Carrie Brownstein was born as Carrie Rachel Brownstein in 27th September, 1974 in the city of Seattle which is located in the state of Washington. She was born to Jewish parents. Carrie’s father and mother were Lawyer and a school teacher respectively. She grew up in the city of Redmond which is in the state of Washington. At the age of 14, she moved in with her father after her parents got divorced. She has one sister who is younger to her. She did her high schooling in Lake Washington School and eventually graduated from Overlake School after she moved there in the senior year.
When she was 15, she started taking guitar lessons from a famous guitarist, Jeremy Enigk who was living in the same neighborhood as Carrie’s. Carrie often went to his place to learn guitar. She joined the Western Washington University after her high school. She got transferred to the college of Evergreen State. In Evergreen, she became friends with Becca Albee, Tobi Vail, Kathleen Hanna and Corin Tucker. In 1993, Carrie along with CJ Philips and Albee formed a punk rock band named Excuse 17. Excuse 17 band often collaborated with another band named Heavens to Betsy which was founded by Corin Tucker. The two rock bands split up eventually and Brownstein and Tucker formed a new rock band called Sleater-Kinney.
They composed and recorded the first album under the same name as the band name in 1994 during their vacation Australia. The album was subsequently released in 1995 and it was a great success. After touring with various drummers in 1995. Jannet Weiss, a drummer joined the rock band. The band released different albums till 2006 before taking a break. The albums released the band were Call the Doctor, The Hot Rock, Dig Me Out, One Beat, All hands on the Bad One and the Woods. After a long break, the band members joined hands again and released a new album in 2015. The band also announced the tour plans of the band. The band was expected to tour European and North American Countries.
In 2010, Brownstein formed a punk rock band named Wilf Flag along with Rebecca Cole, Mary Timony and Jannet Weiss. The band released their first album in the same name as the band name in 2011.
Apart from being a guitarist, she is also a writer. She was writing a blog titled ‘Monitor Mix’ from 2007 to 2010. Her memoir was released on 2015. Often and now she is in the news for the hairstyle she wears.
Brownstein has an estimated net worth of $2.5 million dollars. She has a unique hairstyle. She identifies herself as bisexual. She was dating her bandmate Tucker in late 1990’s. She is rumored to dating the lead actor of Orange is the New Black TV show, Taylor Schilling. More information about biography can be found in Wikipedia. Carrie Brownstein has tried her hands in acting also. She stated that acting is one of her many hobbies. She is one of the lead actors of a comedy TV show called Portlandia.
| Birth Date: | 27 Sep, 1974 |
| Age: | 45 yrs |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Seattle |
| Education: | Evergreen State College Western Washington University |
| Gender: | Female |
| Description: | Musician and actor from the United States |
| Twitter Id: | Carrie_Rachel |
| Net Worth 2021: | 3 million |
