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 performer on Saturday Night Live and she starred in and produced The Sarah Silverman Program which ran from 2007 to 2010 on Comedy Central for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series She released an autobiography The Bedwetter in 2010 She also appeared in other television programs such as Mr Show and VIP and starred in films including Whos the Caboose 1997 School of Rock 2003 WreckIt Ralph 2012 A Million Ways to Die in the West 2014 and Ralph Breaks the Internet 2018 In 2015 she starred in the drama I Smile Back for which she was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role During the 2016 election she became increasingly politically active she initially campaigned for Bernie Sanders but later spoke in support of Hillary Clinton at the 2016 Democratic National Convention She hosted the Hulu streaming television latenight talk show I Love You America with Sarah Silverman from 2017 until late 2018 Description above from the Wikipedia article Sarah Silverman licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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