Simultaneously, Cummings created the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls, which also began in 2011, and concluded in 2017.Ĭummings released her first hour-long standup special, Money Shot, in 2010 on Comedy Central. The series ran for two seasons before being cancelled in 2013. She subsequently created, produced, and starred in NBC's Whitney, a sitcom in which she portrayed a semi-fictionalized version of herself.
After beginning standup in 2004, she secured regular appearances as a roundtable guest on Chelsea Lately. Whitney Ann Cummings (born September 4, 1982) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, writer, director, producer and podcaster.Ī native of Washington, D.C., Cummings pursued a comedy career in Los Angeles after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, where she had studied with the intention of becoming a journalist.
