"This week Jamie Lynn Spears announced that she’s pregnant. I think she should opt for adoption. I would never recommend abortion, unless you’ve got the punch card filled up, and the eighth one is free." - Chelsea Handler 

Chelsea Joy Handler (born February 25, 1975) is an American actress and comedian. She currently has her own television program, Chelsea Lately, on the E! Cable Television Network.

Handler was born in the suburban town of Livingston, New Jersey. The youngest of six children, she was raised Jewish by her Mormon mother and Jewish father.

Handler is a stand-up comedian who has made multiple appearances across America. She was also 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! and Scarborough Country as well as a correspondent on The Tonight Show and has been a guest on Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld and The View. 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). Chelsea Handler also appeared in her own comedy series on E! titled The Chelsea Handler Show. Chelsea was a co-host on The View on August 2, 2007.

In 2007, Handler is performing with the Hour Stand-Up Comedy Tour across the U.S.. Her stand-up has been televised on Vh1's Love Lounge, Comedy Central's Premium Blend, and HBO's broadcast of the Aspen Comedy Festival. Chelsea Handler was the host of the highly anticipated Fox show "On The Lot." The show, produced by Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett, is a competition for aspiring filmmakers who are vying for a chance at stardom. She was replaced after one episode by former Robin & Company entertainment anchor, Adrianna Costa.

Started in July 2007, Handler is starring on her own half an hour latenight comedy series on E! titled Chelsea Lately. This series places Handler against a slew of male dominated talk shows, and the comedienne will offer a different take and draw upon her female nature in her programming.

Handler dates Ted Harbert, who, as the CEO of Comcast Entertainment Group, oversees E! Entertainment Television.