Carrie Brownstein

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Carrie Rachel Brownstein (born September 27, 1974 ) is an American musician , actress , writer , director and comedian .

Carrie Brownstein. (2012)

life and career

Brownstein was born in Seattle , Washington and grew up in Redmond , Washington. Her mother was a housewife and a teacher, and her father was a corporate lawyer. However, they divorced when Carrie was 14 years old. Since then she has been raised by her father. Brownstein also has a younger sister and her family is Jewish .

She attended Lake Washington High School before transferring to Overlake School for her senior year. Brownstein started playing the guitar at the age of 15 and was tutored by Jeremy Enigk .

After passing high school, Carrie attended Western Washington University , but then moved to Evergreen State College . In 1997 she graduated from Evergreen State College with a major in sociolinguistics and then stayed in Olympia, Washington for three years before moving to Portland, Oregon .

She became known as a member of the band Excuse 17 before forming the successful rock trio Sleater-Kinney . During a long break with the band Sleater-Kinney, she founded the group Wild Flag . During this time, Brownstein wrote and appeared alongside Fred Armisen in a number of comedy sketches, which the two then developed into the satirical TV series Portlandia . For the series Brownstein was nominated several times for Emmy and she won u. a. a Peabody Award . After a while, the band Sleater-Kinney including Brownstein got back together and started touring in 2015 .

Web links

Commons : Carrie Brownstein  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nat: Five Things You Didn't Know About Carrie Brownstein. September 4, 2017. Retrieved November 24, 2019 (American English).
  2. ↑ Nat: Five Things You Didn't Know About Carrie Brownstein. September 4, 2017. Retrieved November 24, 2019 (American English).
  3. ↑ Meet Carrie Brownstein: A Triple Threat | Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved November 24, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Sports | Eastside spotlight: Overlake School | Seattle Times Newspaper. Retrieved November 24, 2019 .
  5. ↑ SLEATER-KINNEY.NET. September 28, 2007, accessed November 24, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Get Up. Retrieved November 24, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Interview: Carrie Brownstein on Portlandia. Retrieved November 24, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Sleater-Kinney Return! New album No Cities to Love! 2015 tour! "Bury Our Friends" Lyric Video! Retrieved November 24, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Brownstein, Carrie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brownstein, Carrie Rachel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician, actress, writer, director and comedian
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1974