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 no pressure on me; I had been doing stand-up around two years. I wasn't supposed to do well. So every time I advanced it was a happy surprise. I kept it honest on the show and it served me well." (Wikipedia)

Filmography

• 2025Kinda Pregnant — Lainy Newton, Producer, Screenplay
• 2024IF — Gummy Bear (voice)
• 2024Unfrosted — Marjorie Post
• 2023Amy Schumer: Emergency Contact — Self, Director, Writer
• 2023Trolls Band Together — Velvet (voice)
• 2022Bros — Eleanor Roosevelt
• Life & Beth — Beth, Executive Producer, Creator
• Only Murders in the Building — Amy Schumer
• 2021The Humans — Aimee
• Expecting Amy — Self, Executive Producer
• 2019Amy Schumer: Growing — Herself, Executive Producer, Writer, Director
• 2018I Feel Pretty — Renee Bennett, Producer
• 2018Sam Morril: Positive Influence — Executive Producer
• 2017100 Years — Narrator (voice)
• 2017Amy Schumer Presents Mark Normand: Don't Be Yourself — Herself, Executive Producer
• 2017Amy Schumer: The Leather Special — Self, Writer, Director, Executive Producer
• No Activity — Janice
• 2017Snatched — Emily Middleton, Screenplay, Executive Producer
• 2017Thank You for Your Service — Amanda Doster
• 2016Ali Wong: Baby Cobra — Thanks
• 2016Rachel Feinstein: Only Whores Wear Purple — Herself, Executive Producer
• 2015Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo — Self, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2015Trainwreck — Amy Townsend, Writer, Co-Producer
• BoJack Horseman — Irving Jannings (voice)
• TripTank — Sarah (voice)
• Inside Amy Schumer — Amy / Various Characters, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2013Women Who Kill — Self, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2012Amy Schumer: Mostly Sex Stuff — Herself, Executive Producer, Writer
• Girls — Angie
• 2012Price Check — Lila
• 2012Seeking a Friend for the End of the World — Woman #1 / Lacey
• 2012Sleepwalk with Me — Amy
• Bob's Burgers — Young Lady (voice)
• 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s
• Cupid — Heather
• Delocated — Trish
• The Great Debate
• Reality Bites Back
• 30 Rock — Stylist
• 2003Cabbage Head — Lindsay
• Curb Your Enthusiasm — Teammate #2
• Family Guy — Crew Leader (voice)
• The Simpsons — Daphne Burns (voice)
• Best Divorce Ever — Clarissa, Producer
• Untitled Jennifer Lawrence/Amy Schumer Project — Writer, Producer

Appearances as themselves (54)

• Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! — Self - Comedian
• 2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self
• Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Amy Schumer Presents: Parental Advisory — Self
• Gutsy — Self
• Sherri — Self - Guest
• The Checkup with Dr. David Agus — Self
• The Kardashians — Self
• 2021Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A — Self
• Amy Schumer Learns to Cook — Herself
• History 101 — Self (archive footage)
• Reunited Apart — Self
• The Drew Barrymore Show — Self
• Lights Out with David Spade — Self
• Love Island USA — Self - Guest
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• The Shop — Self
• 2017Dying Laughing — Self
• 2017Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs — Self
• Chelsea — Self
• 2016Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour — Self - Unapologetic Bitch
• 2016The Last Laugh — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2015Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder — Self
• Celebrity Family Feud — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• 2015Misery Loves Comedy — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self, Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• 2014Women Aren't Funny — Self
• The Jeselnik Offensive — Self
• Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee — Self
• 2012Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne — Self
• Finding Your Roots — Self
• Good Mythical Morning — Self
• The Burn with Jeff Ross — Self
• 2011Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen — Self - Roaster
• The Jonathan Ross Show — Self
• Conan — Self
• Hoppus on Music — Self - Cohost
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• Live at Gotham — Self
• Comedy Central Roasts — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• The Bachelorette — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• The View — Self - Guest
• The Daily Show — Self, Self - Guest
• MTV Movie & TV Awards — Self / Host, Self - Presenter
• Entertainment Tonight — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self - Host
• The Oscars — Self - Host