![]() “I was falling in love with a guy and scared out of my mind,” Schumer told Entertainment Weekly, while describing the film's inspiration. She demonstrated her ability to carry a film with her 2015 summer hit, Trainwreck, a semi-biographical portrait that co-starred Bill Hader and was directed by Judd Apatow. Along with other actresses like Kristen Wiig, she’s helped shed the Hollywood bias that female comics are best suited for character roles. Schumer’s comedy is cutting and revealing, touching on sex, relationships and gender inequality in a way that few comics have dared to try. The much talked about series won its first Emmy in 2015 for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series. The cable network then turned the keys over to her for a comedy show, Inside Amy Schumer, in 2013. A year later, Comedy Central gave her the platform for her first comedy special, Mostly Sex Stuff. In 2011, she released her debut stand-up album, Cutting, and gained more recognition after killing it on The Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen. Her first national exposure came in 2007 when she placed fourth on NBC's Last Comic Standing. ![]() In the mid-2000s, Schumer began testing the waters as a stand-up comic, steadily working her way up the comedy club chain at venues such as New York’s Comedy Cellar. ![]() She majored in theater at Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland, and then continued her studies at the esteemed William Esper Studio in New York City. “When I'm dating someone I think would I want to push their wheelchair? Would this guy push my wheelchair? My mind goes there if I've been dating somebody for a year or two, and I don't think that happens to people unless they've taken care of a sick relative."įinding an outlet in being the center of attention, Schumer was voted class clown during her senior year of high school in 1999. "To see them – to see their descent, to watch his body sort of decompose, it's pretty – it really darkens you and it really lets you know that you have no control over life," Schumer revealed in a 2013 interview with NPR. Her father's physical demise and the resulting change to her family's status greatly affected Schumer and her approach to life. The business went bankrupt, and shortly after moving the family to Long Island, Schumer's parents divorced. But the family's fortunes quickly changed when Gordon was struck by multiple sclerosis. In her early years, Schumer's life was defined by her father's success. Gordon is also the cousin of United States Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY). She is one of three children and the oldest daughter of Sandra and Gordon Schumer, who owned a successful baby furniture company in New York City. Early YearsĪmy Beth Schumer was born June 1, 1981, in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York. She wrote and starred in the 2015 summer comedy hit Trainwreck, and earned a Tony nomination following her 2017 Broadway debut in Meteor Shower. In 2013 her show Inside Amy Schumer debuted on Comedy Central, winning an Emmy two years later. ![]() She followed a steady rise to fame, placing fourth on NBC’s Last Comic Standing in 2007, and releasing her first album four years later. ![]() Comedian and actress Amy Schumer began her stand-up career in the mid-2000s. ![]()
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