Jenny Sarah Slate was born on March 25, 1982, in Milton, Massachusetts. Ron, her father, was the vice president of global communications at EMC Corporation and the CEO of a biotech/life sciences start-up. Nancy, her mother, was a ceramicist and a stay-at-home mom.
Ron is the author of the poetry collections “The Incentive of the Maggot” and “The Great Wave,” and he and Jenny co-wrote the memoir “About the House” in 2016. Slate was reared in a Jewish home together with her sister Abigail, who is older, and sister Stacey, who is younger. She was Milton Academy’s valedictorian when she graduated.
Jenny studied literature at Columbia University after high school, where she also met Gabe Liedman, the other half of her future comedic duo Fruit Paunch, and was instrumental in the formation of the improv group. Slate earned degrees in English and Comparative Literature from his college in 2004.
The comic team Gabe & Jenny was founded by Slate and Liedman, and “Time Out New York” rated their “Big Terrific” stand-up show with Max Silvestri the best new variety show of 2008. However, due to their hectic schedules, they ceased performing “Big Terrific” in 2015.
Jenny Slate: Dead Millionaire, her one-woman show, was a regular performer at New York City’s Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in 2008 and 2009. In 2009, she also had recurrent roles in the “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” skit “7th Floor West.”
Is Jenny Slate Rich?
Yes, Jenny Slate is a $6 million-rich American actress, stand-up comedian, writer, and producer. Slate was a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 2009 to 2010, in addition to playing Mona-Lisa Saperstein on the NBC comedy “Parks and Recreation” (2013–2015) and Sarah Guggenheim on Showtime’s “House of Lies.”