Amy Beth Schumer born June 1, 1981, is an American stand-up comedian, actress, writer, producer, and director who 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, Amy Schumer 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 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.
In the same year 2016, Amy Schumer 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.
Amy Schumer was born in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, New York, to Sandra Jane and Gordon David Schumer, who owned a baby furniture company. Amy Schumer’s father was born into a Jewish family of Ukrainian origin. She is a second cousin to Chuck Schumer, a US Senator and Senate Majority Leader. Her mother was of Protestant origin, with deep New England roots, and converted to Judaism before her marriage. Amy Schumer was raised Jewish and said she suffered from anti-Semitism as a child.
The Schumer family was wealthy in the early years, thanks to the success of her father’s Manhattan furniture company. When she was 9, her father’s business failed and went bankrupt, and at that time, or when she was 12, her father was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and after some time, her parents divorced.
Amy Schumer moved with her mother to Long Island, where she lived in Rockville Center, New York, where she attended Southside High School. After graduating in 1999, she was voted for both “Class Clown” and “Teacher’s Worst Nightmare”. She attended the Hebrew school of the Central Synagogue of Nassau County, a Reform synagogue in Rockville Centre, where her mother served on the board.
After high school, Amy Schumer moved to nearby Baltimore, Maryland while attending Towson College. In 2003 she completed her theater studies. After her college graduation, she returned to New York City, where she studied at the William Esper Studio for two years, where she worked as a bartender and waitress. She also temporarily moved to Santa Barbara, California (with a boyfriend she described as abusive), where she worked as a pedicab driver
She has her sister Kim Caramel, a comedy writer and producer, and her half-brother Jason Stein, a musician in Chicago, Illinois. Amy Schumer dated professional wrestler Nick Nemeth, better known by his ring name Dolph Ziggler, and comedian Anthony Jeselnik.
She married chef and farmer Chris Fisher on February 13, 2018, in Malibu, California. She announced her first child pregnancy in October 2018. On May 5, 2019, Amy Schumer gave birth to a boy, Jean. Amy Schumer originally gave Gene his middle name Attell, in honor of comedian Dave Attell, but she realized that “Gene Attell” sounded like “genitals” and changed it to David. Her son was born by cesarean section because of endometriosis. In September 2021, Amy Schumer’s uterus was removed to alleviate symptoms associated with the disease.
Who are Amy Schumer’s Parents?
Amy Schumer was born in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, New York, to Sandra Jane and Gordon David Schumer, who owned a baby furniture company. Amy Schumer’s father was born into a Jewish family of Ukrainian origin.
Her mother was of Protestant origin, with deep New England roots, and converted to Judaism before her marriage. When she was 9, her father’s business failed and went bankrupt, and at that time when she was 12, her father was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and after some time, her parents divorced.
She has her sister Kim Caramel, a comedy writer and producer, and her half-brother Jason Stein, a musician in Chicago, Illinois.
Amy Schumer’s Dad: Who is Amy Schumer’s father?
Amy Schumer’s father is Gordon David Schumer, who owned a baby furniture company. Amy Schumer’s father was born into a Jewish family of Ukrainian origin.
When she was 9, her father’s business failed and went bankrupt, and at that time when she was 12, her father was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and after some time, her parents divorced.
What does Amy Schumer’s Dad Do for a living?
Amy Schumer’s father Gordon David Schumer owned a furniture company.
Amy Schumer’s Mom: Who is Amy Schumer’s mother?
Amy Schumer’s mother is Sandra Jane a Protestant origin, with deep New England roots, and converted to Judaism before her marriage. Amy Schumer moved with her mother to Long Island after divorcing her father, where she lived in Rockville Center, New York, where she attended Southside High School.
What does Amy Schumer’s mom Do for a living?
What Amy Schumer’s mother does or did for a living isn’t known.
Does Amy Schumer have siblings?
Yes, Amy Schumer has two siblings. She has her sister Kim Caramel, a comedy writer and producer, and her half-brother Jason Stein, a musician in Chicago, Illinois.
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