Jenny Sarah Slate is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and writer. Born and raised in Milton, Massachusetts, Slate was educated at Milton Academy and studied literature at Columbia University, where she became involved in the improv and comedy scene.
Slate was born on March 25, 1982, in Milton, Massachusetts, to Ron Slate, a businessman and poet who worked as vice president of worldwide communications for EMC Corporation and later as CEO of a biotech startup, and Nancy, a homemaker who also made pottery.
Who did Jenny Slate voice?
She lent voice performances to the animated films The Lorax (2012), Zootopia (2016), The Secret Life of Pets (2016), The Lego Batman Movie (2017), Despicable Me 3 (2017), and The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019), 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.
Slate gave voiceover responsibilities for Missy to actor Ayo Edebiri in 2020 because she believed that an African-American character should be performed by an African-American actor. While no longer providing Missy’s voice, Slate has continued to voice a variety of other characters on the program.
Slate’s breakthrough performance occurred in the coming-of-age comedy-drama film Obvious Child (2014), for which she received the Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and a Gotham Independent Film Award.
