Whitney Cummings is a comedian and actress. She is best known as the creator and star of the NBC sitcom Whitney, as well as the co-creator of the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls.

She began performing stand-up in 2004. At the age of 24, Variety named Cummings one of 10 Comics to Watch in 2007. In 2008, Cummings appeared in the San Francisco audition for Last Comic Standing, though she didn’t pass the showcase. Cummings has performed on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, HBO’s Down and Dirty with Jim Norton, NBC’s Last Call with Carson Daly, Comics Unleashed, and NESN’s Comedy All-Stars.

She co-starred on The Tony Rock Project and appeared in the 2008 movie Made of Honor. She has also made several appearances on the E! show Chelsea Lately on its round table. She hosted the 2008 Sundance Film Festival Dailies. She was named one of 12 Rising Stars of Comedy by Entertainment Weekly in 2008.

Her television appearances have included Comedians of Chelsea Lately, Live Nude Comedy (which she created, starred and wrote for), The Very bad Show, truTV Presents: World’s Dumbest…, and the Comedy Central Roasts of Joan Rivers, David Hasselhoff and Donald Trump.[3] She released her debut stand-up album, Emotional Ninja. In August 2010, her first one-hour special premiered on Comedy Central titled Whitney Cummings: Money Shot. In 2010 Cummings went on tour with Denis Leary and the Rescue Me Comedy Tour to promote the show’s 6th season. She also appeared with Leary on Douchebags and Donuts.

In June 2014, Cummings did her second hour-long special, I Love You, on Comedy Central.

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