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3	Amy Beth Schumer (born June 1, 1981 in Manhattan, New York) is an American comedian, writer, actress, and producer.
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5	Originally coming to fame as a contestant on the Creator/{{NBC}} reality competition series ''Series/LastComicStanding'' in 2007, Schumer has since emerged as a major voice in American comedy, thanks in part to her {{sketch comedy}} series ''Inside Amy Schumer'' on Creator/ComedyCentral.
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7	She wrote and starred in the 2015 Creator/JuddApatow-produced {{romantic comedy}} ''Film/{{Trainwreck}}'', opposite Creator/BillHader and Creator/BrieLarson, which was a critical and financial success. She has also written a book of humorous essays, ''The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo'', published in 2016.
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9	She's (distantly) related to U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-New York). In 2018 she married chef Chris Fischer; they gave birth to a son, Gene, the following year.
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12	!! Discography:
13	* ''Cutting'' (2011)
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15	!! Bibliography:
16	* ''The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo'' (2016)
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18	!! Selected filmography:
19	* ''Series/LastComicStanding'' (2007) {{as herself}}
20	* ''Film/SeekingAFriendForTheEndOfTheWorld'' (2012) as Lacey
21	* ''Series/{{Delocated}}'' (2012) as Trish
22	* ''Series/{{Girls}}'' (2013–14) as Angie
23	* ''Series/InsideAmySchumer'' (2013–present) {{as herself}} / various characters
24	* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' (2015) as Irving Jannings (voice)
25	* ''Film/{{Trainwreck}}'' (2015) as [[TheDanza Amy Townsend]]
26	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' (2016) as Mrs. Burns (voice)
27	* ''Film/Snatched2017'' as Emily Middleton
28	* ''Film/IFeelPretty'' (2018) as Renee Bennett
29	* ''Film/TheHumans'' (2021) as Aimee
30	* ''Series/OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding'' (2022) as [[AdamWesting a fictionalised version of herself]]
31	* ''WesternAnimation/TrollsBandTogether'' (2023) as Velvet (voice)
32	* ''Film/{{Unfrosted}}'' (2024) as Marjorie Post
33	* ''Film/{{IF\|2024}}'' (2024) as Gummy Bear (voice)
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35	!! Amy Schumer provides examples of the following tropes:
36	* AllWomenAreLustful: Not only does she have a lot of raunchy material, but the show she stars in has a DoubleEntendre title.
37	* AdamWesting: In Season 2 of ''Series/OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding'' and in several ''Inside Amy Schumer'' sketches.
38	* TheDanza: Whenever she does a sketch on ''Inside Amy Schumer'' where her character has a name, it's always Amy. Sometimes, the character is an exaggerated version of Schumer, at other times all they have in common is the name. Her character in ''Trainwreck'' is also called Amy.
39	* DearNegativeReader: In response to the bad online reviews from her Netflix Stand up Comedy show, ''The Leather Special'', Amy accused most of the bad reviews were actually made by "Alt-Right Trolls" to discredit her (since she's an anti-Trump feminist with blood ties to a Democratic senator who was frequently targeted by Trump), even though some legitimate reviewers from official news sites gave the show negative reviews as well.
40	* IAmNotPretty: Many of her stand ups and sketches deal with female self-esteem about physical appearances and sex appeal. This includes her movie ''I Feel Pretty''. This trope has been poked at a few times: whether cracking that some girls think "I am gorgeous, I just have the wrong hairstyle" and when she cracked that Creator/JenniferLawrence is what she would look like if she was hot, with J.Law herself to crack, "I am not hot enough and you are not ugly enough for that joke to work."
41	* RefugeInAudacity: Her humor is known for this, naturally eliciting controversy among various types.
42	* RefugeInVulgarity: She at times will even discuss how people find upsetting that she talks about sex and stuff.
43	* StarMakingRole: ''Film/{{Trainwreck}}''. She was known before as a TV star in ''Inside Amy Schumer'', but this Judd Apatow film made her a household name.
44	* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Subverted-her son was named Gene Atell Fisher at birth, apparently after comedians Creator/GeneWilder and David Atell. Trouble is, some people noticed it sounded like “genital” out loud. When he was almost one, his parents saw it too, and thankfully changed it to Gene David Fisher.

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