JENNY
SLATE

Jenny Slate is an American actor, comedian and writer born in Massachusetts in 1982. Her work spans stand-up, film, television and voice performance, often finding humor in characters who are vulnerable as well as funny.

Slate spent a season on Saturday Night Live before appearing in comedy series including Parks and Recreation. Her work in television sits alongside live comedy and writing rather than belonging to only one format.

In Obvious Child (2014), she plays Donna, a stand-up comedian navigating an unplanned pregnancy and changes in her personal life. Slate won a Critics’ Choice award for the performance and received an Independent Spirit Award nomination.

Slate co-created and voices Marcel, the tiny protagonist of Marcel the Shell with Shoes On. The character began in a 2010 animated short before the story expanded into books and a feature film; Slate’s soft, inquisitive voice gives the small shell a distinct personality.

Her voice work also includes Bellwether in Zootopia, while her live-action films include Landline and Everything Everywhere All at Once. The range connects her interest in comic detail across animation and performances on camera.