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Jenny Slate
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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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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.
Known For
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Daily Show
The Simpsons
Bob's Burgers
Parks and Recreation
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Raising Hope
Clarence
The Emmy Awards
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Drunk History
Adventure Time
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
Hello Ladies
Starved
Ugly Americans
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
Bored to Death
Brothers
Comrade Detective
House of Lies
Zootopia 2
This Means War
The Bob's Burgers Movie
Minions & More 2
Lady Dynamite
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
The Electric State
Despicable Me 3
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Lorax
Hotel Artemis
Digging for Fire
Married
Venom
The Lego Batman Movie
On the Rocks
Brain on Fire
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience
The Secret Life of Pets
Zootopia
Gifted
Big Mouth
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Kroll Show
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
It Ends with Us
Dying for Sex
I Want You Back
The Polka King
The Great North
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
The Sunlit Night
Production Credits
The Sunlit Night
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
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