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Jenny Slate
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…
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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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2026
Forgotten Island
Movie Batiba (voice)
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2026
At the Sea
Movie Debbie
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2026
Carousel
Movie Rebecca
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2025
Zootopia 2
Movie Bellwether (voice)
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2025
Dying for Sex
TV show Nikki Boyer
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2025
The Electric State
Movie Penny Pal (voice)
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2024
It Ends with Us
Movie Allysa
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2024
Jenny Slate: Seasoned Professional
Movie Self
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2023
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
TV show Self
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2023
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
TV show Huntress (voice)
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2022
Minions & More 2
Movie Gidget (voice)
- 2022
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2022
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Movie Marcel (voice)
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2022
The Bob's Burgers Movie
Movie Tammy (voice)
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2022
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Movie Big Nose
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2022
I Want You Back
Movie Emma Moore
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2021
The Great North
TV show Judy Tobin (voice)
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2020
On the Rocks
Movie Vanessa
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2020
The Sunlit Night
Movie Frances
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2019
Jenny Slate: Stage Fright
Movie Herself
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2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
TV show Self
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2019
Super Gidget
Movie Gidget (voice)
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2019
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Movie Gidget (voice)
- 2019
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2019
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
TV show Self
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2018
Venom
Movie Dr. Dora Skirth
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2018
Hotel Artemis
Movie Officer Morgan Daniels
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2018
Aardvark
Movie Emily Milburton
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2018
Muppet Babies
TV show Miss Nanny (voice)
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2018
Muppet Babies: Show and Tell
TV show Miss Nanny (voice)
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2017
Big Mouth
TV show Missy Foreman-Greenwald (voice)
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2017
Comrade Detective
TV show Jane (voice)
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2017
Landline
Movie Dana Jacobs
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2017
Despicable Me 3
Movie Valerie Da Vinci (voice)
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2017
Batman Is Just Not That Into You
Movie Harley Quinn (voice)
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2017
Gifted
Movie Bonnie Stevenson
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2017
Gifted: Inside the Equation
Movie Herself
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2017
Brain on Fire
Movie Margo
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2017
The Lego Batman Movie
Movie Harley Quinn (voice)
