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Amy Schumer
Schumer in 2011
Birth nameAmy Beth Schumer
Born (1981-06-01) June 1, 1981 (age 43)
Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
MediumStand-up, theatre, television, film
Alma materTowson University (BA)
Years active2004–present
GenresObservational comedy, blue comedy, sketch comedy, insult comedy
Subject(s)Interpersonal relationships, sex, everyday life, self-deprecation
Spouse
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(m. 2018)​
Children1
Relative(s)Chuck Schumer (cousin)
Websiteamyschumer.com

Amy Beth Schumer[1] (born June 1, 1981) 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. Since 2013, she has been 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 for which Schumer has been 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 (2015), 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. The same year, she was nominated for two Grammy Awards: for Best Comedy Album for Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo, and Best Spoken Word Album for The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo. In 2018, she starred in the comedy film I Feel Pretty and garnered a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play nomination for her Broadway debut in Meteor Shower.

In 2018, Schumer married chef Chris Fischer; the couple's son was born in 2019.

Early life and background

Schumer was born on June 1, 1981, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, New York,[1][2] to Sandra Jane (née Jones) and Gordon David Schumer, who owned a baby-furniture company.[2][3][4]

Schumer's father was born to a Jewish family from Ukraine.[5][6] He is a second cousin of U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer.[7][8][9] Her mother, who is from a Protestant background and has deep New England roots, converted to Judaism before her marriage.[4][10][11] Schumer was raised Jewish and says she had to deal with antisemitism as a child.[12][13][14] Her mother's ancestry included Puritans in the 17th-century English colony of Massachusetts. As a guest on Finding Your Roots in 2017, Schumer learned that in 1704, three children from her ancestor Thomas Tarbell's family were captured at Groton, Massachusetts, in a French-Abenaki raid and taken to Montreal. The girl was ransomed by a French-Canadian family and ultimately joined a French Catholic convent; the two boys were each adopted by Mohawk families at Kahnawake and became thoroughly assimilated.[15]

Through the success of her father's furniture company in Manhattan, Schumer's household was wealthy during her early years.[16] When she was nine years old, her father's business failed and he went bankrupt, and either then[7] or when she was 12[17] (sources differ), her father was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Some time afterward, her parents divorced.[7] Moving to Long Island with her mother, Schumer lived in Rockville Centre, New York, and attended South Side High School.[18][15] She was voted both "Class Clown" and "Teacher's Worst Nightmare" upon graduation in 1999.[19] She attended the Hebrew school of the Central Synagogue of Nassau County, a Reform synagogue in Rockville Centre, on whose board her mother served.[20][21]

Schumer moved near Baltimore, Maryland, after high school when she attended Towson University; she graduated with a degree in theater in 2003.[22][19] She returned to New York City after college, where she studied at the William Esper Studio [23] for two years and worked as a bartender and a waitress.[19] She also for a period relocated to Santa Barbara, California (with a boyfriend she characterized as abusive),[24] where she worked as a pedicab driver.[25]

She has a younger sister, Kim Caramele, who is a comedy writer and a producer,[22][26] and a half-brother, Jason Stein,[27] who is a musician in Chicago, Illinois.[28][29]

Career

After graduating with a degree in theater from Towson University in 2003 and moving to New York City, Schumer portrayed a young woman diagnosed with breast cancer in the Off-Off-Broadway black comedy Keeping Abreast.[19] She started doing stand-up comedy on June 1, 2004, when she first performed at Gotham Comedy Club.[30] In 2007, she recorded a Live at Gotham episode for Comedy Central before appearing on Last Comic Standing; she later recalled that she thought of the episode as her "big break."[31]

Schumer performing in 2006

Rebounding from an unsuccessful audition for an earlier season,[32] she advanced to the finals of the fifth season of the NBC reality television talent show Last Comic Standing and placed fourth.[30] Schumer said in April 2011, "Last Comic was totally fun. I had a great time because there was no pressure on me; I had been doing stand-up around two years. I wasn't supposed to do well. So every time I advanced it was a happy surprise. I kept it honest on the show and it served me well."[33]

Schumer co-starred in the Comedy Central reality show Reality Bites Back in 2008.[34] In 2009, she appeared in an advertising campaign for Butterfinger.[35] Schumer was a recurring guest on Fox News late-night program Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld between 2007 and 2012. Her first Comedy Central Presents special aired on April 2, 2010. She served as a co-host of A Different Spin with Mark Hoppus in 2011, later titled Hoppus on Music.[33] She has also written for Cosmopolitan.[33]

Schumer did an episode (#154) of WTF with Marc Maron podcast on March 3, 2011, in which she discusses her early life in more detail.[36] Schumer has appeared in roles on the NBC comedy series 30 Rock, the Adult Swim mockumentary series Delocated, and the two HBO series, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Girls.[37]

She acted in three films in 2012: the independent comedy Price Check, the comedy-drama Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, and the independent comedy Sleepwalk with Me.[38] Schumer also appeared on The Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen in September 2011, and The Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne Barr in August 2012.

Schumer at South by Southwest in 2015

Schumer released a standup comedy album, Cutting, in 2011.[39] Her standup comedy special Mostly Sex Stuff premiered on Comedy Central on August 18, 2012, to positive reviews.[40] Schumer said in February 2012, "I don't like the observational stuff. I like tackling the stuff nobody else talks about, like the darkest, most serious thing about yourself. I talk about life and sex and personal stories and stuff everybody can relate to, and some can't."[41]

In June 2012, Schumer began work on a sketch comedy series for Comedy Central. The show included single-camera vignettes of Schumer playing "heightened versions" of herself. The vignettes are linked together with footage of Schumer's stand-up.[42] The show, Inside Amy Schumer, premiered on Comedy Central on April 30, 2013. Inside Amy Schumer was picked up for a second season that began in 2014. A behind-the-scenes miniseries entitled Behind Amy Schumer premiered in 2012. The third season premiered on April 21, 2015, with a fourth season ordered the same day.[43]

In 2014, Schumer embarked on her Back Door Tour to promote the second season of her show.[44] The show was closed by Bridget Everett, whom Schumer cites as her favorite live performer.[45] She also appeared as a guest on an episode of comedian Jerry Seinfeld's Internet series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee in 2014.[46]

She hosted the 2015 MTV Movie Awards, which took place on April 11.[47] Schumer wrote and played her first leading film role in Trainwreck, co-starring Bill Hader, which was released on July 17, 2015.[48]

In August 2015, Jennifer Lawrence said she and Schumer planned to co-star in a film for which they and Schumer's sister Kim were co-writing a screenplay.[49] However, Schumer later revealed the project was on the "back burner".[50] Schumer performed as opening act for Madonna on three New York City dates of the singer's Rebel Heart Tour in September 2015.[51]

On October 17, 2015, Schumer's comedy special Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo premiered on HBO.[52][53] In 2016, it was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Variety Special, Writing, and Directing.[54][55][56] It also garnered her a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.[57]

Schumer started her first world tour on August 26 in Dublin.[58] Also that year, Schumer wrote a memoir, entitled The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo.[59] It held the top position on The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller list for two weeks in September 2016 and garnered her a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album.[57][60]

Schumer made her Broadway debut in 2017 with Steve Martin's comedy play Meteor Shower, about two couples in 1993 who spend an evening with each other.[61] Her performance received acclaim and garnered her a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. In 2018, she starred in the comedy film I Feel Pretty.

Spotify released the original podcast Amy Schumer Presents: 3 Girls, 1 Keith on June 21, 2018, starring Schumer and her best comedy friends Rachel Feinstein, Bridget Everett and Keith Robinson as they talk about comedy, pop culture, politics and their personal lives.[62]

In May 2020, Schumer alongside her husband Chris Fischer starred in an 8-episode cooking show Amy Schumer Learns to Cook, for Food Network which will follow Schumer and Fischer cooking while quarantined during the COVID-19 pandemic.[63] The series was self-shot and will also feature Schumer donating to The Coalition of Immokalee Workers Fair Food Program and domestic violence organizations.[64] It premiered on May 11, 2020.[65] She will next appear in a documentary series Expecting Amy, which she will also executive produce, following Schumer preparing for a stand-up special while going through a difficult pregnancy for HBO Max, which will premiere on July 9, 2020.[66][67]

Schumer will next appear in The Humans, based upon play of the same name directed by Stephen Karam.[68] She is also attached to star, write, and direct Love, Beth a 10-episode comedy series for Hulu.[69]

Influences

Schumer's comedic influences include Wendy Liebman,[70] Carol Burnett,[71] Lucille Ball,[71] and Joan Rivers.[72] Additionally, she called actress-producer Goldie Hawn one of her "heroes".[72]

In the media

Schumer on the cover of Ms. magazine in 2015

In 2015, Schumer was named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people.[73] In 2015, Schumer was also named to Barbara Walters' 10 Most Fascinating People list for 2015.[74] Schumer has received praise for addressing various social issues through comedy.[75][76][77][78][79][80] In June 2015, Monica Heisey of The Guardian criticized her for "a shockingly large blind spot around race."[80] Schumer responded on Twitter, stating "I go in and out of playing an irreverent idiot. That includes making dumb jokes involving race... You can call it a 'blind spot for racism' or 'lazy,' but you are wrong. It is a joke ... I am not racist."[81]

Throughout 2015, several of Schumer's skits in Inside Amy Schumer went viral online, sparking think pieces regarding sex, feminism, and rape culture.[82][83][84][85]

After a fatal shooting took place at a showing of Trainwreck in Louisiana, Schumer advocated for stricter gun control laws and increased mental health funding.[86]

In November 2015, Schumer posed nude for a photo by photographer Annie Leibovitz for 2016 edition of the Pirelli Calendar.[87] Schumer tweeted the photo, writing "Beautiful, gross, strong, thin, fat, pretty, ugly, sexy, disgusting, flawless, woman. Thank you."[88]

In January 2016, Schumer was accused of stealing jokes from comedians Tammy Pescatelli, Kathleen Madigan, Wendy Liebman, and Patrice O'Neal.[89][90] Schumer denied the allegations.[91][92] Other comedians, such as Marc Maron and Dave Rubin, defended Schumer.[93][94] Pescatelli later apologized, stating it had "gone too far" and was probably "parallel thinking".[95]

On October 4, 2018, Schumer was arrested at the US Capitol while protesting the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.[96][97]

Personal life

Schumer has dated professional wrestler Nick Nemeth, better known by his ring name Dolph Ziggler,[98] and comedian Anthony Jeselnik.[99] Schumer married chef and farmer Chris Fischer on February 13, 2018, in Malibu, California.[100][101] In October 2018, she announced that she was expecting their first child.[102] On May 5, 2019, Schumer gave birth to a boy named Gene.[103] While Schumer initially gave Gene the middle name Attell—in honor of comedian Dave Attell—they changed it to David after realizing that "Gene Attell" sounded like "genital."[104]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Sense Memory Short film
2012 Sleepwalk with Me Amy Uncredited[105]
Price Check Lila
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World Lacey/Woman #1
2015 Trainwreck Amy Townsend Also writer
2017 Snatched Emily Middleton
Thank You for Your Service Amanda Doster
2018 I Feel Pretty Renee Bennett Also producer
TBA The Humans Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Live at Gotham Herself Episode: "2.6"
2007 Last Comic Standing Herself 7 episodes
2008 Reality Bites Back Herself 7 episodes
2009 Cupid Heather Episode: "The Tommy Brown Affair"
2009 30 Rock Stylist Episode: "Mamma Mia"
2010 John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show Herself Episode: "1.4"
2010 Comedy Central Presents Herself Episode: "14.14"
2011 Curb Your Enthusiasm Teammate #2 Episode: "Mister Softee"
2011 Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen Roaster TV special
2012 Delocated Trish 8 episodes
2012 Louie Diane (voice) Episode: "Barney/Never"
2012 Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne Barr Roaster TV special
2012 Amy Schumer: Mostly Sex Stuff Herself Stand-up special
2012 Dave's Old Porn Herself Episode: "2.3"
2013 Women Who Kill Herself Stand-up special with Rachel Feinstein, Marina Franklin and Nikki Glaser
2013–14 Girls Angie 2 episodes
2013–16 Inside Amy Schumer Herself, Various characters Also creator, writer, executive producer, director
2015 2015 MTV Movie Awards Herself (host) TV special
2015 BoJack Horseman Irving Jannings (voice) Episode: "Chickens"
2015 Saturday Night Live Herself (host) Episode: "Amy Schumer/The Weeknd"[106]
2015 Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo Herself Stand-up special
2016 The Simpsons Mrs. Burns (voice) Episode: "Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus"
2016 Family Guy Factory Crew Leader (voice) Episode: "The Boys in the Band"
2016 Bob's Burgers Young Lady (voice) Episode: "Flu-ouise"
2017 Amy Schumer: The Leather Special Herself Stand-up special
2017 Family Feud Herself Celebrity Family Feud
2018 Saturday Night Live Herself (host) Episode: "Amy Schumer/Kacey Musgraves"
2019 Amy Schumer: Growing Herself Stand-up special
2020 Amy Schumer Learns to Cook Herself 8 episodes
2020 Class of 2020: In This Together Herself Television special
2020 Expecting Amy Herself 3 episodes

Discography

Albums

Videos

  • 2010: Comedy Central Presents - DVD/Download/Streaming
  • 2013: Mostly Sex Stuff (Comedy Central 2012) - DVD/Download/Streaming
  • 2015: Live at the Apollo (HBO Home Video) - DVD/Download/Streaming
  • 2017: The Leather Special (Netflix) - Streaming
  • 2019: Growing (Netflix) - Streaming

Audiobook

Compilation appearances

  • 2013: Women Who Kill (Tracks 1-3) (Entertainment One) - DVD/Download/Streaming
  • 2015: Comedy Central Stand-Up Vault# 3 (Comedy Central) - DVD
  • 2018: Just for Laughs: The Nasty Show, Vol. 1 (Tracks 1-2) - CD/Download
  • 2018: Just for Laughs: The Nasty Show, Vol. 2 (Tracks 1-3) - CD/Download
  • 2019: Just for Laughs: Funny AF, Vol. 1 (Track 1) - CD/Download
  • 2019: Just for Laughs: Funny AF, Vol. 2 (Tracks 1-3) - CD/Download
  • 2019: Just for Laughs: Funny AF, Vol. 3 (Track 1) - CD/Download

Podcast

Stage

Bibliography

  • Schumer, Amy (2016). The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo. New York: Gallery Books. ISBN 9781501139888. OCLC 954091842.

Awards and nominations

Award Wins Nominations
American Comedy Awards
 0 1
Britannia Awards
 1 1
Billboard Touring Awards
 0 1
Critics Choice Movie Awards
 2 2
Critics Choice Television Awards
 1 2
GALECA Dorian Award
 1 2
Golden Globe Award
 0 1
Grammy Awards
 0 2
Peabody Award
 1 1
People's Choice Award
 0 2
Primetime Emmy Award
 1 11
Teen Choice Awards
 0 1
Television Critics Association Award
 2 2
Tony Award
 0 1
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
 0 1
Writers Guild of America Award
 1 4
Overall
 10 34
Year Award Category Work Result Ref(s)
2014 American Comedy Award Best Comedy Actress – TV Inside Amy Schumer Nominated
Critics' Choice Television Award Best Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated
[107]
GALECA Dorian Award Wilde Wit of the Year Nominated
[108]
Peabody Award Inside Amy Schumer Won
[109]
Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series Nominated
[110]
2015 People's Choice Award Favorite Sketch Comedy TV Show Nominated
Writers Guild of America Award Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) – Series Nominated
Critics' Choice Television Award Best Actress in a Comedy Series Won
[111]
Television Critics Association Award Outstanding Achievement in Comedy Won
[112]
Individual Achievement in Comedy Won
Teen Choice Award Choice Comedian Nominated
[113]
Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Variety Sketch Series Inside Amy Schumer Won
[110]
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series Nominated
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series Nominated
Britannia Awards Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy Won
[114]
2016 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Original Screenplay Trainwreck Nominated
People's Choice Award Favorite Comedic Movie Actress Nominated
[115]
Golden Globe Award Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical Nominated
[116]
Chicago Film Critics Association Most Promising Performer Nominated
[117]
Critics' Choice Movie Award Best Actress in a Comedy Won
[118]
MVP Award Won
[118]
Writers Guild of America Award Best Original Screenplay Nominated
[119]
Best Comedy/Variety – Sketch Series Inside Amy Schumer Won
Best Comedy/Variety (Music, Awards, Tributes) – Specials Amy Schumer: Live at The Apollo Nominated
GALECA Dorian Award Wilde Wit of the Year Won
[120]
Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Inside Amy Schumer Nominated
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series Nominated
Outstanding Variety Sketch Series Nominated
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo Nominated
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Saturday Night Live Nominated
Billboard Touring Awards Top Comedy Tour Nominated
[121]
2017 Grammy Awards Best Comedy Album Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo Nominated
[122]
Best Spoken Word Album The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo Nominated
2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards Best Comedic Performance I Feel Pretty Nominated
[123]
Tony Award Best Actress in a Play Meteor Shower Nominated
2019 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special Amy Schumer: Growing Nominated

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