Chelsea Handler

Birth Name:

Chelsea Joy Handler

Birth Place:

Livingston, New Jersey, United States

Profession

Actress, Producer, Writer, Soundtrack

Has supported various charitable organizations, including American Foundation for AIDS Research, Soles4Souls, Stand Up to Cancer and the Alzheimer's Association
After growing up in New Jersey, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting, but after entertaining a class of fellow DUI offenders, she decided to try her hand at stand up comedy
Quote: "I decided to become a comedian when someone told me you only work on weekends․ Turns out they were way off base․ I work more than anyone in my family, but luckily I now also take better vacations than anyone in my family․"
Quote: "I don't like to be that aggressive or ambitious․ I know it doesn't seem like that, but I don't feel like, 'Oh God, I've got to do this, I've got to do that․' I have severe ADD, and I'm constantly looking to amuse myself․"
Best known as a comic, actress and producer who hosted the late night talk show "Chelsea Lately․"
In addition to writing four best-selling books that have sold more than three million copies together, she has her own publishing imprint with Hachette Book Group USA
After the release of her first book, "My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands," her father bought several copies and sold them for double the price at a Starbucks coffee shop
Is only the second woman in history to have a late-night talk show, the first being Joan Rivers
Placed in the top 15 when she competed in the Miss New Jersey competition as a teenager

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