Amy Schumer is an American actress and stand-up comedian. She was born on 1st June of 1981 in New York City.
She had a very easy life till she was 9 years old, that is when her father went bankrupt.
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Her parents divorced right after this because the mother had had an affair. The relationship with her mother was never the same after this.
They have a difficult relationship that is filled with boundaries. Amy feels like her father deserved better and her mother manipulated her when she was a child.
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Amy said she has always had a great desire to make people around her laugh and have a good time. She had her big breakthrough in 2011.
Now she is a well consolidated stand-up comedian and actress. She usually focuses on Politics in her sketches.
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She does not only want to make people laugh but also make them think.
Amy hopes to achieve this through her jokes and hopes to make a change this way.
Amy is active in social media also. She started a challenge where she asks her audience to share pictures of themselves with no makeup.
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She herself was the first one to post a picture with no makeup, starting this challenge.
She wants to spread the message that it is not important the way we look, as long as we are happy with it.
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