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.
Filmography (99)
At the Sea
2026
Carousel
2026
Forgotten Island
2026
The Electric State
2025
Zootopia 2
2025
Dying for Sex
2025
It Ends with Us
2024
Jenny Slate: Seasoned Professional
2024
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
2023
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023
Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022
The Bob's Burgers Movie
2022
Minions & More 2
2022
Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022
I Want You Back
2022
The Great North
2021
The Sunlit Night
2020
On the Rocks
2020
The Secret Life of Pets 2
2019
The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience
2019
Super Gidget
2019
Jenny Slate: Stage Fright
2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
2019
Aardvark
2018
Hotel Artemis
2018
Venom
2018
Muppet Babies
2018
Muppet Babies: Show and Tell
2018
Brain on Fire
2017
Gifted
2017
Landline
2017
The Polka King
2017
The Lego Batman Movie
2017
Despicable Me 3
2017
Batman Is Just Not That Into You
2017
Big Mouth
2017
Comrade Detective
2017
Joshy
2016
Zootopia
2016
My Blind Brother
2016
The Secret Life of Pets
2016
Zoolander: Super Model
2016
David
2016
Lady Dynamite
2016
David: Story of David
2016
Digging for Fire
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Longest Week
2014
Obvious Child
2014
Dan Klein: This Is Comedy
2014
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Three
2014
Catherine
2014
9 Kisses
2014
Married
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Clarence
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Crush
2013
Bitch
2013
Hello Ladies
2013
Drunk History
2013
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
Kroll Show
2013
The Lorax
2012
This Means War
2012
Smile
2012
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
2011
Self Esteem
2011
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Two
2011
Bob's Burgers
2011
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
2010
The Women of SNL
2010
Ugly Americans
2010
Adventure Time
2010
Conan
2010
Raising Hope
2010
Brothers
2009
The Great Debate
2009
100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s
2009
Parks and Recreation
2009
Bored to Death
2009
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
2008
The Whitest Kids U' Know
2007
Starved
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The Daily Show
1996
The Simpsons
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Emmy Awards
1949
Mindful
The Ark and the Aardvark
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