PERSON: Whitney Cummings

Comedian, Actress, Writer, Director, Producer, and Podcaster

Whitney Cummings (born September 4, 1982) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, writer, producer, director, and podcaster.

After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania 2004, Cummings moved to Los Angeles. She appeared in the low-budget thriller EMR and MTV’s Punk’d. She has also performed stand-up comedy, being named one of “10 Comics to Watch” by Variety in 2007 and participating in Comedy Central Roasts of celebrities.

Cummings co-created the sitcom 2 Broke Girls and starred in and produced the sitcom Whitney. She also directed the comedy film The Female Brain (2017).

In June 2023, Cummings revealed that she was pregnant and expecting a son. She gave birth to her son in December 2023.

Cummings has described her comedic influences beginning with Paul Reiser, who she said “made these hysterical, brilliant commentary about the most mundane things and open it up to a hysterical world”. Other important influences for her were George Carlin, who she says challenged her to “question everything”. Later influences were Dave Attell (“a legend now but he’s very edgy”), Lenny Bruce, and Bill Hicks.

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