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Schumer married chef Chris Fischer on February 13, 2018, after a three-month courtship, in a private Malibu ceremony attended by Jennifer Aniston and Jennifer Lawrence among 80 guests.
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She is a second cousin, once removed, of United States Senator Chuck Schumer; they share great-great-grandparents Abraham Schumer and Joder Ida/Edith Wizman.
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Her father Gordon Schumer was born to a Jewish family from Ukraine and Poland; her mother Sandy has English, German, Scottish, and Welsh ancestry and converted to Judaism. Schumer attended Hebrew School and had a Bat Mitzvah.
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After college, she moved to New York City to become an actress, tending bar and waiting tables while auditioning.
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Her younger sister Kim Caramele serves as her road manager, comedy co-writer, and associate producer; she also has a half-brother, Jason Stein, a jazz bass clarinetist.
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In September 2021, she had her uterus removed to alleviate symptoms of endometriosis.
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She claims to have kept detailed journals from ages 13 to 23, which provided material for her book The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo 2016.
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She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Theater from Towson University in 2003 and also graduated from the William Esper Studio’s Sanford Meisner Intensive program.
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Her favorite comedians include Judy Gold, Jessica Kirson, Wendy Liebman, Sarah Silverman, Margaret Cho, and Ellen DeGeneres; she is a huge fan of the New York Mets.
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She and husband Chris Fischer have a son, Gene David Fischer, born May 5, 2019; his middle name is a tribute to comedian Dave Attell.
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Chris Fischer is a chef and farmer from Martha’s Vineyard who worked at Mario Batali’s Babbo, St. John Bread and Wine in London, The River Café in London, and Beach Plum Inn; his cookbook The Beetlebung Farm Cookbook was published in 2015.
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Schumer was pregnant with her son Gene during the filming of the second season of Only Murders in the Building 2021; she returned to stage two weeks after giving birth via Caesarean section.
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Originally from Long Island, she now resides in Brooklyn, New York.
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She attended South Side High School in Rockville Centre, New York, graduating in 1999, where she was voted both Class Clown and Teacher’s Worst Nightmare.
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She is good friends with Jennifer Lawrence, Brie Larson, and David Letterman.
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She hosts the podcast 3 Girls, 1 Keith with Bridget Everett, Rachel Feinstein, and Keith Robinson, which premiered on Spotify in June 2018.
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In September 2020, she joined Elizabeth Banks, Zoe Saldaña, Rory O’Malley, and Amber Heard in the VoteRiders #IDCheck Challenge to promote voter ID awareness for the 2020 election.
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At the Time 100 Gala 2015 in New York, she photo-bombed Kim Kardashian and Kanye West by falling face down on the red carpet in a David Meister outfit.
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In April 2018, she spent five days in the hospital with a severe kidney infection.
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She is a third cousin, once removed, of actor and model Justin Chambers; her maternal great-great-grandfather Edward E. Dement and Justin’s maternal great-grandmother Sarah Esther Dement were siblings.
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Schumer is a stand-up comedian.
