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BIO

Amy Schumer is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She 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 for which Schumer has been 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), for which she received nominations for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. She published a memoir in 2016, The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, which held the top position on The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller list for two weeks. The same year, she was nominated for two Grammy Awards: for Best Comedy Album for Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo, and Best Spoken Word Album for The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo. In 2018, she starred in the comedy film I Feel Pretty and garnered a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play nomination for her Broadway debut in Meteor Shower.

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STAGE CREDITS

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Original Broadway Production, 2017
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Awards and Nominations

Drama League Awards - 2018 - Distinguished Performance Award

Amy Schumer, Meteor Shower

Tony Awards - 2018 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Amy Schumer, Meteor Shower

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Amy Schumer been in?

Amy Schumer has appeared on Broadway in 1 shows.

How many West End shows has Amy Schumer been in?

Amy Schumer has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has Amy Schumer been nominated for?

Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for Meteor Shower and Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Meteor Shower.

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