Jen Brister
Known for Acting · 16 credits
- Born
- 1975-02-09 (age 51)
- Place of birth
- Kingston, Surrey, England
Biography
Jennifer Helen Brister is a British stand-up comedian, writer and actor from London.
Brister studied drama at Middlesex University, London, where, in the mid-1990s, she took a course in stand-up comedy, the only one of its kind at the time in the UK. Other famous graduates include Alan Carr, Dan Renton Skinner of the Dutch Elm Conservatoire and Shooting Stars, and Clare Warde of the Runaway Lovers. Brister's first gig was at the end of her third year at university in 1996, at the King's Head in Crouch End, London.
She has performed internationally including at the Melbourne Comedy Festival in 2011 and 2014, at the Adelaide Festival in 2011 and 2012, as well as numerous times at the Edinburgh Festival. She regularly performs at clubs around the UK including Banana Cabaret, The Comedy Store (London), the Glee Clubs, Frog & Bucket, and Up the Creek. She toured the UK for the first time in 2018 with her show Meaningless. Since 2022 she has been touring the UK again with her show The Optimist.
Her comedy hero is Victoria Wood.
Known For
TV Shows (11)
QI
2003
as Self
Richard Osman's House of Games
2017
as Self - Contestant
Have You Been Paying Attention?
2013
as Self - Panellist
Mock the Week
2005
as Self
The Weakest Link
2021
as Self - Participant
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
as Self - Contestant
Between the Covers
2020
as Self
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
2021
as Guest
Hypothetical
2019
as Self
Live at the Apollo
2004
as Host
Celebrity Hunted
2017
as Self - Fugitive
Movies (5)
About Jen Brister
Jennifer Helen Brister is a British stand-up comedian, writer and actor from London. Brister studied drama at Middlesex University, London, where, in the mid-1990s, she took a course in stand-up comedy, the only one of its kind at the time in the UK. Other famous graduates include Alan Carr, Dan Renton Skinner of the Dutch Elm Conservatoire and Shooting Stars, and Clare Warde of the Runaway Lovers. Brister's first gig was at the end of her third year at university in 1996, at the King's Head in Crouch End, London. She has performed internation… With 16 credits spanning from 2003 to 2023, Jen Brister has appeared in 5 films and 11 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jen Brister Movies
- Lair (2021) — as Alaina Sheen
- Jen Brister: The Optimist (2023) — as Self
- Where Have All the Lesbians Gone? (2022) — as Self
- SuperBob (2009) — as Doris
- Jen Brister - Meaningless (2020)
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