Jenny Slate is a versatile creative person. She began her career in art as a comedian, and then began to work as an actress in film and television. A certain success was brought to her by the role in the film comic strip “Venom”, which was released in 2018. Jenny is also involved in sounding cartoons and managed to write one children's book.
In the US state of Massachusetts in 1982, Jenny Sarah Slate was born. Her hometown is Milton and her birth date is March 25th. The girl was born into a Jewish family, and she has two sisters: the eldest and younger. Ron - the father of the family - devoted his life to literature, he was the author of works and a poet. Nancy's mother was engaged in ceramics.
Facts from Jenny Slate's Biography
Artistic girl Jenny received basic education in a regular high school in her hometown. After she decided to continue her studies and entered the academy. Then, having successfully graduated from this educational institution, in 2000, Jenny Slate passed the entrance exams and was enrolled in Columbia University. She chose the department of literature.
Art and creativity in various manifestations interested Jenny from an early age. Thanks to her many natural talents, the girl was able to realize herself as an actress in film and television, as well as a voice actress, having worked on several popular cartoons. However, Jenny Slate began her career as a comedian.
In 2000, when Jenny first entered university, she met a young man named Gabe Lidman. Young people quickly found a common language and made friends, but there was no talk of any romantic relationship. Gabe and Jenny agreed on an interest in art. As a result, their communication resulted in a creative comedy duet. Developing in a given direction, Lidman and Slate were able to get a ticket to television and began working in the entertainment show "Big Terrific". The success of their sketches and comedy shorts was so strong that in 2008 the couple was recognized as the best humorous duet on television.
It is worth noting that Gabe and Jenny were not limited to only working in the comedy genre. Lidman, like Jenny herself, was cast as a television actor. On the account of young people there are a number of quite successful projects in which they starred together.
However, not only acting and stage art are present in the life of the artist. Jenny loves to draw and willingly takes part in a variety of photo shoots. In addition, Slate is passionate about sports and very zealously watches her appearance, figure.
Creative career development
In 2009, Jenny was invited to work on NBC. She became a regular participant in the entertainment television show Saturday Night Live. In this project, playing the roles of completely different characters and honing her acting talent, Jenny Slate worked until the end of 2010.
After leaving the television show, Jenny Slate was able to qualify and eventually starred in a number of TV shows, including Bob's Diner and The Brothers. The girl did not receive the main roles in the projects, but even minor roles gave Jenny the necessary experience.
Jenny got her first experience in a big movie when she got into the cast of the movie "Alvin and the Chipmunks 3". This comedy picture was released in 2011. This was followed by work in the feature film "Means War, " which was released in 2012.
The new project on television for Jenny was the series "Resident of Lies", in which she worked from 2014 to 2015.
In subsequent years, the already recognized and famous artist appeared in such full-length films as “Gifted”, “Mind on Fire”. Deserved success and fame Jenny Slate brought a role in the film comic strip "Venom", which was released in 2018. In the same year, Jenny appeared in the movie "Hotel Artemis."
In addition to the active development of a career in film and television, Jenny managed to take part in work on such full-length cartoons as “Zootopolis” and “The Secret Life of Pets”. Both of these cartoons started on screens in 2016 and received a lot of positive feedback.
Being a gifted and versatile personality, Jenny in 2010 tried herself as a screenwriter. She wrote a story after which a short cartoon was shot after. In 2011, critics praised this work as part of the Children's Film Festival, which was held in New York. In the same 2011, Jenny Slate declared herself as an author: she wrote a children's book - "Marcel".