Chelsea Handler was born in Livingston, New Jersey, to a Mormon mother, Rita (Stoecker), who was born in Germany, and an American-born Jewish father, Seymour Handler. She was the youngest of six children. In 2002, Chelsea was one of the stars of Oxygen’s Girls Behaving Badly (2002). Chelsea got her start doing stand-up comedy, she has since performed nationwide to sold out audiences. Chelsea is a best-selling author, writing the books “My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One Night Stands”, “Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea” and “Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang”. Chelsea is a late-night talk show host, with Chelsea Lately (2007).