Brynley Stent

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Brynley Stent
Born
Brynley Alexandra Stent

(1989-06-24) 24 June 1989 (age 34)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Education Toi Whakaari
Awards Billy T Award (2021)
Comedy career
Medium
  • Television
  • theatre
Years active2014present

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]

In August 2022, she appeared on the Surprise replacement boss, a video edited by Viva La Dirt League as part of their Bored series. [11]

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

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