Jenny Slate
- Acting
- March 25, 1982 · Milton, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
Jennifer Sarah "Jenny" Slate is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and writer. Following early acting and stand-up roles on television, Slate gained recognition for her live variety shows in New York City and for co-creating, writing, and producing the children's short film and book series Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2010–present). She became more widely known as a cast member on the 35th season of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live between 2009 and 2010, followed by subsequent roles in the comedic series Bob's Burgers (2012–present), Parks and Recreation (2013–2015), House of Lies (2013–2015), and Kroll Show (2013–2015). Slate's breakout role came with her leading performance in the coming-of-age comedy-drama film Obvious Child (2014), for which she won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and Gotham Independent Film Award. She lent voice performances to the animated films The Lorax (2012), Zootopia (2016), The Secret Life of Pets film franchise (2016–2019), The Lego Batman Movie, and Despicable Me 3 (both 2017), and she ventured into dramatic roles with her supporting performance as Bonnie in Gifted (2017). She also appeared in the critically acclaimed science-fiction film Everything Everywhere All at Once, winning the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
Known for
Filmography
- Forgotten Island · Batiba (Voice)
- At the Sea · Debbie
- Carousel · Rebecca
- Zootopia 2 · Bellwether (Voice)
- Dying for Sex · Nikki Boyer
- The Electric State · Penny Pal (Voice)
- It Ends with Us · Allysa
- Jenny Slate: Seasoned Professional · Self, Executive producer
- Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake · Huntress (Voice)
- Minions & More Volume 2 · Gidget (Voice)
- Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once · Self, Thanks
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On · Marcel (Voice), Producer
- The Bob's Burgers Movie · Tammy (Voice)
- Everything Everywhere All at Once · Big Nose
- I Want You Back · Emma Moore
- The Great North · Judy Tobin (Voice)
- On the Rocks · Vanessa
- The Sunlit Night · Frances, Producer
- Jenny Slate: Stage Fright · Self, Executive producer
- A Little Late with Lilly Singh · Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Super Gidget · Gidget (Voice)
- The Secret Life of Pets 2 · Gidget (Voice)
- The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience · Stacy
- Today with Jenna & Sheinelle · Self
- Venom · Dr. Dora Skirth
- Hotel Artemis · Officer Morgan Daniels
- Aardvark · Emily Milburton
- Muppet Babies · Miss Nanny (Voice)
- Muppet Babies: Show and Tell · Miss Nanny (Voice)
- Big Mouth · Missy Foreman-Greenwald (Voice), Pharmacist / Caitlin (Voice)
- Comrade Detective · Jane (Voice)
- Landline · Dana Jacobs, Executive producer
- Despicable Me 3 · Valerie Da Vinci (Voice)
- Batman Is Just Not That Into You · Harley Quinn (Voice)
- Gifted · Bonnie Stevenson
- Brain on Fire · Margo
- The Lego Batman Movie · Harley Quinn (Voice)
- The Polka King · Marla Lewan
- My Blind Brother · Rose
- David: Story of David · Elizabeth
- Joshy · Jodi
- Zoolander: Super Model · Nani (Voice)
- David · Elizabeth
- The Secret Life of Pets · Gidget (Voice)
- Lady Dynamite · Karen Grisham
- Zootopia · Bellwether (Voice)
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self, Rebecca
- Digging for Fire · Yoga Couple
- The Late Late Show with James Corden · Self
- Star vs. the Forces of Evil · Pony Head (Voice)
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- Dan Klein: This Is Comedy
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Three · Marcel (Voice), Writer
- The Longest Week · Jocelyn
- Married · Jess
- Catherine · Catherine, Screenplay
- Obvious Child · Donna, Executive producer
- Clarence · Pipi / Cookie Mama Cashier / Beatrice (Voice)
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- 9 Kisses · Woman in Chariot #1
- Off Camera with Sam Jones · Self
- Crush · Friend / Pumpkin Salesperson / Gynecologist
- @midnight with Chris Hardwick · Self
- Bitch · Molly Horner
- Hello Ladies · Amelia Gordon
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine · Bianca
- Drunk History · Self
- Kroll Show · Various characters
- Smile
- The Lorax · Mrs. Wiggins (Voice)
- This Means War · Emily
- House of Lies · Sarah
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked · Zoe
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Two · Marcel (Voice), Writer
- Self Esteem · Writer
- Bob's Burgers · Tammy (Voice), Tammy (voice) / Becca (Voice)
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On · Marcel (Voice), Writer