Jenny Slate
Launched to fame via a brief but memorable stint on "Saturday Night Live" (NBC, 1975-), Jenny Slate went on to become a prolific animated voiceover artist, a sitcom regular and a critically-acclaimed actress with her leading role in indie dramedy "Obvious Child" (2014). Born in Milton, MA in 1982, Jenny Slate began her comedy career while studying Literature at Columbia University, co-founding the improv group Fruit Paunch and a long-running partnership with Gabe Liedman. Following various talking head appearances, a recurring stint as an NBC page on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (NBC, 2009-2014), Slate was selected to join the 35th season of comic institution "Saturday Night Live" (NBC, 1975-) where she impersonated the likes of Lady Gaga and Kristen Stewart and originated the character of infomercial pitchwoman Tina Tina Cheneuse. However, she never really recovered from the F-bomb she dropped live on air in her first sketch in her first episode and she left the series after just a year. After playing Jason Schwartzman's love interest Stella in "Bored to Death" (HBO, 2009-2011), Slate teamed up with future husband Dean Fleischer-Camp to write animated short "Marcel the Shell with Shoes On" (2010), bagged her first feature film role as island castaway Zoe in "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked" (2011) and played Reese Witherspoon's assistant in rom-com "This Means War" (2012). Slate then voiced Ted's Mom in "The Lorax" (2012), starred in and created web series "Catherine" (2013) and guested as actress Amelia Gordon in "Hello Ladies" (HBO, 2013-14) before lending her natural comic skills to several established shows. She played Jean-Ralphio's brilliantly ghastly twin sister Mona-Lisa on "Parks and Recreation" (NBC, 2009-2015), enjoyed a nine-episode spell as Doug's wife in "House of Lies" (Showtime, 2012-16) and was cast as the voice of frenemy Tammy in "Bob's Burgers" (Fox, 2011-) while also often stealing the show with characters such as incompetent showbiz agent Liz G. in "Kroll Show" (Comedy Central, 2013-15) and originating the role of free spirit Jess in "Married" (FX, 2014-15). Slate then became an indie awards favorite with her measured turn as a stand-up comic who chooses to have an abortion in "Obvious Child" (2014) and soon added to her filmography with love interest roles in relationship dramedies "The Longest Week" (2014), "Joshy" (2016) and "My Blind Brother" (2016). She also became an in-demand voiceover artist, lending her perky tones to princess Pony Head in "Star vs. The Forces of Evil" (Disney Channel, 2015-19), sheep assistant mayor Bellwether in "Zootropolis" (2016), Pomeranian Gidget in "The Secret Life of Pets" (2016), anti-heroine Harley Quinn in "The Lego Batman Movie" (2017) and Anti-Villain League director Valerie Da Vinci in "Despicable Me 3" (2017). Slate continued to show up on camera, too, taking supporting turns in psychological thriller "Brain on Fire" (2016) and biographical comedy "The Polka King" (2017), starring opposite off-screen boyfriend Chris Evans as teacher Bonnie Stevenson in "Gifted" (2017) and impressing with leading roles in multigenerational dramedy "Landline" (2017) and therapy drama "Aardvark" (2017). Slate's prolific streak continued with the voiceover roles of assistant U.S. ambassador Jane in Communist propaganda spoof "Comrade Detective" (Amazon Video, 2017), kind-hearted nerd Missy Foreman in "Big Mouth" (Netflix, 2017-), Miss Nanny in reboot "Muppet Babies" (Disney Channel, 2018-) and ostrich Mitzy in "The Ark and the Aardvark" (2020). On screen, she appeared as an injured police officer in dystopian thriller "Hotel Artemis" (2018), Life Foundation scientist Dr. Dora Skirth in superhero hit "Venom" (2018) and a painter who develops an unlikely bond with a Russian immigrant in Arctic circle drama "The Sunlit Night" (2018) before performing her stand-up special, "Stage Fright" (Netflix, 2019) and signing up to play Vanessa in Sofia Coppola's New York tale "On the Rocks" (2020).
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Jenny Slate
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Electric State | Unknown (Voice) | - | 2025 |
56% |
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It Ends With Us | Allysa (Character) | $148.3M | 2024 |
No Score Yet |
|
Jenny Slate: Seasoned Professional |
Self, Writer, Executive Producer |
- | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Elmo's Mindfulness Spectacular | Self | - | 2023 |
94% |
|
Everything Everywhere All at Once | Debbie the Dog Mom (Character) | $76.7M | 2022 |
87% |
|
I Want You Back | Emma (Character) | - | 2022 |
98% |
|
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On |
Marcel (Voice), Producer, Screenwriter |
$5.7M | 2021 |
86% |
|
On the Rocks | Vanessa (Character) | - | 2020 |
31% |
|
The Sunlit Night |
Frances (Character), Producer |
- | 2019 |
100% |
|
Jenny Slate: Stage Fright |
Self, Screenwriter |
- | 2019 |
60% |
|
The Secret Life of Pets 2 | Gidget (Voice) | $158.2M | 2019 |
30% |
|
Venom | Dr. Dora Skirth (Character) | $213.5M | 2018 |
57% |
|
Hotel Artemis | Morgan (Character) | $6.7M | 2018 |
8% |
|
Aardvark | Emily Milburton (Character) | - | 2017 |
66% |
|
The Polka King | Marla (Character) | - | 2017 |
74% |
|
Landline | Dana (Character) | $940.7K | 2017 |
73% |
|
Gifted | Bonnie (Character) | $24.8M | 2017 |
89% |
|
The LEGO Batman Movie | Harley Quinn (Voice) | $175.7M | 2017 |
59% |
|
Despicable Me 3 | Valerie Da Vinci (Voice) | $264.6M | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Battle of Mewni | Pony Head (Voice) | - | 2017 |
13% |
|
Brain on Fire | Angela (Character) | - | 2016 |
80% |
|
My Blind Brother | Rose (Character) | - | 2016 |
81% |
|
Joshy | Jodi (Character) | - | 2016 |
71% |
|
The Secret Life of Pets | Gidget (Voice) | $368.3M | 2016 |
98% |
|
Zootopia | Assistant Mayor Bellwether (Voice) | - | 2016 |
6% |
|
The Longest Week | Jocelyn (Character) | - | 2014 |
90% |
|
Obvious Child |
Donna Stern (Character), Executive Producer |
$3.1M | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Noah's Ark | Unknown (Character) | - | 2014 |
53% |
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Dr. Seuss' the Lorax | Ted's Mom (Voice) | $213.9M | 2012 |
10% |
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Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | Zoe (Character) | $133.1M | 2011 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 28% | The Drew Barrymore Show | Guest | 2020 2022 2024 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2014 2019-2022 2024 |
No Score Yet | 84% | The Great North | Judy (Voice) | 2021-2024 |
No Score Yet | 55% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2022-2024 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2014 2017-2018 2021-2022 2024 |
93% | 90% | Parks and Recreation |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2013-2015 2024 |
No Score Yet | 18% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2016-2019 2022-2023 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Bob's Burgers |
Sonya/ Tammy/ |
2012-2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Muppet Babies | Miss Nanny (Voice) | 2018-2022 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2014 2016-2017 2019-2020 2022 |
94% | 72% | Big Mouth | Missy (Voice) | 2017-2020 |
91% | 81% | Earth to Ned | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Elena of Avalor | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2020 |
82% | 16% | A Little Late With Lilly Singh | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2012 2014 2019 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Star vs. the Forces of Evil | Pony Head (Voice) | 2015-2019 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Piper Paisley (Guest Voice) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 66% | Clarence |
Pipi/ |
2018 |
100% | 94% | Adventure Time | Huntress Wizard (Guest Voice) | 2016-2017 |
85% | 88% | Comrade Detective | Jane (Guest Voice) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tavis Smiley | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 50% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2016 |
89% | 76% | Girls | Tally Schifrin (Guest Star) | 2012 2016 |
56% | 75% | Married | Jess (Character) | 2015 |
90% | 73% | Kroll Show | Liz B. (Guest Star) | 2013 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2014 |
100% | 78% | Late Show With David Letterman | Guest | 2014 |
95% | 88% | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Bianca (Guest Star) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fashion Police | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 84% | House of Lies | Sarah (Guest Star) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Pete Holmes Show | Guest | 2014 |
96% | 90% | Raising Hope | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Saturday Night Live | Unknown (Character) | 2009-2010 |
32% | No Score Yet | Brothers | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |