Comedian and actress Amy Schumer began her stand-up career in the mid-2000s. She followed a steady rise to fame, placing fourth on NBC’s Last Comic Standing in 2007, and releasing her first album four years later. In 2013 her show Inside Amy Schumer debuted on Comedy Central, winning an Emmy two years later. She wrote and starred in the 2015 summer comedy hit Trainwreck, and earned a Tony nomination following her 2017 Broadway debut in Meteor Shower.