Biography
Jenny Slate is an American actress, comedian and writer. Born in Milton, Massachusetts, she attended Columbia University.
She co-created the children's short film and book series Marcel the Shell with Shoes On and voiced the title character, wrote the screenplay and story for the 2022 feature film adaptation. Her credits include Allysa in the film It Ends with Us (2024) and Nikki Boyer in the series Dying for Sex (2025).
Slate was a cast member on Saturday Night Live (2009–2010). She has appeared in Obvious Child (2014), Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) and voiced roles in Zootopia (2016), The Secret Life of Pets (2016) and Despicable Me 3 (2017).
