Carrie Brownstein

Biography

Carrie Brownstein is an American musician from Seattle who also acts, writes, directs, and performs comedy. Raised in Redmond, she took up guitar as a teenager and first drew notice in the band Excuse 17. She then helped start Sleater-Kinney, the rock trio that became her main project. During a long pause for that band, she formed Wild Flag. With Fred Armisen, she created and starred in Portlandia, a satirical sketch series set in Portland that aired from 2011 to 2018 and won Emmy and Peabody Awards. She played Syd on Transparent from 2014 to 2019 and appeared as Genevieve Cantrell in Todd Haynes's Carol (2015). She wrote and starred in The Nowhere Inn (2020), a mockumentary thriller made with Annie Clark, and published the memoir Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl in 2015.

52years old

Turns 53 on September 27in 321 days

Born September 27, 1974Seattle
Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Also credited as Carrie Rachel Grace Brownstein and Carrie Rachel Brownstein

Movie Career

Films: 5
Career span: 7 years2013 to 2020

Every film, newest first

2020The Nowhere InnIMDb rating 5.6
2018Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on FootIMDb rating 6.8
2018The OathIMDb rating 5.7
2015CarolIMDb rating 7.3
2013The Punk SingerIMDb rating 7.4

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A first
In 2006, Brownstein appeared on a Rolling Stone readers' list of the 25 "Most Underrated Guitarists of All-Time", and no other woman made that list.
Early training
Brownstein started playing guitar at 15 and took lessons from Jeremy Enigk, who lived in the neighborhood next to hers, so she would walk her guitar to his house.
Behind the camera
Brownstein wrote and appeared in comedy sketches with Fred Armisen, and those sketches became the satirical TV series Portlandia, which aired from 2011 to 2018 and won Emmy and Peabody Awards.
Behind the camera
Brownstein wrote the screenplay for The Nowhere Inn and also starred in it. The 2020 tour mockumentary thriller paired her with Annie Clark, known as St. Vincent.