of the NBC reality competition series Last Comic Standing in 2007. From 2013 to 2016, she was the creator, co-producer, co-writer, and star of the Comedy Central sketch comedy series Inside Amy Schumer, for which she received a Peabody Award and was nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards, winning Outstanding Variety Sketch Series in 2015. Schumer wrote and made her film debut in a starring role in Trainwreck, for which she received nominations for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. She published a memoir in 2016, The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, which held the top position on The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller list for two weeks.

Subject(s)	Interpersonal relationships, sex, everyday life, self-deprecation
Genres	Observational comedy, blue comedy, sketch comedy, insult comedy
Children	1
Alma mater	Towson University (BA)
Medium	Stand-up, theatre, television, film
Years active	2004–present
Official Website	https://amyschumer.com
Born	June 1, 1981, New York City, New York, U.S.
Birth name	Amy Beth Schumer
Relative(s)	Chuck Schumer (cousin)

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Trivia

She has appeared on both The Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen and The Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne Barr, who she cites as a personal hero of hers.

Amy Schumer before fame

Towson University was her alma mater. She worked as a bartender and waitress after relocating to New York and studying at the William Esper Studio for two years.

Achievement of Amy Schumer

She's featured on The Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen as well as The Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne Barr, whom she considers a personal idol.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$25 Million

Amy Schumer family life

She was in a relationship with Anthony Jeselnik, and after they broke up, she appeared on his talk program. Ben Hanisch was her boyfriend from 2015 to 2017. She married chef Chris Fischer in February 2018. In May of this year, she and Fischer welcomed a boy named Gene into their family.

Associations of Amy Schumer

She dated Dolph Ziggler in the past.

Amy Schumer Height, Weight & Physique Measurements

Weight	in kg - N/A
Height	170 cm
Eye Color	N/A
Hair Color	N/A

Facts about Amy Schumer

• When she was a kid she suffered from anti-Semitism.
• Has Amy ever appeared on the stage?
Amy Schumer has played in a show of Broadway in the production named u2018Meteor Showeru2019.
• Has Amy tried her hand in literature works?
In 2016 she released a book under the title u2018The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoou2019. This book is an autobiography which is admitted to be one of the best sellers in the YSA. More than that, Amy has been employed by the issue u2018Cosmopolitanu2019 and writes articles for it.
• Amy Schumer had to work as a waitress and a bartender when she began her career.
• Amy Schumer is Jewish.