Amy Schumer
QUICK FACTSNAME
Amy Schumer
OCCUPATION
Comedian
BIRTH DATE
June 1, 1981 (age 37)
EDUCATION
Towson University
PLACE OF BIRTH
New York, New York
ZODIAC SIGN
Gemini
Biography of Amy Schumer
Comedian (1981-)
Actress and comedian Amy Schumer is known for creating the hit show 'Inside Amy Schumer' and the movie 'Trainwreck' of 2015.
Who is Amy Schumer?
Born on June 1, 1981 in New York City, comedian and actress Amy Schumer began her career standing in the mid-2000s. She continued her rise to fame, ranked fourth in NBC's Last Comic Standing. in 2007 and released his first album four years later. In 2013, her show Inside Amy Schumer debuted on Comedy Central, winning an Emmy two years later. She wrote and starred in the successful summer comedy 2015 Trainwreck.
Amy Schumer
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Husband
After separating from furniture designer Ben Hanisch in May 2017, Schumer started dating chef Chris Fischer. They rarely saw each other together, they finally published their relationship publishing a romantic Instagram photo on February 11, 2018. Two days later, the couple got married in a private ceremony in Malibu, before a group that included Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal. Jennifer Lawrence, Larry David and David Spade.
Comedy race
In the mid-2000s, Schumer began to test the waters as a comedian, and continued to advance in the chain of comedy clubs in places like Comedy Cellar in New York.
'Inside Amy Schumer'
His first national exhibition took place in 2007, when he placed fourth in NBC's Last Comic Standing. In 2011, he released his debut album, Cutting, and gained more recognition after killing him in Charlie Sheen's The Comedy Central Roast. A year later, Comedy Central gave him the platform for his first comedy special, Mostly Sex Stuff. The cable network then handed the keys to her for a comedy show, Inside Amy Schumer, in 2013. The much-talked-about series won its first Emmy in 2015 for the Outable Variety Sketch series.
'Trainwreck'
Schumer's comedy is cutting and revealing, touching sex, relationships and gender inequality in a way that few comics have dared to try. Along with other actresses like Kristen Wiig, she helped eliminate the Hollywood bias that female comics are best suited for character roles. She demonstrated her ability to bring a film with her summer hit 2015, Trainwreck, a semi-biographical portrait that co-starred Bill Hader and was directed by Judd Apatow.
"I was falling in love with a guy and I got scared," Schumer told Entertainment Weekly, describing the inspiration for the film. "Judd and I talked about how all these defense mechanisms that help you overcome things start biting your ass, I was trying to sabotage the relationship because I was afraid of hurting myself."
Schumer's memoirs of 2016, The Girl with the Tattoo on the Lower Back, came to the New York Times bestseller list. In 2017 he starred in the comedy of mother and daughter Snatched, with the legend of the comedy Goldie Hawn and also made his Broadway debut in Meteor Shower.
In 2018, Schumer starred in the comedy I Feel Pretty, along with Michelle Williams, as the protagonist Renee Barrett, who goes from being imperfect to audacious after waking up from a terrible fall.
Defense of weapons control
Schumer has not been afraid to take advantage of her fame to shed light on important causes for her. In August 2015, he partnered with Senator Schumer to push for new gun control legislation on Capitol Hill.
For Amy Schumer, the problem became personal after a mentally ill man killed two people and wounded nine others at a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana, which showed Trainwreck.
"I have thought of these victims every day since the tragedy," Schumer said. [The shooter] should not have been able to put his hand on a gun in the first place. "
First years
Actress and comedian Amy Beth Schumer was born on June 1, 1981 in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York. She is one of three children and the oldest daughter of Sandra and Gordon Schumer, who was the owner of a successful baby furniture company in New York City. Gordon is also a cousin of United States Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY).
In her early years, Amy Schumer's life was defined by her father's success. But the family's fortunes changed rapidly when Gordon was hit by multiple sclerosis. The business went bankrupt, and shortly after moving the family to Long Island, Schumer's parents divorced. The physical disappearance of his father and the resulting change in the state of his family greatly affected Schumer and his approach to life.
"See them, see their descent, see how your body breaks down, it's beautiful, it really darkens you and lets you know that you have no control over life," Schumer revealed in a 2013 interview with NPR. "When I go out with someone, I think I would like to push their chair
