Jenny Slate
Acting
1982-03-25 · 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.
Filmography
TheatersForgotten Island
2026 · Movie
At the Sea
2026 · Movie
Carousel
2026 · Movie
Zootopia 2
2025 · Movie
Dying for Sex
2025 · Series
The Electric State
2025 · Movie
It Ends with Us
2024 · Movie
Jenny Slate: Seasoned Professional
2024 · Movie
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023 · Series
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
2023 · Series
Minions & More 2
2022 · Movie
Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022 · Movie
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
2022 · Movie
The Bob's Burgers Movie
2022 · Movie
Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022 · Movie
I Want You Back
2022 · Movie
The Great North
2021 · Series
On the Rocks
2020 · Movie
The Sunlit Night
2020 · Movie
Jenny Slate: Stage Fright
2019 · Movie
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019 · Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series
Super Gidget
2019 · Movie
The Secret Life of Pets 2
2019 · Movie
The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience
2019 · Movie
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
2019 · Series
Venom
2018 · Movie
Hotel Artemis
2018 · Movie
Aardvark
2018 · Movie
Muppet Babies
2018 · Series
Muppet Babies: Show and Tell
2018 · Series
Big Mouth
2017 · Series
Comrade Detective
2017 · Series
Landline
2017 · Movie
Despicable Me 3
2017 · Movie
Batman Is Just Not That Into You
2017 · Movie
Gifted
2017 · Movie
Brain on Fire
2017 · Movie
The Lego Batman Movie
2017 · Movie
The Polka King
2017 · Movie
My Blind Brother
2016 · Movie
David: Story of David
2016 · Series
Joshy
2016 · Movie
Zoolander: Super Model
2016 · Movie
David
2016 · Movie
The Secret Life of Pets
2016 · Movie
Lady Dynamite
2016 · Series
Zootopia
2016 · Movie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Series
Digging for Fire
2015 · Movie
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Series
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
2015 · Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Series
Dan Klein: This Is Comedy
2014 · Movie
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Three
2014 · Movie
The Longest Week
2014 · Movie
Married
2014 · Series
Catherine
2014 · Movie
Obvious Child
2014 · Movie
Clarence
2014 · Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Series
9 Kisses
2014 · Movie
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 · Series
Crush
2013 · Movie
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
2013 · Series
Bitch
2013 · Movie
Hello Ladies
2013 · Series
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013 · Series
Drunk History
2013 · Series
Kroll Show
2013 · Series
Smile
2012 · Movie
The Lorax
2012 · Movie
This Means War
2012 · Movie
House of Lies
2012 · Series
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
2011 · Movie
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Two
2011 · Movie
Self Esteem
2011 · Movie
Bob's Burgers
2011 · Series
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
2010 · Movie
Conan
2010 · Series
The Women of SNL
2010 · Movie
Raising Hope
2010 · Series
Adventure Time
2010 · Series
Ugly Americans
2010 · Series
Brothers
2009 · Series
Bored to Death
2009 · Series
The Great Debate
2009 · Series
Parks and Recreation
2009 · Series
100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s
2009 · Series
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009 · Series
Obvious Child
2009 · Movie
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
2008 · Series
The Whitest Kids U' Know
2007 · Series
Starved
2005 · Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
The Daily Show
1996 · Series
The Simpsons
1989 · Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Series
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
The Emmy Awards
1949 · Series
Mindful
Movie
The Ark and the Aardvark
Movie