Jenny Slate
Born: 1982-03-25 in Milton, Massachusetts, USA
Known For: Acting
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
2026
- Forgotten Island as (voice)
- At the Sea as Debbie
- Carousel as Rebecca
2025
- Zootopia 2 as Bellwether (voice)
- Dying for Sex as Nikki Boyer
- The Electric State as Penny Pal (voice)
2024
- It Ends with Us as Allysa
- Jenny Slate: Seasoned Professional as Self
2023
- Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake as Huntress (voice)
- Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2022
- Everything Everywhere All at Once as Big Nose
- Minions & More 2 as Gidget (voice)
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On as Marcel (voice)
- The Bob's Burgers Movie as Tammy (voice)
- I Want You Back as Emma Moore
- Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once as Self
2021
- The Great North as Judy Tobin (voice)
2020
- On the Rocks as Vanessa
- The Sunlit Night as Frances
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
- The Secret Life of Pets 2 as Gidget (voice)
- Today with Jenna & Sheinelle as Self
- The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience as Stacy
- Super Gidget as Gidget (voice)
- Jenny Slate: Stage Fright as Herself
2018
- Venom as Dr. Dora Skirth
- Muppet Babies as Miss Nanny (voice)
- Hotel Artemis as Officer Morgan Daniels
- Muppet Babies: Show and Tell as Miss Nanny (voice)
- Aardvark as Emily Milburton
2017
- Big Mouth as Missy Foreman-Greenwald (voice)
- The Lego Batman Movie as Harley Quinn (voice)
- Gifted as Bonnie Stevenson
- Despicable Me 3 as Valerie Da Vinci (voice)
- Comrade Detective as Jane (voice)
- Brain on Fire as Margo
- Landline as Dana Jacobs
- The Polka King as Marla Lewan
- Batman Is Just Not That Into You as Harley Quinn (voice)
2016
- Zootopia as Bellwether (voice)
- Lady Dynamite as Karen Grisham
- The Secret Life of Pets as Gidget (voice)
- Joshy as Jodi
- David: Story of David as Elizabeth
- Zoolander: Super Model as Nani (voice)
- My Blind Brother as Rose
- David as Elizabeth
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- Star vs. the Forces of Evil as Pony Head (voice)
- Digging for Fire as Yoga Couple
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Clarence as Pipi / Cookie Mama Cashier / Beatrice (voice)
- Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- Married as Jess
- The Longest Week as Jocelyn
- Obvious Child as Donna
- 9 Kisses as Woman in Chariot #1
- Dan Klein: This Is Comedy
- Catherine as Catherine
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Three as Marcel (voice)
2013
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Bianca
- @midnight with Chris Hardwick as Self
- Drunk History as Herself - Storyteller
- Hello Ladies as Amelia Gordon
- Kroll Show as Various characters
- Crush as Friend / Pumpkin Salesperson / Gynecologist
- Bitch as Molly Horner
2012
- The Lorax as Mrs. Wiggins (voice)
- This Means War as Emily
- Smile
2011
- Bob's Burgers as Tammy (voice)
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked as Zoe
- Self Esteem
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Two as Marcel (voice)
2010
- Conan as Self
- Adventure Time as Huntress Wizard (voice)
- Raising Hope as Joan
- Ugly Americans as Jaclyn (voice)
- The Women of SNL as Gretchen (archive footage)
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On as Marcel (voice)
2009
- Parks and Recreation as Mona-Lisa Saperstein
- Bored to Death as Stella
- Brothers
- The Great Debate
- 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s
- Obvious Child as Donna
2005
- Starved as Member of The Belt Tighteners (uncredited)
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
1989
- The Simpsons as Piper Paisley (voice)
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Various Characters
1949
- The Emmy Awards as Self