Whitney Cummings Biography

Fast Facts

• She received the YH Comedian of the Year award at the 12th Annual Young Hollywood Awards
• She was named one of the Top Ten Comics to Watch by Variety magazine in 2007
• She graduated magna cum laude with a degree in communication from the University of Pennsylvania in 2004
• She studied acting at Studio Theatre in Washington, D․C
• While she was in high school and college, she did catalogue and runway modeling
• Quote: "I don't ever want to be something that I am not on stage․ My favorite comedians are the ones who are the same person on and off stage․ They are real․"
• In May 2009, she became the first female comic to perform in Beirut and Dubai