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Amy Schumer is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actress, and producer and her current net worth is $53 million.

Born in Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York to Sandra and Gordon Schumer, the owner of a baby-furniture company, she has a younger sister and a half-brother.

Growing up Jewish, she mentioned experiencing anti-Semitism as a child. Her father’s company quickly grew and she grew up in a wealthy family.

But when she turned nine years old her family went bankrupt and a few years later her father was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. A while after, her parents divorced.

She proceeded by moving to Long Island where she went to South Side High School in Rockville Centre, New York. While there, she became the “Class Clown” and “Teacher’s Worst Nightmare”.

Upon graduation she attended the Hebrew school of Central Synagogue of Nassau County, where her mother served as a board member.

Then she relocated to Baltimore, Maryland where she attended Towson University and graduated with a degree in theater in 2003.

After graduation she returned to New York City where she studied at the William Esper Studio for a couple of years as well as worked as bartender and waitress.

During the same time she portrayed a young woman diagnosed with breast cancer in the off-Broadway black comedy Keeping Abreast.

How did Amy Schumer start her career?

Amy first performed stand-up comedy at Gotham Comedy Club in 2004.

Few years later she recorded a Live at Gotham episode for Comedy Central and then appeared on Last Comic Standing.

Later she co-starred in the Comedy Central reality show Reality Bites Back, and a year later, in 2009, she appeared in an ad campaign for Butterfinger.

Between 2007 and 2012 she had a recurring role on Fox News late-night program Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld.

How did Amy Schumer get famous?

In 2010 she made her first special debut in Comedy Central Presents. A year later she became a co-host of A Different Spin with Mark Hoppus.

During this time she also wrote for Cosmopolitan magazine and appeared in 30 Rock, the Adult Swim mockumentary series Delocated, and in two HBO series.

In 2012 she had roles in three films such as Seeking a Friend for the End of the World. During the same period she made appearance on two Comedy Central Roast episodes, one of Charlie Sheen and the other of Roseanne Barr.

The same year she also released a stand-up comedy album, Cutting and had her first stand-up comedy special premiered on Comedy Central.

In 2012 she started working on a sketch comedy series for Comedy Central. The comedy series Inside Amy Schumer, premiered on April 30, 2013.

In 2014, after her show received two new seasons, she appeared as a guest on an episode of comedian Jerry Seinfeld’s Internet series, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.

She hosted the 2015 MTV Movie Awards, as well as wrote and played her first leading role in Trainwreck.

For her work she has received many nominations and awards, including three nominations for Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Variety Special, Writing and Directing.

Apart from her acting career and the one as comedian, she is also an author. In 2016 she wrote and released The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo book.

It held the top position on The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller list for two weeks in September 2016.

How does Amy Schumer make money?

Due to a successful acting and comedic career, she has earned most of her income from her Netflix show, “The Leather Special”. Her book had also a lot to do with her income, as well as some endorsement deals she has with various brands.

In 2017 she became the first woman to ever make FORBES’ list of top-paid comedians.

This wraps up our Amy Schumer Net Worth profile!