Chelsea Handler

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Chelsea Joy Handler (born February 25, 1975) is an American Actress. She has her own program, The Chelsea Handler Show, on the E! Television Network.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Early life
- 1.2 Career
2 Footnotes
3 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Handler was born in Livingston, New Jersey and has five siblings. She grew up in a Jewish neighborhood and was raised as a Reform Jew by her Mormon mother and Jewish father.^[1] Handler started her career by heckling stand-up comedians in the mid-to-late-'90s.

[edit] Career

Handler is a regular on the Oxygen Network series Girls Behaving Badly. She has appeared on many shows, including Weekends at the D.L., The Bernie Mac Show and The Practice. She is a regular commentator on E! as well as a correspondent on The Tonight Show. As a stand-up comedian, she has made multiple appearances across America.

Handler wrote My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands (ISBN 1582346186 ) as her memoirs. Handler also wrote Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea (ISBN 0061173398).

In 2007, Handler is performing with the Hour Stand-Up Comedy Tour across the U.S..