Jenny Slate

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Jenny Slate (2014)

Jenny Sarah Slate (born March 25, 1982 in Milton , Massachusetts ) is an American actress , stand-up comedian , voice actress and screenwriter .

Life

Slate was born in 1982 as the second of three daughters of the writer Ron Slate and the ceramicist Nancy Slate (née Gilson). During her studies at Columbia University from 2000 to 2004, she became part of the improv group Fruit Paunch and met Gabe Liedman, with whom she later founded the comedy duo Gabe & Jenny .

During a performance at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York, she was discovered by an employee of Saturday Night Live (SNL) and hired for the show. She performed at SNL from 2009 to 2010. This is followed by numerous appearances in television programs and films.

In 2010 she produced the animated short film Marcel the Shell with Shoes On , for which she also acted as screenwriter and voice actress. The film developed into a little viral hit on the internet and was followed by the sequel Marcel the Shell with Shoes on, Two and Three .

Since 2012 she has worked as a voice actress for the animated series Bob's Burgers . In the same year she took on a role as a speaker in the animated film The Lorax .

She was married to film editor and director Dean Fleischer-Camp from 2012 to 2016 .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Jenny Slate  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Jenny Slate, Actress at intothegloss.com, accessed on March 19, 2015
  2. ↑ Jenny Slate Emerges From Her Shell ... As A Shell ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at papermag.com, accessed March 19, 2015  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.papermag.com
personal data
SURNAME Slate, Jenny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Slate, Jenny Sarah (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress, stand-up comedian, voice actress and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Milton , Massachusetts