Comic and talk show host Chelsea Handler was born in 1975 in Livingston, New Jersey. She moved to Los Angeles at 19 to become an actress. While working as a waitress, Handler turned to stand-up comedy. She landed some television work and then turned to writing, hitting the best-sellers list in 2005. In 2007, Handler made her late-night debut with the talk show Chelsea Lately, and went on to create After Lately (2011), a successful scripted series based on the cast of her late-night talk show, and Are You There, Chelsea? (2012), a sitcom based on her memoir. In June 2014, she made an agreement with Netflix to create a talk show and a series of “docu-comedy“ specials for the online streaming service. #Biography Subscribe for more Biography: Delve deeper into Biography on our site: Follow Biography for more surprising stories from fascinating lives: Facebook - Instagram - .
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