Jenny Slate is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and writer who rose to fame when she joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 2009. Since then, she has appeared in popular sitcoms such as Bob’s Burgers, Parks and Recreation, House of Lies, and Kroll Show.
Jenny Slate Bio Summary
Date of birth: March 25, 1982
Age: 42 years old (2025)
Place of birth: Milton, Massachusetts, United States
Education: Columbia University (BA)
Occupation: Actress, comedian, television writer
Marital status: Married
Husband: Ben Shattuck
Children: 1
Childhood & Education
Jenny Slate, also known as Jenny Sarah Slate, was born on March 25, 1982, in Milton, Massachusetts. Her mother, Nancy, was a homemaker and good at pottery.
Her father, Ron, was a top employee at EMC Corporation and the CEO of a biotech and life sciences company. Ron is also an author, having written “The Incentive of the Maggot” and “The Great Wave,” and collaborated with Jenny on the memoir “About the House” in 2016.
Slate was raised in a Jewish family alongside her older sister Abigail and younger sister Stacey. She was the valedictorian of Milton Academy. Following her high school graduation, Jenny pursued a literature degree at Columbia University.
She co-founded an improv group called Fruit Paunch and crossed paths with her future comedy collaborator, Gabe Liedman. In 2004, Slate completed her studies at the university, obtaining degrees in both English and Comparative Literature.
Career
In 2008, Slate and Liedman joined forces as the comedy duo Gabe & Jenny. Their collaboration, along with Max Silvestri, resulted in the acclaimed “Big Terrific” stand-up show, which was recognized as the top new variety show by “Time Out New York.” However, due to their hectic schedules, they decided to end their performances of “Big Terrific” in 2015.
In 2008 and 2009, Jenny Slate performed “Dead Millionaire” at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in NYC. She also had a recurring role in the 7th Floor West skit on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and appeared on Important Things with Demetri Martin Brothers and Bored to Death. In 2009, she joined Saturday Night Live and accidentally said a profanity in her first episode.
In 2010, Jenny Slate co-wrote and voiced the animated short “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” and released two more parts in 2011 and 2014. She also appeared in “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked” and “This Means War” in 2011 and 2012, and voiced Mrs Wiggins in “The Lorax” in 2012.
Jenny’s career went up a lot in 2012 when she played Tammy Larsen on Bob’s Burgers. In 2013, she had regular roles in Parks and Recreation and House of Lies. In 2014, she produced and acted in Obvious Child. She also appeared in The Longest Week with Jason Bateman and Olivia Wilde and joined FX’s Married as Jess. She also guested on Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
In 2016, she voiced Dawn Bellwether in Zootopia and Gidget in The Secret Life of Pets, which earned $1.024 billion and $875.5 million, respectively. She reprised Gidget in 2019’s sequel. In 2017, she starred in Landline The Polka King Gifted and Aardvark, and voiced Harley Quinn in The Lego Batman Movie and Valerie Da Vinci in Despicable Me 3.
In 2019, Jenny Slate had her very own Netflix stand-up performance called “Jenny Slate: Stage Fright” and also made an appearance in The Lonely Island’s Netflix special, “The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience.” She had previously starred in The Lonely Island’s music video for “Threw It On the Ground” in 2009.
Personal Life
Jenny Slate married Dean Fleischer-Camp in 2012 and split up in 2016. She started dating Chris Evans in 2016 and they broke up in 2018. In 2019, she got engaged to Ben Shattuck and said they were expecting a baby in December 2020. Their daughter, Ida Lupine was born later that month.
Net Worth
With a net worth of $6 million, Jenny Slate is an accomplished American figure known for her work as an actress, stand-up comedian, writer, and producer.
Her credits include being a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2009 to 2010, as well as portraying Mona-Lisa Saperstein on NBC’s “Parks and Recreation” (2013-2015) and Sarah Guggenheim on Showtime’s “House of Lies” (2013-2015).
