Brynley Stent

Brynley Stent
Born
Brynley Alexandra Stent

(1989-06-24) 24 June 1989 (age 35)
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.[9]

In August 2021, it was announced that she would feature in Celebrity Treasure Island 2021 with her flatmate/contestant Chris Parker.[10]

Brynley appears regularly in videos for the Youtube channel Viva La Dirt League. She has appeared in videos: Surprise Replacement Boss, When Players Focus on the Wrong NPC, Assuming Someone's Pregnant and Managers Getting Aroused by their Power.[11][12][13][14]

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

References

  1. ^ "Brynley Stent | Auckland Actors". www.aucklandactors.co.nz.
  2. ^ a b "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. 23 May 2021.
  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. ^ Taskmaster NZ Series 1, Episode 10 - 'My Uncle John.' | Full Episode, retrieved 27 February 2024
  10. ^ "Meet the contestants of Celebrity Treasure Island 2021". TheSpinoff. 1 August 2021. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Surprise replacement boss | Viva La Dirt League". YouTube. 8 August 2022.
  12. ^ "When players focus on the wrong NPC". YouTube.
  13. ^ "Assuming someone's pregnant - Not Pregnant". YouTube.
  14. ^ "Managers getting aroused by their power". YouTube.


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