Jenny Slate
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 sub
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.
Born
Mar 25, 1982
Milton, Massachusetts, USA
Known For
Acting
Movies
55 acting
17 crew
Popularity
2.9
Known For
Forgotten Island
2026
as Batiba (voice)
Zootopia 2
2025
as Bellwether (voice)
Zootopia
2016
as Bellwether (voice)
Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022
as Big Nose
The Lorax
2012
as Mrs. Wiggins (voice)
The Secret Life of Pets 2
2019
as Gidget (voice)
Venom
2018
as Dr. Dora Skirth
The Lego Batman Movie
2017
as Harley Quinn (voice)
Despicable Me 3
2017
as Valerie Da Vinci (voice)
Gifted
2017
as Bonnie Stevenson
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