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Amy Schumer

Amy Beth Schumer (born June 1, 1981) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, writer, producer, and director. Schumer 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, she 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.

Schumer wrote and made her film debut in a starring role in ''Trainwreck'' (2015) earning a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. She then starred in the comedy films ''Snatched'' (2017), and ''I Feel Pretty'' (2019). She created, produced and starred in the HBO documentary series ''Expecting Amy'' (2020), and the Hulu comedy-drama series ''Life & Beth'' (2022–2024).

She made her Broadway debut in Steve Martin's ''Meteor Shower'' for which she earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play. Schumer has earned two Grammy Award nominations for Best Comedy Album for ''Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo'', and Best Spoken Word Album for narrating her memoir, ''The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo'' (2016). Provided by Wikipedia