Chelsea Handler (full name Chelsea Jane Handler) was born in Livingston, New Jersey on February 25, 1975. Teenager Chelsea participated in the Miss New Jersey competition where she came at the Top 15. At the age of 19, she shifted to Los Angeles.
Chelsea Handler began her career with stand-up come show The Improv and gained good popularity there. After this, she appeared on television with the movie Spy TV and The Plotter, both in 2001. In 2002, she got nominal roles on the movies My Wife and Kids and The Practice. 2003 saw her in the series Girls Behaving Badly and then she was see on on The Bernie Mac Show in 2004.
During this time, she wrote her first book, named My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night S
tands. The book was published in 2005 and went on to become a New York bestseller.
In 2006, she worked as reporter for The Tonight Show. Her emerging popularity led to hosting The Chelsea Handler Show on E! network. Following this in 2007 came the show named Chelsea Lately.
Chelsea also wrote her second book Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea. She was also seen on the series In the Motherhood, a series that was aired on the web. It was later made into a TV series by ABC.
Chelsea Lately is also scheduled for another run in 2009.
Why is she famous?
Chelsea Handler is a writer and performer who is famous as the anchor of show Chelsea Lately broadcasted on E! Network.
Here is one of her famous quotes:
"I went out with a guy who once told me I didn't need to drink to make myself more fun to be around. I told him, I'm drinking so that you're more fun to be around."
- Chelsea Handler
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