Amy Schumer

About

Amy Beth Schumer was born in Manhattan and grew up on Long Island, New York. She attended South Side High School and was voted both "Class Clown" and "Teacher's Worst Nightmare" upon graduation in 1999. Schumer graduated from Towson University in 2003 with a degree in theater. She moved to New York City after college, where she studied at the William Esper Studio for two years and worked as a bartender and a waitress. Through her father, she is the niece of Chuck Schumer, U.S. Senator from New York. Amy Schumer portrayed a young woman diagnosed with breast cancer in the off-Broadway black comedy Keeping Abreast. She started doing stand-up comedy on June 1, 2004, when she first performed at Gotham Comedy Club. She recorded a special for Comedy Central before appearing on Last Comic Standing; she said in August 2012 that she thought of the special as her "big break". After not passing...

Known for

The SimpsonsSeries • 1989Family GuySeries • 1999Bob's BurgersSeries • 2011Curb Your EnthusiasmSeries • 200030 RockSeries • 2006BoJack HorsemanSeries • 2014Only Murders in the BuildingSeries • 2021GirlsSeries • 2012Trolls Band TogetherMovie • 2023No ActivitySeries • 2017IFMovie • 2024UnfrostedMovie • 2024TripTankSeries • 2014The HumansMovie • 2021I Feel PrettyMovie • 2018TrainwreckMovie • 2015BrosMovie • 2022Seeking a Friend for the End of the WorldMovie • 2012Inside Amy SchumerSeries • 2013SnatchedMovie • 2017Kinda PregnantMovie • 2025Life & BethSeries • 2022Thank You for Your ServiceMovie • 2017Amy Schumer: Emergency ContactMovie • 2023