Amy Schumer
Acting
Born: Jun 01, 1981
From: New York City, New York, USA
Credits: 30 titles
Biography
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 an audition for an earlier season, she advanced to the finals of the fifth season of the NBC reality television talent show Last Comic Standing and placed fourth. Schumer said in April 2011, "Last Comic was totally fun. I had a great time because there was …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinda Pregnant | Lainy Newton | 2025 | 5.597 |
| Unfrosted | Marjorie Post | 2024 | 5.362 |
| IF | Gummy Bear (voice) | 2024 | 6.964 |
| Trolls Band Together | Velvet (voice) | 2023 | 7.25 |
| Amy Schumer: Emergency Contact | Self | 2023 | 5.0 |
| Amy Schumer Presents: Parental Advisory | Self | 2022 | 4.4 |
| Bros | Eleanor Roosevelt | 2022 | 6.66 |
| Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A | Self | 2021 | 7.3 |
| I Feel Pretty | Renee Bennett | 2018 | 6.382 |
| Snatched | Emily Middleton | 2017 | 5.35 |
| Dying Laughing | Self | 2017 | 6.4 |
| Thank You for Your Service | Amanda Doster | 2017 | 6.574 |
| Amy Schumer: The Leather Special | Self | 2017 | 3.79 |
| Amy Schumer Presents Mark Normand: Don't Be Yourself | Herself | 2017 | 5.8 |
| Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs | Self | 2017 | 6.4 |
| 100 Years | Narrator (voice) | 2017 | 6.0 |
| Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour | Self - Unapologetic Bitch | 2016 | 7.3 |
| The Last Laugh | Self | 2016 | 7.048 |
| Rachel Feinstein: Only Whores Wear Purple | Herself | 2016 | 5.8 |
| Trainwreck | Amy Townsend | 2015 | 5.8 |
| Misery Loves Comedy | Self | 2015 | 5.975 |
| Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo | Self | 2015 | 5.9 |
| Women Aren't Funny | Self | 2014 | 5.1 |
| Women Who Kill | Self | 2013 | 5.2 |
| Amy Schumer: Mostly Sex Stuff | Herself | 2012 | 5.9 |
| Seeking a Friend for the End of the World | Woman #1 / Lacey | 2012 | 6.566 |
| Price Check | Lila | 2012 | 5.1 |
| Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne | Self | 2012 | 6.514 |
| Sleepwalk with Me | Amy | 2012 | 6.5 |
| Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen | Self - Roaster | 2011 | 7.188 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1981 |
| From | New York City, … |