Sarah Silverman

She is a vegan and non-alcoholic. Though ethically Jewish, she is an agnostic by belief.

She has been romantically linked with various actors and co-stars including, Dave Attell, Colin Quinn and Tom. Her affair with Jimmy Kimmel lasted for five years. The couple split only to be reunited for a year before parting ways for good.

Sarah Silverman was the youngest of the five children born to Beth Ann and Donald Silverman. Since an early age, she had the knack for entertaining audience through her raunchy, politically incorrect comedy.

In the early years, she went through a troubled phase. The Silvermans lived in the town dominated by Christians, which made young Sarah feel like an outsider as they belonged to the Jewish community. Furthermore, she battled with bouts of depression.

She developed an inherent love for comedy which stayed with her all through. At the age of 12, she started appearing at local clubs and community theatre and performed her first stand-up routine in Boston.

She attained her formal education from The Derryfield School in Manchester before enrolling at the New York University to study dramatics. However, she soon dropped out of the same to pursue a full-time career in comedy

Dropping out of the university, she performed at the open mic gigs around Manhattan. It was during one of the tours that she was spotted by a scout of the legendary television show, ‘Saturday Night Live’ or SNL.

In 1993, she bagged herself the position of a writer and performer at SNL. However, the good luck did not last long as she was fired after one season. Furthermore, none of her jokes was aired as they were tagged nonconformist.

The hiatus from television did not last long as she bounced back in 1995 for the HBO sketch comedy ‘Mr Show’, featuring Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. In the following year, she appeared on ‘The Larry Sanders Show’, playing a spoof of her stint at SNL. She also starred in two episodes of ‘Star Trek Voyager’.

In 1997, she bagged herself a lead role in Sam Seder’s film, ‘Who’s the Caboose?’ She and Seder reunited for a six-episode television series sequel entitled ‘Pilot Season’. The same year, she was also seen making guest appearance in ‘Seinfeld’

Her acting skills earned her roles in various films including, ‘There's Something About Mary’, ‘Say It Isn't So’, ‘School of Rock’, ‘The Way of the Gun’, ‘Overnight Delivery’, ‘Screwed’, ‘Heartbreakers’, ‘Evolution’, ‘School for Scoundrels’, and ‘Rent’.

She won an Emmy award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics for the song, ‘I’m Fucking Matt Damon’