Whitney Cummings

Whitney Cummings

Whitney Cummings (Whitney Ann Cummings) was born on September 4th, 1982 and is currently 43 years old. Whitney Cummings was born in Washington, D.C., USA. Cummings attended the University of Pennsylvania where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications.

Whitney Cummings is a stand up comedian, actress, writer, director, producer, and podcaster.

Whitney has participated in Comedy Central Roasts of celebrities and been named one of “10 Comics to Watch” for her stand up comedy. In 2008, she was named one of the 12 Rising Stars of Comedy by Entertainment Weekly.

She starred in and produced Whitney, a sitcom, and co-created 2 Broke Girls. She also directed The Female Brain, a comedy film.

During high school, she interned at Washington’s NBC owned TV station WRC-TV. She also studied acting at Washington, D. C.’s Studio Theater.

Whitney graduated magna cum laude from Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania in 2004 with a Communications degree. She initially aspired to a journalism career.

After college, she lived in Los Angeles, working on Punk’d for MTV in 2004.

That same year, Whitney started doing stand up comedy. In 2008, she appeared in the San Francisco audition for Last Comic Standing, however didn’t pass.

She launched her first podcast, called “Good For You”. Her first guest was Dan Levy, an actor/producer. It’s co-hosted by Benton Ray, and features a wide assortment of guests, ranging from actors, comedians, politicians, and journalists.

I’m Fine… and Other Lies contains some delicious stuff where she recalls humiliating debacles like breaking her shoulder as she was attempting to impress a guy, coming incredibly close to spending her life in a Guatemalan prison, and having her lacerated ear get sewn back on by a deaf guy after she lost it in a torrid love affair.

Along with hoarding mortifying situations that will make you feel far better about your choices, Whitney’s also accumulated a bunch of knowledge from psychotherapists, therapists, and psychopaths which can probably help you keep from making the same mistakes she’s made. Think of this as everything that you would want from the internet all in one convenient place, except without any of the constant distractions from online shopping, ads, and porn.

Whitney’s not sure what else to say, except that you should buy this if you want to learn how to quit being crazy and laugh.

These are the mistakes and stories she has made which were way too embarrassing to tell on stage in front of a real audience, yet thanks to not-so-modern tech, you can hear about them all here so she doesn’t have to risk your judgmental eye contact ruin her self esteem.

Whitney Cummings: Awards & Accolades

Cummings' book, I'm Fine..and Other Lies was nominated for the Goodreads Awards, Best Humor, in 2017.

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Whitney Cummings: F.A.Q