Amy Schumer is mainly a stand-up comedian, but also has skills as a writer, producer and actress. All these talents have helped her achieve a net worth of $1 million, and it‘s only expected to get higher. She was born on June 1 1981 in Manhattan, and grew up in Long Island. Her childhood wasn‘t easy, as her parents went bankrupt and divorced when she was nine. She attended South Side High School, where she earned titles of Class Clown and Teacher‘s Worst Nightmare. After that she studied in Townson University where she got a theater degree. After graduation Amy moved to New York City to pursue her acting and comedy career and worked as a bartender before hitting the big time. She started doing stand-up comedy in 2004, with her first performance being in the Gotham Comedy Club. Amy‘s big breakthrough was the Live at Gotham episode she made for Comedy Central, that helped jumpstart her career to becoming one of the best female comedians.
Amy Schumer Net Worth $1 Million
Amy started her career with a role in a dark comedy called Keeping Abreast where she portrayed a woman with breast cancer. In 2007 she got fourth place in the TV talent show Last Comic Standing which paved her way into all kinds of television and radio shows. She appeared on Reality Bites Back, WTF with Marc Maron, The Howard Stern Show, The Black Phillip Show and Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld as a guest, co-hosted A Different Spin with Mark Hoppus, and took part in the 2011 roast of Charlie Sheen and 2012 roast of Roseanne Barr on Comedy Central. She also appeared in non-reality shows, too like Delocated, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 30 Rock and Girls. Amy even wrote for Cosmopolitan magazine.
She released her debut stand-up comedy album Cutting in 2011. In 2012 Amy Schumer appeared in three films: Price Check, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World and Sleepwalk with Me. These undoubtedly contributed a good chunk to her net worth. She started writing the sketch show Inside Amy Schumer for Comedy Central in the same year. After it‘s succesful airing in 2013, a second season was scheduled for 2014. Amy started a Back Door Tour as a promotion for the show‘s second season.The show really boosted her popularity and, of course, profits.
As for her personal life, although she‘s single at the time of writing, Amy has dated quite a few celebrities such as a fellow comedian Anthony Jeselnik and professional wrestler Dolph Ziggler. Hopefully, this has helped explain why Amy Schumer‘s net worth has reached $1 million and how much she worked to get there. This American comedian and actress is one of the celebrities that had to earn her fame with talent and effort.
