Jenny Slate

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Actress, Comedian, and Bestselling Author

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Jenny Slate: Biography at a Glance

  • Jenny Slate is an actress, author, and comedian, who co-wrote, produced, and voiced the Oscar-nominated short film Marcel the Shell With Shoes On.
  • Jenny’s breakout role came by way of her leading performance in Obvious Child, for which she won the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Actress in a Comedy.
  • She can also be seen opposite Charlie Day in Amazon’s I Want You Back and Dan Kwan’s Everything Everywhere All at Once for A24.
  • Her additional feature credits include On the RocksVenomGifted, and Hotel Artemis. Jenny’s comedy special Stage Fright was released on Netflix to rave reviews, and she has had several notable television performances in such series as Parks and RecreationHouse of LiesBored to Death, and Girls.
  • Jenny wrote the national bestselling novel Little Weirds, which Vanity Fair named one of its “31 Great Quarantine Reads.”
  • Her latest book, Lifeform, is a soulful and hilarious collection of genre-bending essays depicting the journey into motherhood as you’ve never seen it before.
  • On stage, Jenny’s style reframes comedy’s relationship to mental health using humor to hold space for depression, anxiety, fear, and more.

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Biography

Jenny Slate is an actress, author, and comedian, who co-wrote, produced, and voiced the Oscar-nominated short film Marcel the Shell With Shoes On. After several years of viral success, a feature-length version recently premiered at Telluride Film Festival and was acquired by A24.

Jenny’s breakout role came by way of her leading performance in Obvious Child, for which she won the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Actress in a Comedy. She will next be seen opposite client Charlie Day in Amazon’s I Want You Back, written and produced by clients Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger. She will also be seen in Dan Kwan’s Everything Everywhere All at Once for A24, opposite Michelle Yeoh. Her additional feature credits include Sofia Coppola’s On the Rocks, client Ruben Fleischer’s Venom, client Marc Webb’s Gifted, and Drew Pearce’s Hotel Artemis

Jenny’s comedy special Stage Fright was released on Netflix to rave reviews and exemplified her ability to reframe comedy’s relationship to mental health using humor to hold space for depression, anxiety, and fear. She has had several notable television performances in such series as Parks and RecreationHouse of LiesBored to Death, and Girls. Additionally, Jenny wrote the national bestselling novel Little Weirds, which Vanity Fair named one of its “31 Great Quarantine Reads.”

The students loved her! Her answers to the prepared and audience questions were thoughtful, considerate and genuine and the students really appreciated her.

Texas A&M University

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