Name	Carrie Brownstein
Height
Naionality	American
Date of Birth	27-September-1974
Place of Birth	Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Famous for	Acting

Carrie Brownstein is an American musician, writer, and actress, who first widely became known as a guitarist and vocalist in Sleater-Kinney. Since 2010 Brownstein has sung and played guitar for the band Wild Flag; they released their self-titled debut album in September 2011. Brownstein stars with co-developer Fred Armisen in Portlandia, a sketch comedy show which began airing in January 2011 on the Independent Film Channel.

In 2007 Brownstein briefly worked at Portland ad agency Wieden+Kennedy, helping them review applicants for their WK12 program of one-year internships. Brownstein has been an actress (in what she calls a "mere hobby"), with a role in the short film Fan Mail, as well as the experimental feature Group, and the Miranda July film Getting Stronger Everyday. Brownstein and Fred Armisen have published several video skits as part of a comedy duo called "ThunderAnt". She also starred opposite James Mercer of The Shins in the 2009 independent film Some Days Are Better Than Others.

After their ThunderAnt videos, Brownstein and Armisen developed Portlandia, a sketch comedy show shot on location in Portland, for the Independent Film Channel. The two star in the series and write for it with Allison Silverman from The Colbert Report and Jonathan Krisel, a writer for Saturday Night Live. The show, which features appearances of some of the characters from ThunderAnt, aired its premiere in January 2011. It was renewed for a second and a third season.