Whitney Cummings
| Whitney Cummings | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 4, 1982 Georgetown, Washington, D.C., United States |
| Medium | Stand-up, television, film |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Genres | Observational comedy, insult comedy, blue comedy |
| Subject(s) | Gender differences, sexism, human sexuality, relationships |
| Notable works and roles |
Punk'd The Tony Rock Project Comedy Central Roasts Made of Honor Chelsea Lately 2 Broke Girls Whitney Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings |
| Website | whitneycummings |
Whitney Cummings (born September 4, 1982) is an American comedienne and actress. She is known as the creator and star of the NBC sitcom Whitney, as well as the co-creator of the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls.
Cummings was born and raised in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. Her mother is Patti Cummings, a former public relations director at Neiman Marcus at Mazza Gallerie. Her parents divorced when she was 5 years old. She has an older half-brother named Kevin Cummings, and an older sister, Ashley Cummings.
She went to high school at St. Andrew's Episcopal School, Potomac, Maryland, graduating in 2000.
She interned at Washington's NBC-owned television station WRC-TV as a journalist. She studied acting at Washington, D.C.’s Studio Theater.
Cummings graduated from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, magna cum laude in 2004 with a degree in Communications.
Cummings moved to Los Angeles after college and worked on Punk'd on MTV in 2004 and the same year starred in a low-budget thriller, EMR, which was screened at Cannes.
She began performing stand-up in 2004. In 2007, Variety named Cummings one of 10 Comics to Watch in 2007. In 2008, Cummings appeared in the San Francisco audition for Last Comic Standing, although she didn't pass the showcase. She performed on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, and Last Call with Carson Daly.
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