Jenny Slate
Jenny Slate is an American actress and comedian. Born March 25, 1982, in Milton. Educated at Columbia University and Milton Academy. Awards include Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy.
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- Described as
- American actress and comedian (born 1982)
- Other names
- Jenny S. Slate, Jennifer Sarah Slate, Jennifer Sarah "Jenny" Slate, Jenny Sarah Slate
- Born
- March 25, 1982 · 2 references
- Born in
- Milton · 1 reference
- Name at birth
- Jenny Sarah Slate
- Citizen of
- United States
- Occupation
- stand-up comedian; actor · 1 reference; film producer; writer; screenwriter; children's writer; singer; voice actor
- Education
- Columbia University; Milton Academy · 2 references
- Member of
- Writers Guild of America West
- Instrument
- voice
- Awards
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy · 1 reference
- Field
- acting · 1 reference
- Spouse
- Ben Shattuck (2021–)
- Lived in
- Los Angeles
- Wikipedias with a page
- 68
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What Wikipedia says · copied November 13, 2026 · revision 1384007423
Jenny Slate (born March 25, 1982) is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and writer. After early acting and stand-up roles on television, Slate gained recognition for her live variety shows in New York City and for co-creating the children's short film and book series Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2010–2014) with Dean Fleischer Camp, to whom she was married from 2012 to 2016. Slate became more widely known as a cast member on the 35th season of Saturday Night Live in 2009, followed by her roles in the sitcoms Bob's Burgers (2012–present), Parks and Recreation (2013–2015), House of Lies (2013–2015), and Kroll Show (2013–2015). She also had a supporting role in the film It Ends with Us (2024).
Slate's breakout role came with her leading performance in Gillian Robespierre's coming-of-age dramedy film Obvious Child (2014), for which she won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy. She lent her voice to the animated films The Lorax (2012), Zootopia, The Secret Life of Pets (both 2016), The Lego Batman Movie, Despicable Me 3 (both 2017), The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019), and Zootopia 2 (2025) and ventured into dramatic roles with her supporting performance in Gifted (2017). Slate appeared in the Daniels' Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), winning the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
- Born, in its opening lines
- March 25, 1982
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