Jenny Slate Wiki: Age, Bio, Career, Husband, Net Worth

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Jenny Slate is an actress, comedian, and writer hailing from the United States who gained prominence when she joined ‘Saturday Night Live’ in 2009. Following her success there, she has graced numerous television series including ‘Bob’s Burgers’, ‘Parks and Recreation’, ‘House of Lies’, and ‘Kroll Show’.

Jenny Slate Bio Summary

Date of birth: March 25, 1982

Age: 42 years old (2025)

Place of birth: Milton, Massachusetts, United States

Education: Columbia University (BA)

Occupation: Actress, comedian, television writer

Marital status: Married

Husband: Ben Shattuck

Children: 1

Childhood & Education

Jenny Slate, often recognized as Jenny Sarah Slate, hails from Milton, Massachusetts, having been born on the 25th of March, 1982. Her mom, named Nancy, was proficient in homemaking and had a knack for creating beautiful pottery pieces.

Ron, her father, holds the position of a distinguished employee at EMC Corporation and currently serves as CEO of a biotech and life sciences company. Besides his professional roles, he is an accomplished author, penning “The Incentive of the Maggot” and “The Great Wave,” and partnering with Jenny on the 2016 memoir “About the House.

Jenny, who grew up with her sisters Abigail (the elder) and Stacey (the younger), in a Jewish household, was an outstanding student. She graduated as the top student from Milton Academy. After completing her high school education, she went on to study literature at Columbia University.

Back in 2004, Slate established a comedy troupe known as Fruit Paunch alongside others, where she crossed paths with her future comedy partner, Gabe Liedman. During this time, she also graduated from university with dual degrees in English and Comparative Literature.

Career

In 2008, Gabe and Jenny, previously known separately as Slate and Liedman, came together as the comedy team Gabe & Jenny. With Max Silvestri, they created the highly-praised “Big Terrific” stand-up show, which “Time Out New York” named the best new variety show of its kind in 2010. Regrettably, due to their busy schedules, they ceased performing “Big Terrific” in 2015.

From 2008 and 2009, Jenny Slate showcased “Dead Millionaire” at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City. During this period, she also made regular appearances on the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon sketch titled 7th Floor West, and graced shows like Important Things with Demetri Martin, Brothers and Bored to Death. In the year 2009, she became a part of Saturday Night Live, infamously slipping up with an expletive during her debut episode.

2010 saw Jenny Slate collaborating on and lending her voice to the animated short “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On”. In the following years, 2011 and 2014, she released two more installments of this project. Additionally, in 2011 and 2012, she acted in “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked” and “This Means War”, respectively. In another voice role, she portrayed Mrs Wiggins in “The Lorax” during 2012.

2012 marked a significant boost in Jenny’s professional journey, following her portrayal of Tammy Larsen on Bob’s Burgers. In the subsequent year, she secured recurring roles in Parks and Recreation and House of Lies. In 2014, she delved into multiple aspects of show business by producing and acting in Obvious Child. That same year, she also featured alongside Jason Bateman and Olivia Wilde in The Longest Week. Additionally, Jenny became a part of FX’s Married as Jess, and made an appearance on Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

In the year 2016, she lent her voice to Dawn Bellwether in Zootopia and to Gidget in The Secret Life of Pets, which grossed $1.024 billion and $875.5 million respectively. She reappeared as Gidget in the sequel that came out in 2019. In the year 2017, she took on roles in Landline, The Polka King, Gifted, and Aardvark, and voiced Harley Quinn in The Lego Batman Movie and Valerie Da Vinci in Despicable Me 3.

In the year 2019, Jenny Slate showcased her stand-up comedy in a special titled “Jenny Slate: Stage Fright” on Netflix. Additionally, she featured in The Lonely Island’s Netflix production, “The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience.” Earlier, she was part of the music video for The Lonely Island’s hit song “Threw It On the Ground,” which was released in 2009.

Personal Life

Jenny Slate wed Dean Fleischer-Camp back in 2012, but the two parted ways in 2016. From 2016 onwards, she entered into a relationship with Chris Evans, which ended in 2018. In the year 2019, she got engaged to Ben Shattuck and announced they were expecting a child in December of that same year. Their daughter, Ida Lupine, was born towards the end of December 2020.

Net Worth

Boasting a net worth of approximately $6 million, Jenny Slate is a multitalented American celebrity recognized in various fields such as acting, stand-up comedy, scriptwriting, and production.

She has acted in various roles, such as being part of the cast on Saturday Night Live from 2009 to 2010. Additionally, she played Mona-Lisa Saperstein on NBC’s “Parks and Recreation” from 2013 to 2015, and Sarah Guggenheim on Showtime’s “House of Lies” during the same years.

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2025-03-25 05:56