• Sarah Silverman is a comedian, writer and musician known for her outrageous and ironic take on the subjects of race, sex and religion. She is the creator and star of Comedy Central's The Sarah Silverman Program and concert film Jesus Is Magic.

  Silverman was romantically linked to talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, but the couple split in early March of 2009 for the second time.People: Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel Call It Quits (March 7, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: December 1, 1970
  2. Birthplace: Bedford, New Hampshire
  3. Concert film: Jesus Is Magic
  4. TV role: Sarah Silverman, The Sarah Silverman Program
  5. Sister Laura Silverman co-stars in the The Sarah Silverman Program
  6. Hosted 2007 MTV Movie Awards
  7. Dated Jimmy Kimmel
  8. Urged young Jewish people to lobby their grandparents in Florida to vote for Obama - The Great Schlep

• Career Overview

  Silverman was a cast member of Saturday Night Live, The Larry Sanders Show and Greg the Bunny. She was a featured performer on Mr. Show with Bob and David and has voiced characters on Futurama, Crank Yankers and Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

  Silverman dated late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel from 2002 until their breakup in 2008. A 2008 guest appearance on Kimmel's show, following the Oscars, resulted in the popular viral video "I'm F*cking Matt Damon." The couple reconciled but split again in March of 2009.

• Young Sarah Silverman

  On October 30, 2008, Sarah Silverman appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The two spoke with general awkwardness, given that they used to be a couple. After general introductions, Kimmel showed a video of a very young Sarah Silverman, from 1985 in Boston, Massachusetts, singing a show tunes song at an apparent talent show of sorts. For this, Silverman called Kimmel a "F***ing A** hole."Usmagazine.com: Sarah Silverman Asks Jimmy Kimmel If He Kissed Anyone After Split (October 31, 2008)

• Controversies

  Silverman's stand-up has courted controversy many times in her career. She has been publicly reproached by the Media Action Network for Asian Americans and television personality Joe Franklin, who took offense at a joke Silverman told about him in the documentary film The Aristocrats.

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  Sarah Silverman Obama Video | The Sarah Silverman Program | Sarah Silverman Photos | Sarah Silverman Matt Damon | Sarah Silverman Heckled | Susan Boyle

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