1. Sarah Jane Vowell was born on December 27,1969 and is an American historian, author, journalist, essayist, social commentator and actress.
22 Facts About Sarah Vowell
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Sarah Vowell has written seven nonfiction books on American history and culture.
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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 was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma on December 27,1969.
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Sarah Vowell's family moved to Bozeman, Montana when she was eleven.
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Sarah Vowell's articles have been published in The Village Voice, Esquire, Spin Magazine, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, SF Weekly, and The Washington Post.
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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 again served as a guest columnist in February 2006.
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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 related video games, and for Disney on Ice presentations.
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Sarah Vowell 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 Nation ancestry.
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Sarah Vowell is not a citizen of the Cherokee Nation or any other tribe.
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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.