Sarah Silverman
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AKA Sarah Kate Silverman

Born: 1-Dec-1970

Birthplace: Bedford, NH

Gender: Female

Religion: Jewish

Race or Ethnicity: White

Sexual orientation: Straight

Occupation: Comic, Actor

Nationality: United States

Executive summary: The Sarah Silverman Program

Sarah Silverman first performed stand-up at 17, at a club in Boston. After a brief stint as a college student, she was supporting herself with comedy by the age of 20, and by age 22 she was on SNL, alongside Phil Hartman, Mike Myers, and Adam Sandler. She says she was fired from SNL in a fax, but within weeks she was a regular on Mr. Show with Bob and David. She worked steadily in films and on stage through the 1990s before returning to the tube for Greg the Bunny with Seth Green and Crank Yankers with Jimmy Kimmel, who was her romantic entanglement for several years.

Recognisable (yet uncharacteristic) Silverman performances include Kramer's girlfriend on Seinfeld, as Cameron Diaz's girlfriend in There's Something About Mary, and as Jack Black's roommate's girlfriend in School of Rock. She also starred in a 2005 comedy concert film, Jesus Is Magic.

In a 2001 appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, she told a joke with the punchline, "I love chinks," for which the Media Action Network for Asian Americans demanded an apology. NBC and O'Brien both apologized, but Silverman never did. The joke is about trying to get out of jury duty, and as Silverman told it, a friend suggested to her, "Why don't you write something inappropriate on the form, like 'I hate chinks'?" But she says she did not want to be thought a racist, so instead, "I just filled out the form and I wrote, 'I love chinks' -- and who doesn't?"

Father: Donald Silverman (author, The Enemy Is Me)

Mother: Beth Ann Halpin (m. John O'Hara)

Sister: Laura Silverman (actress)

Sister: Susan Abramowitz-Silverman (rabbi and author, Jewish Family & Life)

Sister: Jodyne Speyer ("Jody", stepsister, executive, Copyright Clearinghouse)

Boyfriend: Dave Attell (ex-)

Boyfriend: Sam Seder (ex-)

Boyfriend: Jimmy Kimmel (comedian, together 2002-09)

Boyfriend: Alec Sulkin (writer/producer, together 2010-?)

Boyfriend: Michael Sheen (together 2014-)

High School: The Derryfield School, Manchester, NH (1989)

University: New York University (dropped out)

Emmy 2008 (Best Original Music and Lyrics for "I'm Fucking Matt Damon")

Endorsement of Gap 2007

Wedding: Howard Stern and Beth Ostrosky (2008)

Russian Ancestry

Jewish Ancestry

Risk Factors: Marijuana, Depression

TELEVISION

The Sarah Silverman Program Sarah (2007-10)

Greg the Bunny Alison Kaiser (2002)

Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995-97)

The Larry Sanders Show Wendy Traston (1996-97)

Saturday Night Live (1993-94)

Celebrity Poker Showdown Contestant

FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR

Ralph Breaks the Internet (5-Nov-2018) [VOICE]

Battle of the Sexes (2-Sep-2017)

The Book of Henry (16-Jun-2017)

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (24-May-2016)

Punching Henry (13-Mar-2016)

Ashby (19-Apr-2015)

I Smile Back (25-Jan-2015)

A Million Ways to Die in the West (29-May-2014)

Harmontown (8-Mar-2014) · Herself

The Unbelievers (29-Apr-2013) · Herself

Wreck-It Ralph (1-Nov-2012) [VOICE]

The Muppets (4-Nov-2011)

Take This Waltz (10-Sep-2011) · Geraldine

Peep World (15-Sep-2010) · Cheri

Funny People (20-Jul-2009) · Herself

Saint John of Las Vegas (10-Jun-2009) · Jill

Super High Me (20-Apr-2008) · Herself

Futurama: Bender's Big Score (27-Nov-2007) · Michelle [VOICE]

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (13-Oct-2007) · Herself

Certifiably Jonathan (1-Mar-2007) · Herself

Fired! (2-Feb-2007) · Herself

School for Scoundrels (29-Sep-2006)

I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (28-Apr-2006) · Beth

Rent (23-Nov-2005) · Alexi Darling

Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic (11-Feb-2005) · Sarah

The Aristocrats (Jan-2005) · Herself

Stories of Lost Souls (2005) · Herself

Hair High (17-Apr-2004) [VOICE]

Run Ronnie Run! (16-Sep-2003)

The School of Rock (9-Sep-2003) · Patty Di Marco

Evolution (8-Jun-2001)

Heartbreakers (23-Mar-2001)

Say It Isn't So (12-Mar-2001)

The Way of the Gun (8-Sep-2000) · Raving Bitch

Screwed (12-May-2000) · Hillary

The Bachelor (3-Nov-1999)

Late Last Night (20-Jun-1999)

There's Something About Mary (15-Jul-1998)

Bulworth (15-May-1998) · 2nd American Politics Assistant

Overnight Delivery (7-Apr-1998)

Who's the Caboose? (1997) · Susan

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