Jenny Sarah Slate (born March 25, 1982) is an American actress,
comedian and author. 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.
Following early acting and stand-up roles on television, Slate gained
recognition for her live variety shows in New York City and for
co-creating, writing, and producing the children's short film and book
series Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2010â€"present), and became
known to a mainstream audience after featuring as a cast member on the
35th season of Saturday Night Live (2009â€"2010). Her distinctive
voice landed her the role of Tammy Larsen on the critically acclaimed
animated sitcom Bob's Burgers (2012â€"present) and she gained further
recognition for her recurring roles as Mona-Lisa Saperstein on the NBC
comedy televisions series Parks and Recreation (2013â€"2015), Sarah
Guggenheim on the Showtime comedy series House of Lies (2013â€"2015),
and the sketch comedy series Kroll Show (2013â€"2015).Slate's breakout
role came with her leading performance in the coming-of-age
comedy-drama 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 Zootopia (2016), The
Secret Life of Pets (2016), and The Lego Batman Movie (2017), and
ventured into dramatic roles with her supporting performance as Bonnie
in Gifted (2017).Slate was born on March 25, 1982, in Milton,
Massachusetts, to Ron Slate (born 1950), a businessman and poet who
worked as vice president of global communications for the EMC
Corporation and later as CEO of a biotech startup, and Nancy (née
Gilson), a ceramicist. She is the middle child of three, with an older
sister named Abigail and younger sister named Stacey. She and her
family are Jewish. One of her grandmothers was born in Cuba, to a
family from Sweden and Croatia, and was raised in France. After
graduating from Milton Academy as the valedictorian, Slate attended
Columbia University as a literature major, where she helped form the
improv group Fruit Paunch, starred in the Varsity Show and met Gabe
Liedman, who would become her comedy partner. Slate graduated from
Columbia in 2004.
comedian and author. 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.
Following early acting and stand-up roles on television, Slate gained
recognition for her live variety shows in New York City and for
co-creating, writing, and producing the children's short film and book
series Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2010â€"present), and became
known to a mainstream audience after featuring as a cast member on the
35th season of Saturday Night Live (2009â€"2010). Her distinctive
voice landed her the role of Tammy Larsen on the critically acclaimed
animated sitcom Bob's Burgers (2012â€"present) and she gained further
recognition for her recurring roles as Mona-Lisa Saperstein on the NBC
comedy televisions series Parks and Recreation (2013â€"2015), Sarah
Guggenheim on the Showtime comedy series House of Lies (2013â€"2015),
and the sketch comedy series Kroll Show (2013â€"2015).Slate's breakout
role came with her leading performance in the coming-of-age
comedy-drama 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 Zootopia (2016), The
Secret Life of Pets (2016), and The Lego Batman Movie (2017), and
ventured into dramatic roles with her supporting performance as Bonnie
in Gifted (2017).Slate was born on March 25, 1982, in Milton,
Massachusetts, to Ron Slate (born 1950), a businessman and poet who
worked as vice president of global communications for the EMC
Corporation and later as CEO of a biotech startup, and Nancy (née
Gilson), a ceramicist. She is the middle child of three, with an older
sister named Abigail and younger sister named Stacey. She and her
family are Jewish. One of her grandmothers was born in Cuba, to a
family from Sweden and Croatia, and was raised in France. After
graduating from Milton Academy as the valedictorian, Slate attended
Columbia University as a literature major, where she helped form the
improv group Fruit Paunch, starred in the Varsity Show and met Gabe
Liedman, who would become her comedy partner. Slate graduated from
Columbia in 2004.
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