Carrie Rachel Brownstein was born on September 27,1974 and is an American musician, actress, writer, director, and comedian.
21 Facts About Carrie Brownstein
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Carrie Brownstein first came to prominence as a member of the band Excuse 17 before forming the rock trio Sleater-Kinney.
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Sleater-Kinney eventually reunited; as of 2015, Carrie Brownstein was touring with the band as well as in support of her new memoir.
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Carrie Brownstein was born in Seattle, Washington, and was raised in Redmond, Washington.
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Carrie Brownstein's mother was a housewife and a teacher, and her father was a corporate lawyer.
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Carrie Brownstein attended Lake Washington High School before transferring to The Overlake School for her senior year.
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Carrie Brownstein began playing guitar at 15 and received lessons from Jeremy Enigk.
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Carrie Brownstein showed me a couple of open chords and I just took it from there.
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In 1997, Carrie Brownstein graduated from Evergreen with an emphasis on sociolinguistics and stayed in Olympia, Washington, for three years before moving to Portland, Oregon.
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On October 20,2014, Carrie Brownstein announced on Twitter that Sleater-Kinney would be releasing a new album, No Cities to Love, on January 20,2015, and would tour in early 2015.
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In 2006, Carrie Brownstein was the only woman to earn a spot in the Rolling Stone readers' list of the 25 "Most Underrated Guitarists of All-Time".
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Carrie Brownstein began a career as a writer before Sleater-Kinney broke up.
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Carrie Brownstein interviewed Eddie Vedder, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Karen O, and Cheryl Hines for The Believer magazine.
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Carrie Brownstein has written a couple of music-related video game reviews for Slate.
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Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen published several video skits as part of a comedy duo called "ThunderAnt".
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Carrie Brownstein starred opposite James Mercer of The Shins in the 2010 independent film Some Days Are Better Than Others.
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From 2014 to 2019, Carrie Brownstein played the role of Syd in the Amazon Studios original series Transparent.
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In 2015, Carrie Brownstein portrayed Genevieve Cantrell in the Todd Haynes film Carol, based on Patricia Highsmith's novel The Price of Salt.
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Carrie Brownstein has appeared as a guest on Saturday Night Live, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Man Seeking Woman, among other shows.
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Carrie Brownstein starred in and wrote the screenplay for The Nowhere Inn, a 2020 tour mockumentary thriller, with Annie Clark.
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Carrie Brownstein was outed as bisexual to her family and the world by Spin when she was 21 years old.