Brynley Stent
Born
Brynley Alexandra Stent

(1989-06-24) 24 June 1989
Christchurch, New Zealand
EducationToi Whakaari
AwardsBilly T Award (2021)
Comedy career
Medium
  • Television
  • theatre
Years active2014–present

Brynley Alexandra Stent (born 1989) is a New Zealand actor, comedian and scriptwriter.[1] She appeared on the first season of the New Zealand adaptation of Taskmaster[2] and played the character Kelly-Anne Johnson on long running New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street.[2] She won the 2021 Billy T Award for best breakthrough comedian for her show Soft Carnage.[3][4]

Stent studied drama at Toi Whakaari in Wellington, New Zealand, graduating in 2013 with a Bachelor of Performing Arts in Acting.[5] She appeared as the recurring Gloriavale character Providence Gratitude in Three's Jono and Ben,[6] alongside Rose Matafeo and Laura Daniel in Three's Funny Girls,[7] in 2020 sitcom Golden Boy, and acts regularly on stage for Auckland Theatre Company.[8]

Stent was a contestant on Series 1 of Taskmaster, which was broadcast on TVNZ 2 between 21 October 2020, and 23 December 2020; a total of 10 episodes. Stent came third overall at the end of the series.

In August 2021, it was announced that she would feature in Celebrity Treasure Island 2021 with her flatmate/contestant Chris Parker.[9]

In August 2022, she appeared on the Surprise replacement boss, a video edited by Viva La Dirt League as part of their Bored series.[10]

In 2023, Stent appeared on Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee.

References

  1. ↑ "Brynley Stent | Auckland Actors". www.aucklandactors.co.nz.
  2. 1 2 "Former Taskmaster NZ contestant Brynley Stent returns to Shorty". Stuff. 7 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Billy T Award". NZ International Comedy Festival.
  4. ↑ "Eli Matthewson and Brynley Stent take home Fred, Billy T awards at NZICF's Last Laughs". NZ Herald.
  5. ↑ "Graduate". www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "Meet the women who'll be stealing scenes on Jono and Ben this year". 31 May 2018.
  7. ↑ Screen, NZ On. "Funny Girls | Series | Television | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com.
  8. ↑ Zealand (www.bka.co.nz), Site designed and developed by bka interactive ltd, Auckland, New. "Brynley Stent | Auckland Theatre Company". www.atc.co.nz.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ "Meet the contestants of Celebrity Treasure Island 2021". TheSpinoff. 1 August 2021. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  10. ↑ "Surprise replacement boss | Viva La Dirt League". YouTube. 8 August 2022.


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