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.

Filmography

• 2026At the Sea — Debbie
• 2026Carousel — Rebecca
• 2026Forgotten Island — Batiba (voice)
• Dying for Sex — Nikki Boyer
• 2025The Electric State — Penny Pal (voice)
• 2025Zootopia 2 — Bellwether (voice)
• 2024It Ends with Us — Allysa
• 2024Jenny Slate: Seasoned Professional — Self, Executive Producer, Writer
• Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake — Huntress (voice)
• 2022Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once — Self, Thanks
• 2022Everything Everywhere All at Once — Big Nose
• 2022I Want You Back — Emma Moore
• 2022Marcel the Shell with Shoes On — Marcel (voice), Screenplay, Producer, Story, Characters
• 2022Minions & More 2 — Gidget (voice)
• 2022The Bob's Burgers Movie — Tammy (voice)
• The Great North — Judy Tobin (voice)
• 2020On the Rocks — Vanessa
• 2020The Sunlit Night — Frances, Producer
• 2019Jenny Slate: Stage Fright — Herself, Executive Producer, Writer
• 2019Super Gidget — Gidget (voice)
• 2019The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience — Stacy
• 2019The Secret Life of Pets 2 — Gidget (voice)
• 2018Aardvark — Emily Milburton
• 2018Hotel Artemis — Officer Morgan Daniels
• Muppet Babies — Miss Nanny (voice)
• Muppet Babies: Show and Tell — Miss Nanny (voice)
• 2018Venom — Dr. Dora Skirth
• 2017Batman Is Just Not That Into You — Harley Quinn (voice)
• Big Mouth — Missy Foreman-Greenwald (voice), Pharmacist / Caitlin (voice)
• 2017Brain on Fire — Margo
• Comrade Detective — Jane (voice)
• 2017Despicable Me 3 — Valerie Da Vinci (voice)
• 2017Gifted — Bonnie Stevenson
• 2017Landline — Dana Jacobs, Executive Producer
• 2017The Lego Batman Movie — Harley Quinn (voice)
• 2017The Polka King — Marla Lewan
• 2016David — Elizabeth
• David: Story of David — Elizabeth
• 2016Joshy — Jodi
• Lady Dynamite — Karen Grisham
• 2016My Blind Brother — Rose
• 2016The Secret Life of Pets — Gidget (voice)
• 2016Zoolander: Super Model — Nani (voice)
• 2016Zootopia — Bellwether (voice)
• 2015Digging for Fire — Yoga Couple
• Star vs. the Forces of Evil — Pony Head (voice)
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self, Rebecca
• 20149 Kisses — Woman in Chariot #1
• 2014Catherine — Catherine, Screenplay
• Clarence — Pipi / Cookie Mama Cashier / Beatrice (voice)
• 2014Dan Klein: This Is Comedy
• 2014Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Three — Marcel (voice), Writer
• Married — Jess
• 2014Obvious Child — Donna, Executive Producer
• 2014The Longest Week — Jocelyn
• 2013Bitch — Molly Horner
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine — Bianca
• 2013Crush — Friend / Pumpkin Salesperson / Gynecologist
• Hello Ladies — Amelia Gordon
• Kroll Show — Various characters
• House of Lies — Sarah
• 2012Smile
• 2012The Lorax — Mrs. Wiggins (voice)
• 2012This Means War — Emily
• 2011Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked — Zoe
• Bob's Burgers — Tammy (voice), Tammy (voice) / Rosa (voice), Tammy (voice) / Sally (voice), Tammy (voice) / Bernadette (voice), Tammy (voice) / Becca (voice), Ruth (voice), Tammy (voice) / 8th Grade Girl (voice), Tammy / Wish Paper Person / Tammy's Bubbie (voice)
• 2011Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Two — Marcel (voice), Writer
• 2011Self Esteem — Writer
• Adventure Time — Huntress Wizard (voice)
• 2010Marcel the Shell with Shoes On — Marcel (voice), Writer
• Raising Hope — Joan
• 2010The Women of SNL — Gretchen (archive footage)
• Ugly Americans — Jaclyn (voice)
• 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s
• Bored to Death — Stella
• Brothers
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon — Jenny the Page
• 2009Obvious Child — Donna
• Parks and Recreation — Mona-Lisa Saperstein
• The Great Debate
• Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
• The Whitest Kids U' Know
• Starved — Member of The Belt Tighteners (uncredited)
• The Simpsons — Piper Paisley (voice)
• Mindful — Angela
• The Ark and the Aardvark — Mitzy (voice)

Appearances as themselves (18)

• Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• A Little Late with Lilly Singh — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self - Guest
• Today with Jenna & Sheinelle — Self
• 2017Gifted: Inside the Equation — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• Off Camera with Sam Jones — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• @midnight with Chris Hardwick — Self
• Drunk History — Herself - Storyteller, Herself - Narrator
• Conan — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• The Daily Show — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Various Characters
• The Emmy Awards — Self