Jenny Slate (born March 25, 1982) is an American actress and comedienne who was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2009–2010. She currently appears with a recurring role on the HBO series Bored to Death.

Slate was born in Milton, Massachusetts to parents Ron and Nancy. After graduating from Milton Academy as the valedictorian, Slate graduated from Columbia University in New York City in 2004. At Columbia, she helped form the improv group Fruit Paunch, and starred in the Varsity Show. She is Jewish, and her father is Massachusetts-based poet and author Ron Slate. She has two sisters, Abigail and Stacey.

Alongside comedian Gabe Liebman, Slate is half of the comedy duo Gabe & Jenny.[6] Their show with Max Silvestri, Big Terrific, was named best new variety show of 2008 by Time Out New York. She met Liebman in 2000 while attending Columbia University. They describe their relationship as a "nonsexual romance", and Slate says "I like to think of us as kind of like Elaine Benes and George Costanza, but we like each other."

Prior to joining SNL, Slate was best known as a regular commentator on many VH1 talking head commentary programs. In early 2009 Slate had made several appearances on the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon recurring sketch 7th Floor West where she played an NBC page, later promoted to Fallon's assistant (also named Jenny), and she also had recurring roles on HBO's Bored to Death (as Stella) and on the FOX sitcom Brothers. Slate also starred in the 2009 short film Obvious Child.

Throughout 2008 and 2009 Slate regularly performed her one-woman show, Jenny Slate: Dead Millionaire, at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (UCBT) in New York City. She also performed the stage show at UCBT's Los Angeles division for a number of weeks in early 2010.

In August 2010, Slate co-wrote and voiced the stop-motion short film "Marcel the Shell With Shoes On", directed by Dean Fleischer-Camp, about a shy, shoe-wearing shell, which garnered unexpected viral success, and in turn, may lead to more shorts.