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Jenny Slate

Jenny Slate

Birthday: 1982-03-25 | Place of Birth: Milton, Massachusetts, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2026
The Ark and the Aardvark

as    Mitzy (voice)

2026
Carousel

as    Rebecca

2025
Dying for Sex

as    Nikki Boyer

2024
It Ends with Us

as    Allysa

2022
2022
I Want You Back

as    Emma Moore

2022
Minions & More 2

as    Gidget (voice)

2022
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

as    Marcel (voice)

2022
The Meet Arnold Movie

as    Suzie Kate Everett

2022
Meet Arnold: The Movie

as    Suzie Kate Everett

2022
The Meet Arnold: The Movie

as    Suzie Kate Everett

2022
The Meet Arnold: The Movie

as    Suzie Kate Everett

2022
Meet Arnold: The Movie

as    Suzie Kate Everett

2022
Meet Arnold: The Movie

as    Suzie Kate Everett

2021
The Great North

as    Judy Tobin (voice)

2020
Zootopia

as    Bellwether (voice)

2020
The Sunlit Night

as    Frances

2020
On the Rocks

as    Vanessa

2019
The Secret Life of Pets 2

as    Gidget (voice)

2019
Super Gidget

as    Gidget (voice)

2019
The Meet Arnold Show

as    Suzie Kate Everett

2019
The Meet Arnold Show

as    Suzie Kate Everett

2019
The Meet Arnold Show

as    Suzie Kate Everett

2019
Meet Arnold: The Show

as    Suzie Kate Everett