Jenny Slate

Jenny Slate born March 25 1982 is an American actress standup comedian and writer Following early acting and standup roles on television Slate gained recognition for her live variety shows in New York City and for cocreating writing and producing the childrens short film and book series Marcel the Shell with Shoes On 2010present She became more widely known as a cast member on the 35th season of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live between 2009 and 2010 followed by subsequent roles in the comedic series Bobs Burgers 2012present Parks and Recreation 20132015 House of Lies 20132015 and Kroll Show 20132015 Slates breakout role came with her leading performance in the comingofage comedydrama film Obvious Child 2014 for which she won the Critics Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and Gotham Independent Film Award She lent voice performances to the animated films The Lorax 2012 Zootopia 2016 The Secret Life of Pets film franchise 20162019 The Lego Batman Movie and Despicable Me 3 both 2017 and she ventured into dramatic roles with her supporting performance as Bonnie in Gifted 2017 She also appeared in the critically acclaimed sciencefiction film Everything Everywhere All at Once winning the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Description above from the Wikipedia article Jenny Slate licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia