As a writer and featured player, Silverman lasted just one season on SNL before she was fired (she returned to host in 2014). She would later pay homage to that gig via a recurring role on The Larry Sanders Show.
The rare comedy concert film to get a theatrical release, the raunchy Jesus Is Magic, based on her off-Broadway show, is the highest-grossing stand-up feature starring ?a female comedian, earning $1.3 million.
Silverman co-created (with Rob Schrab? and Dan Harmon) this deliciously outlandish Comedy Central show — which scored her a lead actress in a comedy Emmy nomination in 2009.
For the first time, the comedian went serious for this romantic drama from writer-director Sarah Polley, which also starred Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen. Another milestone: Silverman’s first nude scene.
If anyone under 12 knows Silverman’s name, it’s from this Disney outing, ?in which she voices an adorable video game character named Vanellope von Schweetz. The film grossed $471.2 million worldwide.
Silverman appeared opposite stars Michael Sheen (her boyfriend) and Lizzy Caplan — she plays a lesbian looking to rekindle an old romance — on the second and third seasons of Showtime’s lauded period drama.