American actress, comedian, and television writer (born 1982)
Jenny Slate
Slate at the 2014 Obvious Child premiere
Born
(1982-03-25) March 25, 1982 (age 42)
Massachusetts, U.S.
Education
Columbia University (BA)
Occupations
Actress
comedian
television writer
Years active
2005–present
Spouses
Dean Fleischer Camp
(m. 2012; div. 2016)
Ben Shattuck
(m. 2021)
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Children
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Jenny Slate (born March 25, 1982) is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and television 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.
Starting in 2017, Slate, who is Jewish, appeared on the animated Netflix series Big Mouth as the biracial Black–Jewish character Missy Foreman-Greenwald. She exited the role in 2020 because she felt it should be played by a Black actress; Slate has continued to voice other characters on the show.
^"Enter the Weird, Wonderful World of Jenny Slate". Marie Claire. January 18, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
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directed by Gillian Robespierre (in her directorial debut) and stars JennySlate, Jake Lacy, Gaby Hoffmann and David Cross. The story follows Donna, a...
Chris Pratt, Ke Huy Quan, Stanley Tucci, Jason Alexander, Brian Cox, JennySlate, Giancarlo Esposito, Anthony Mackie and Billy Bob Thornton. The Electric...
Dinerstein Knight, based on her 2015 novel of the same name. It stars JennySlate (who also co-produced) as a New York painter finding herself on assignment...
Lynch. The film features the voices of Patton Oswalt, Eric Stonestreet, JennySlate, Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, Lake Bell, Nick Kroll, Dana Carvey, Ellie...
editor. He created the Marcel the Shell with Shoes On short films with JennySlate, whom he was married to from 2012 to 2016. He also directed and starred...
Noah's Ark. The film stars the voices of Miles Teller, Aubrey Plaza, JennySlate, Rob Riggle, Craig Robinson and Stephen Merchant. The story follows an...
Brown, Sofia Boutella, Jeff Goldblum, Charlie Day, Brian Tyree Henry, JennySlate, Dave Bautista, and Zachary Quinto. The plot follows Jean Thomas, a nurse...
joined the writing staff of Big Mouth for the show's fourth season. After JennySlate stepped down from voicing the character Missy so the role could be played...
running a Ponzi scheme. The film stars Jack Black as Lewan, as well as JennySlate, Jason Schwartzman, and Jacki Weaver. It premiered at the 2017 Sundance...
co-starred in the Amazon feature film I Want You Back, alongside Charlie Day, JennySlate, Gina Rodriguez, Scott Eastwood and Manny Jacinto. She is the daughter...
film stars the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, JennySlate, Nate Torrence, Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake, Tommy Chong, J. K. Simmons, Octavia...
with Loren Bouchard. The series features the voices of Nick Offerman, JennySlate, Will Forte, Dulcé Sloan, Paul Rust, and Aparna Nancherla. In June 2020...
Ken Daurio. The film stars the voices of Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, JennySlate, Kevin Hart, Ellie Kemper, Lake Bell, Dana Carvey, Hannibal Buress, Bobby...
Middleditch, Adam Pally, Alex Ross Perry, Nick Kroll, Brett Gelman, JennySlate and Lauren Graham. It was shown in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section...
nominated for the Palme d'Or in 2003. It stars Adam Scott, Nick Kroll, JennySlate, Zoe Kazan and Charlie Hewson. The film had its world premiere at South...
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