How much is Sarah Silverman worth?
| Net Worth: | $10 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Comedian |
| Date of Birth: | December 1, 1970 (age 50) |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 1.7 m |
About Sarah Silverman
Sarah Kate Silverman was born on December 1, 1970 and is an American stand-up comedian, actress, singer, and writer with an estimated net worth of $10 million. Sarah Kate Silverman was born in Bedford, New Hampshire, in December of 1970. The youngest of four sisters, Silverman began performing in local theater around the age of 12. Her Jewish upbringing later became a big source of material in her act. She began doing stand-up at age 17 and continued to perform around Greenwich Village while attending college at NYU.
Silverman was a writer and featured player during the 1993-94 season of Saturday Night Live, alongside fellow comics Dave Attell and Jay Mohr. After spending an entire season without getting a single sketch on the air, Silverman was fired (via fax) in 1994.
In 1997, Silverman joined the cast of The Larry Sanders Show as Wendy, the new staff writer. Some of her story lines on the show were indirect references to her experience on SNL. She stayed on the show for its remaining two seasons.
Though she acted in a number of films throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s (including There’s Something About Mary, The Bachelor and Heartbreakers), most of Silverman’s movie roles consisted of “best friend” types. She wouldn’t get the chance to play the romantic lead until 2006, when comedian Jeff Garlin cast her in his film I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With.
Rather than wait for a lead role to come to her, Silverman released her own concert film, Jesus is Magic, in 2005. It consisted of material from her stand-up act and several short music videos of songs she wrote for the film.
Silverman’s take-no-prisoners comedy style has caused minor controversy throughout her career. During an appearance on Late Night with Conan O’Brien in 2001, she used a racial slur for Chinese people as part of the punchline to a joke. Though her deliberately clueless bigotry was the point of the material, the Media Action Network for Asian Americans expressed outrage and asked for an apology. Silverman, explaining that the comment was a satire of racism, refused to apologize.
By 2007, Silverman had become one of the biggest names in stand-up comedy. She hosted both the Independent Spirit Awards and the MTV Movie Awards, as well as opened the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards. She’s also a regular guest on the late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Silverman’s own Comedy Central series, The Sarah Silverman Program, premiered in early 2007. It co-stars her sister, Laura, and comics Brian Posehn and Jay Johnston (both formerly of Mr. Show), and features the comedienne playing a spoiled and narcissistic version of herself. After three seasons, it was canceled in 2010.
In 2011, Silverman played Geraldine alongside Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen in Take This Waltz. The movie was written and directed by Sarah Polley and premiered in Toronto. Silverman voiced Vanellope von Schweetz, one of the main characters in the 2012 Disney animated film Wreck-It Ralph. In 2013, HBO announced that Silverman would star with Patti LuPone and Topher Grace in a situation comedy pilot called People in New Jersey, produced by SNL’s Lorne Michaels.
From 2017 to 2018, she hosted the Hulu streaming television late-night talk show I Love You, America with Sarah Silverman. In 2019 she was featured in a 30-minute YouTube documentary called Laughing Matters. As of 2023, Sarah Silverman’s net worth is estimated to be $10 million.
