Amy Schumer
Amy Beth Schumer (* 1. June 1981 in New York City , New York ) is an American stand-up - comedian , actress and screenwriter and Emmy Award -Preisträgerin. She was best known for her comedy series Inside Amy Schumer .
Life
Amy Beth Schumer was born in Manhattan to Sandra and Gordon Schumer. Her mother worked as a hearing and speech therapist and her father, Charles Schumer's cousin , owned a children's furniture store. Amy Schumer has an older brother, Jason, who is a musician, and a younger sister, Kimberly, who was a school psychologist in Chicago before moving to New York to write and produce on Schumer's television projects. Schumer was raised in the Jewish faith , her father is Jewish.
When Schumer was nine years old, her father developed multiple sclerosis and his furniture business went bankrupt. Three years later, her parents divorced and Schumer moved to Long Island with her mother . There she attended the South Side High School in Nassau County . After graduating from high school in 1999, Schumer moved to Baltimore , Maryland , where she studied theater studies at Towson University until 2003 . During her studies she already appeared in various theater productions. She then went to New York City, where she took two years of acting classes at the William Esper Studio and also worked as a waitress.
On February 13, 2018, Schumer married the cook and farmer Chris Fischer in Malibu . Their son was born on May 5, 2019.
Career
Schumer began her career as a stand-up comedian with an appearance at New York's Gotham Comedy Club on June 1, 2004. In 2007, she appeared on the fifth season of NBC talent show Last Comic Standing , in which she came in fourth. The following year she was seen on the comedy show Reality Bites Back . She has appeared on various television shows, comedy shows, and Comedy Central Roasts . From 2013 she was best known for her own comedy series Inside Amy Schumer on Comedy Central . The series and Schumer have been nominated for several television awards, including a. the Primetime Emmy Award , American Comedy Award, and the Writers Guild of America Award . In May 2015, Inside Amy Schumer received a Peabody Award and Schumer received the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series . In April 2015 she hosted the MTV Movie Awards .
In 2015 she appeared in Judd Apatow's comedy Dating Queen, alongside Bill Hader and LeBron James . The script for the film comes from Schumer, which is the first time Apatow made a film that he had not written himself. Since there was a rampage during a screening of the film , Schumer has advocated stricter gun controls in the United States.
Schumer was photographed by Annie Leibovitz for the 2016 Pirelli calendar .
Time magazine ranked Schumer among the 100 most influential people of 2015, with Schumer featured by actress Tilda Swinton .
In 2016 she published an autobiographical book called The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo . It was published in German with the title Inside Amy Schumer: From my life in September 2016.
In 2018 she was appointed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , which awards the Oscars every year.
Filmography (selection)
actress
- 2006: Sense Memory (short film)
- 2009: 30 Rock (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2011: Leave it, Larry! ( Curb Your Enthusiasm , TV series, 1 episode)
- 2012: Sleepwalk with Me
- 2012: Price Check
- 2012: John Mulaney: New in Town (TV movie)
- 2012: Delocated (TV series, 8 episodes)
- 2012: Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (Seeking a Friend for the End of the World)
- 2013–2014: Girls (TV series, 2 episodes)
- Since 2013: Inside Amy Schumer (TV series)
- 2015: Dating Queen (Trainwreck)
- 2017: Girls' Trip (Snatched)
- 2017: Thank You for Your Service
- 2018: I Feel Pretty
scriptwriter
- 2010: Hoppus on Music (TV series, 13 episodes)
- 2011: A Day in the Life of a Female Comedian (short film)
- 2013: Women Who Kill (TV movie)
- Since 2013: Inside Amy Schumer (TV series)
- 2015: Dating Queen (Trainwreck)
bibliography
- Amy Schumer: Inside Amy Schumer. Out of my life. Piper, Munich Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-492-06059-2 . (American original edition: The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo. Gallery Books, New York 2016)
Awards
- 2014 : Nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for Inside Amy Schumer
- 2015 : Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for Inside Amy Schumer
- 2016 : Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for Inside Amy Schumer
- 2016: Received the MVP Award
- 2014 : Nomination for the best screenplay for a variety, music or comedy show for Inside Amy Schumer
- 2015 : Nomination for the best screenplay for a variety, music or comedy show for Inside Amy Schumer
- 2015 : Nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for Inside Amy Schumer
- 2015 : Nomination for best director for a comedy series for Inside Amy Schumer
- 2015 : Award for the Best Variety Sketch Series for Inside Amy Schumer
- 2016 : Nomination for the Best Variety Sketch Series for Inside Amy Schumer
- 2016 : Nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for Inside Amy Schumer
- 2016 : Nomination for the best screenplay for a variety, music or comedy show for Inside Amy Schumer
- 2016 : Nomination for the script for a miniseries, a television film or a special for Inside Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo
- 2016 : Nomination for Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Saturday Night Live
- 2016 : Nomination for Best Actress - Comedy or Musical for Dating Queen
- 2017 : Nomination for Best Comedy Album for Inside Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo
- 2017 : Nomination for Best Spoken Album for The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
- 2018: Nomination for Best Actress for Meteor Shower
Web links
- Official website amyschumer.com
- Amy Schumer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Amy Kaufman: The Kim and Amy Schumer show - just rub it in . In: Los Angeles Times , July 8, 2015.
- ↑ Helena Andrews-Dyer: Chuck Schumer and his 'Fam !,' comedian Amy Schumer, bump into one another in New York. In: The Washington Post , July 29, 2014.
- ↑ Inside Amy Schumer ': It's Not Just Sex Stuff . In: NPR , June 25, 2013.
- ↑ Luis Gomez: Interview: Amy Schumer calls Comedy Central show a dream come true . In: Chicago Tribune , March 6, 2013.
- ↑ Elizabeth Friedly: Jews Making News: Amy Schumer Pens New Movie . In: Atlanta Jewish Times , March 27, 2014.
- ↑ a b Jason Zinoman : Amy Schumer, Funny Girl . In: The New York Times , April 18, 2013.
- ↑ Kevin O'Keeffe: The Story of How Amy Schumer Got Famous Will Make You Love Her Even More . On: Mic.com , June 2, 2015.
- ↑ Amy Schumer crashes her old high school . In: CBS News , July 5, 2015.
- ↑ a b c Tiffany Razzano: ' Last Comic' Comedienne Settles In Astoria . In: Queens Chronicle , May 15, 2008.
- ↑ Chloe Melas, CNN: Amy Schumer Marries boss Chris Fischer . In: CNN . ( cnn.com [accessed April 24, 2018]).
- ↑ @amyschumer on Instagram: “10:55 pm last night. Our royal baby was born. " Retrieved May 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Gina Scarpa: Exclusive Interview: Amy Schumer from 'Last Comic Standing'. In: BuddyTV , September 12, 2007 (English).
- ↑ 67th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners . From: Emmys.com , accessed September 9, 2015.
- ↑ Hudson Hongo: Archer and Parks and Recreation Among 2014 American Comedy Award Nominees. In: Paste , March 7, 2014 (English).
- ↑ 2015 Nominees & Winners ( Memento from September 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). From: Wga.org , accessed September 9, 2015.
- ^ Brian Steinberg: Peabody Awards Celebrate Amy Schumer, John Oliver and Serious Newsgathering . In: Variety , May 31, 2015. See also: Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central) on Peabodyawards.com .
- ↑ Sean O'Neal: Critics choose 'The Americans' and Amy Schumer for Critics' Choice Awards . In: AV Club , June 1, 2015.
- ↑ Lisa de Moraes: Amy Schumer Tells Jon Stewart Theater Shooting Left Her “Legit Heartbroken” In: Deadline Hollywood , August 4, 2015 (English).
- ^ The 100 Most Influential People . In: Time , April 16, 2015.
- ↑ Academy invites 928 to Membersphip . In: oscars.org (accessed June 26, 2018).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schumer, Amy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schumer, Amy Beth (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American stand-up comedian, actress and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York , United States |