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Amy Schumer

Amy Beth Schumer[1] (born June 1, 1981) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, writer, producer, and director. Schumer 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.

Amy Schumer
Schumer in 2011
Birth nameAmy Beth Schumer
Born (1981-06-01) June 1, 1981 (age 43)
Upper East Side, New York City, U.S.
Medium
  • Stand-up
  • television
  • film
  • theatre
Alma materTowson University (BA)
Years active2004–present
Genres
Subject(s)
Spouse
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(m. 2018)​
Children1
Relative(s)Chuck Schumer (second cousin once removed)
Websiteamyschumer.com

Schumer wrote and made her film debut in a starring role in Trainwreck (2015) earning a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. She then starred in the comedy films Snatched (2017), and I Feel Pretty (2019). She created, produced and starred in the HBO documentary series Expecting Amy (2020), and the Hulu comedy-drama series Life & Beth (2022–2024).

She made her Broadway debut acting in Steve Martin's comedic play Meteor Shower for which she earned a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play nomination. Schumer has earned two Grammy Award nominations for Best Comedy Album for Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo, and Best Spoken Word Album for narrating her The New York Times Best Selling memoir The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo (2016).

Early life and education

Schumer was born on June 1, 1981, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City,[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] She is a second cousin, once removed, of U.S. Senator and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.[7][8][9] Her mother is from a Protestant background and has deep New England roots, and 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 is of Puritan ancestry dating back to the colonial-era Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 2017, as a guest on Finding Your Roots, 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. They married Mohawk women and some of their descendants became chiefs.[15] There are still Mohawk by the surname Tarbell in Kahnawake and Akwesasne, another village reserve on the St. Lawrence River founded by the brothers.

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]

Schumer moved 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, where her mother served on the school's board.[20][21]

After graduating from high school, Schumer attended Towson University in Towson, Maryland, where she graduated with a degree in theater in 2003.[19][22] After graduating from college, she returned to New York City, where she studied at the William Esper Studio[23] for two years and worked as a bartender and a waitress.[19] She also lived in Santa Barbara, California with her boyfriend, who 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

2003–2012: actress

 
Schumer performing in 2006

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] 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 was also a frequent guest on The Howard Stern Show and the Opie and Anthony radio show.[38]

Schumer released a stand-up comedy album, Cutting, in 2011.[39] Her stand-up 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] 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.[42] 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. 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.[43]

2013–2019: Inside Amy Schumer

 
Schumer at South by Southwest in 2015

The TV 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.[44] In 2014, Schumer embarked on her Back Door Tour to promote the second season of her show.[45] The show was closed by Bridget Everett, whom Schumer cites as her favorite live performer.[46] She also appeared as a guest on an episode of comedian Jerry Seinfeld's Internet series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee in 2014.[47]

She hosted the 2015 MTV Movie Awards, which took place on April 11.[48] Schumer wrote and played her first leading film role in Trainwreck, co-starring Bill Hader, which was released on July 17, 2015.[49] 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.[50] However, Schumer later revealed the project was on the "back burner".[51] Schumer performed as opening act for Madonna on three New York City dates of the singer's Rebel Heart Tour in September 2015.[52] On October 17, 2015, Schumer's comedy special Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo premiered on HBO.[53][54] In 2016, it was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Variety Special, Writing, and Directing.[55][56][57] It also garnered her a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.[58]

Schumer started her first world tour on August 26 in Dublin.[59] Also that year, Schumer wrote a memoir, entitled The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo.[60] 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.[58][61] Schumer made her Broadway debut in 2017 acting in Steve Martin's comedy play Meteor Shower alongside Keegan-Michael Key, Laura Benanti and Jeremy Shamos. The play revolves around about two couples in 1993 who spend an evening with each other.[62] David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter wrote "Schumer is one of four terrific performers who juice the entertainment of this high-sheen production...which would never have made it this far without Martin’s name behind it, or more crucially, without the marquee draw of Schumer making her Broadway debut."[63] Schumer was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play losing to Glenda Jackson for the revival of Edward Albee's Three Tall Women.[64][65]

In 2018, she starred in the comedy film I Feel Pretty which received negative reviews from critics.[66] 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.[67] She released her standup special Amy Schumer: Growing (2019) on Netflix to received positive reviews.[68] Schumer receiving a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special nomination.[69] That same year she appeared as herself in the CBS comedy No Activity and the HBO series Crashing.[70][71]

2020–present

In May 2020, Schumer alongside her husband Chris Fischer starred in an eight-episode cooking show Amy Schumer Learns to Cook, for Food Network which followed Schumer and Fischer cooking while quarantined during the COVID-19 pandemic.[72] The series was self-shot and also featured Schumer donating to The Coalition of Immokalee Workers Fair Food Program and domestic violence organizations.[73] It premiered on May 11, 2020.[74] She next appeared in a documentary series Expecting Amy, which she also executive produced, following Schumer preparing for a stand-up special while going through a difficult pregnancy for HBO Max, which premiered on July 9, 2020.[75][76]

Schumer appeared in the 2021 film The Humans, based upon play of the same name directed by Stephen Karam.[77] She wrote, directed, and starred in Life & Beth, a 10-episode comedy series for Hulu which premiered on March 18, 2022.[78] The revival of her sketch series Inside Amy Schumer, which had been on hiatus since 2016, was announced in February 2021, with five additional specials to be released through Paramount+.[79] In January 2022, she was cast as a guest role for season two of Only Murders in the Building.[80] She co-hosted the 94th Academy Awards with Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes on March 27, 2022.[81] In June, she joined the cast of Jerry Seinfeld's Unfrosted.[82] In 2023 her comedy special Emergency Contact was released.

Influences

Schumer's comedic influences include Wendy Liebman,[83] Carol Burnett,[84] Lucille Ball,[84] and Joan Rivers.[85] Additionally, she called actress-producer Goldie Hawn one of her "heroes".[85]

In media

 
Schumer on the cover of the Summer 2015 issue of Ms. magazine

In 2015, Schumer was named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people.[86] Schumer was named to Barbara Walters' 10 Most Fascinating People for 2015.[87] Schumer has received praise for addressing various social issues through comedy.[88][89][90][91][92][93]

In June 2015, Monica Heisey of The Guardian criticized her for "a shockingly large blind spot around race".[93] 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."[94] Schumer was again criticized in July 2020 by Kyndall Cunningham of The Daily Beast for her earlier work, which included "objectifying black men" and calling Latina women "crazy". Cunningham described her "sudden" decision to support the Black Lives Matter movement as "befuddling and laughable".[95]

Throughout 2015, several of Schumer's skits in Inside Amy Schumer went viral online, sparking editorials regarding sex, feminism, and rape culture.[96][97][98][99]

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.[100]

In November 2015, Schumer posed nude for a photo by photographer Annie Leibovitz for the 2016 edition of the Pirelli Calendar.[101] Schumer tweeted the photo, writing "Beautiful, gross, strong, thin, fat, pretty, ugly, sexy, disgusting, flawless, woman. Thank you."[102]

In January 2016, Schumer was accused of stealing jokes from comedians Tammy Pescatelli, Kathleen Madigan, Wendy Liebman, and Patrice O'Neal.[103][104] Schumer denied the allegations.[105][106] Other comedians, such as Marc Maron and Dave Rubin, defended Schumer.[107][108] Pescatelli later apologized, stating it had "gone too far" and was probably "parallel thinking".[109] In 2017, a video showcasing all cases of alleged joke thefts were collated in a 26-minute compilation on YouTube by The Tangerine Show, garnering more than 8.8 million views as of May 2023.[110]

On October 4, 2018, Schumer was arrested at the U.S. Capitol while protesting the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.[111][112]

She has used her role as a comedian to encourage higher voter turnout and spread awareness about voter ID laws.[113][114] Prior to the 2022 midterm elections, Schumer worked with voter ID education and assistance organization VoteRiders to raise awareness of local ID requirements.[115]

In October 2023, Schumer was one of over 700 Hollywood professionals who signed an open letter condemning the terrorist group Hamas and demanding the release of hostages held in Gaza.[116] The letter reads, "As Israel takes the necessary steps to defend its citizens in the coming days and weeks, social media will be overrun by an orchestrated misinformation campaign spearheaded by Iran. We urge everyone to remember the horrific images that came out of Israel and to not amplify or fall for their propaganda."[117]

Personal life

Schumer dated professional wrestler Nic Nemeth, known by his ring name Dolph Ziggler,[118] and comedian Anthony Jeselnik.[119]

On February 13, 2018, Schumer married chef and farmer Chris Fischer in Malibu, California.[120][121] In October 2018, she announced that she was expecting their first child.[122] On May 5, 2019, Schumer gave birth to a boy, Gene.[123] Schumer initially gave Gene the middle name Attell, in honor of comedian Dave Attell, but changed it to David after realizing that "Gene Attell" sounded like "genital".[124] Her son was born by caesarean section because of her endometriosis.[125] In September 2021, Schumer had her uterus removed to alleviate symptoms related to the condition.[126] In February 2024, she announced that she had been diagnosed with Cushing's syndrome.[127]

Acting credits

Film

Films featuring Amy Schumer
Year Title Role Notes
2006 Sense Memory Short film
2012 Sleepwalk with Me Amy Uncredited[128]
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
2021 The Humans Aimee Blake
2022 Bros Eleanor Roosevelt
2023 Trolls Band Together Velvet (voice)
2024 Unfrosted Marjorie Post
IF Gummy Bear (voice)
Kinda Pregnant Filming

Television

Television work by Amy Schumer
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 The Eric Andre Show Interviewer Episode: "Brandi Glanville"
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,
2022 		Inside Amy Schumer Herself, various characters 44 episodes; also creator, writer, executive producer, director
2015 2015 MTV Movie Awards Herself (host) TV special
2015 BoJack Horseman Irving Jannings (voice) Episode: "Chickens"
2015–22 Saturday Night Live Herself (host) 3 episodes[129]
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
2019 Crashing Herself Episode: "The Christian Tour"
2019 No Activity Herself Episode: "Tooth and Nail"
2019 Amy Schumer: Growing Herself Stand-up special
2020 Amy Schumer Learns to Cook Herself 8 episodes; also creator and executive producer
2020 Expecting Amy Herself 3 episodes; also creator and executive producer
2022–24 Life & Beth Beth Also creator, writer, director, and executive producer
2022 94th Academy Awards Herself (co-host) Television special
2022 Only Murders in the Building Herself 2 episodes
2022 Gutsy Herself Episode: "Gutsy Women Have the Last Laugh"
2023 Amy Schumer: Emergency Contact Herself Stand-up special

Theater

Theater roles by Amy Schumer
Year Title Role Venue
2017–2018 Meteor Shower[130] Corky Booth Theatre, Broadway

Discography

Albums

Videos

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/streaming
  • 2018: Just for Laughs: The Nasty Show, Vol. 2 (Tracks 1–3) – CD/download/streaming
  • 2019: Just for Laughs: Funny AF, Vol. 1 (Track 1) – CD/download/streaming
  • 2019: Just for Laughs: Funny AF, Vol. 2 (Tracks 1–3) – CD/download/streaming
  • 2019: Just for Laughs: Funny AF, Vol. 3 (Track 1) – CD/download/streaming

Podcast

Bibliography

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

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Amy Schumer

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