Sarah Silverman
Sign in to saveAmerican comedian, actress, and writer
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1970-12-01
- Works
- 6
Top works
- By Sarah Silverman The Bedwetter
- Fresh Air with Terry Gross
- Eat, Pray, Fart
- Untitled
- You're a horrible person, but I like you
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Bedford, New Hampshire, USA
Sarah Kate Silverman (born December 1, 1970) is an American comedian, actress, and writer. Her comedy addresses social taboos and controversial topics, including racism, sexism, homophobia, politics, and religion, sometimes having her comic character endorse them in a satirical or deadpan fashion. She has won two Primetime Emmy Awards for her work on television. Silverman was a writer and…
Known for
- Tangles — (voice)2026
- Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! — Self - Comedian2026
- Mating Season — Samantha (voice)2026
- Sarah Silverman: PostMortem — Self2025
- From Darkness to Light — Self (archive footage)2025
- Everybody's Live with John Mulaney — Self - Comedian2025
- SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night — Self2025
- Stupid Pet Tricks — Self - Host2024
- Dinner Time Live with David Chang — Self2024
- John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. — Self2024
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 42,382
- Total plays
- 307,468
Tags
comedyAllfemalesexyfemale vocalists
A sassy, sharp tongued actress / comedian / writer from Bedford, New Hampshire. She started out on the HBO program "Mr. Show with Bob and David" (1995). Her quick wit and attractive features meant she was ideal on either side of the camera, and Silverman soon broke into feature films with appearances in Bulworth (1998), There's Something About Mary (1998) and The Bachelor (1999). Not forgetting her comedic roots on television, Silverman was back <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sarah+Silverma
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Density Estimation for Statistics and Data Analysis
· 2018 · cited 41,307x
- Three Approaches to Qualitative Content Analysis
· 2005 · cited 32,999x
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 22,652x
- Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities
· 2009 · cited 18,794x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,514x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Sarah Kate Silverman , ( 1970-12-01 ) December 1, 1970 (age 55) , Concord, New Hampshire , U.S.
- Occupations
- Stand-up comedian actress writer
- Partners
- Jimmy Kimmel (2002–2009) Michael Sheen (2014–2018) Rory Albanese (2020–present)
- Relatives
- Susan Silverman (sister) Laura Silverman (sister)
- Years active
- 1988–present
- Medium
- Stand-up film television radio
- Genres
- Blue comedy black comedy political satire insult comedy musical comedy character comedy
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 1 December 1970
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kate
- Family name
- Silverman
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Bedford
- Occupation
- actor
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- American English
Article
Sarah Kate Silverman (born December 1, 1970) is an American stand-up comedian, actress and writer. She first rose to prominence for her brief stint as a writer and cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live during its 19th season, between 1993 and 1994. She then starred in and produced The Sarah Silverman Program, which ran from 2007 to 2010 on Comedy Central. For her work on the program, Silverman was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
She has also acted in television projects such as Monk, Mr. Show and V.I.P. and starred in films, including Who's the Caboose? (1997), School of Rock (2003), Take This Waltz (2011), A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014), and Battle of the Sexes (2017). She also voiced Vanellope von Schweetz in Wreck-It Ralph (2012), and Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018). For her lead role in I Smile Back (2015) she was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award. She released an autobiography The Bedwetter in 2010 which she adapted into an off-Broadway musical in 2022.
Gallery (6)
Connections
Categories
1970 births20th-century American actresses20th-century American comedians20th-century American Jews20th-century American screenwriters20th-century American women writers21st-century American actresses21st-century American comedians21st-century American Jews21st-century American memoirists21st-century American screenwriters21st-century American women writers