20 Facts About Sarah Vowell

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Sarah Jane Vowell was born on December 27,1969 and is an American author, journalist, essayist, social commentator and voice actress.

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Sarah Vowell has written seven nonfiction books on American history and culture.

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Sarah Vowell was a contributing editor for the radio program This American Life on Public Radio International from 1996 to 2008, where she produced numerous commentaries and documentaries and toured the country in many of the program's live shows.

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Sarah Vowell was the voice of Violet Parr in the 2004 animated film The Incredibles and its 2018 sequel.

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Sarah Vowell's family moved to Bozeman, Montana when she was eleven.

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Sarah Vowell has been a regular contributor to the online magazine Salon.

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In 2005, Sarah Vowell served as a guest columnist for The New York Times during several weeks in July, briefly filling in for Maureen Dowd.

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Sarah Vowell wrote Unfamiliar Fishes, which discusses the Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the Newlands Resolution.

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Sarah Vowell provided commentary in Robert Wuhl's 2005 Assume the Position with Mr Wuhl HBO specials.

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Sarah Vowell provided the voice of Violet Parr, a shy teenager, in the 2004 Pixar animated film The Incredibles, and returned to her role for the film's sequel, Incredibles 2, in 2018.

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Sarah Vowell voiced the character in various related video games, and for Disney on Ice presentations in the years following the film's release.

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Sarah Vowell was featured prominently in the 2002 documentary about the alternative rock band, They Might Be Giants, entitled Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns, and she appeared with band members John Linnell and John Flansburgh in the DVD commentary for the movie.

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Sarah Vowell provided commentary for the April 2006 episode, "Murder at the Fair: The Assassination of President McKinley," one of ten in the History Channel miniseries, 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America.

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In September 2006, Sarah Vowell appeared as a minor character in the ABC drama Six Degrees.

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Sarah Vowell appeared in an episode of HBO's Bored to Death, as an interviewer in a bar, and in 2010, appeared briefly in the film Please Give, as a shopper.

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Sarah Vowell appeared on The Daily Show as a Senior Historical Context Correspondent.

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Sarah Vowell writes that she has a small amount of Cherokee ancestry.

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Sarah Vowell is not a member of any tribe or nation.

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Sarah Vowell retraced the path of the forced removal of the Cherokee from the southeastern United States to Oklahoma, known as the Trail of Tears, with her twin sister Amy.

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Sarah Vowell spent many vacations with her sister and nephew visiting historical sites.