Jen Brister. Copyright: Idil Sukan
Jen Brister

Jen Brister

  • Writer, stand-up comedian and actor
  1. 6th April: Specsavers launches its first ever comedy club in London to normalise eye symptoms in the over 40s (London Post)
Jen Brister. Copyright: Idil Sukan

Jen Brister is an English comedian, writer, and actor. She has written for BBC Scotland, presented for BBC 6 Music and Juice FM, and has regularly contributed to magazines such as Diva, g3, Standard Issue and The Huffington Post. She has written and performed five solo shows, often referencing the fact that her mother is Spanish, and has toured with Kerry Godliman, Francesca Martinez, Roisin Conaty, and Frankie Boyle. Latterly she has featured on Kerry Godliman's Radio 2 sitcom Kerry's List.

Year Production Role
2024 Cambridge Comedy Garden Self
2024 Brighton Comedy Garden Self
2024 Bristol Comedy Garden Self
2024 You're Dead To Me - Series 8
  1. E10 - Emma Of Normandy
 Guest
2024 Fashion Loves Comedy Festival Self
2024 Icklewick FM
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  1. E4 - The Fundraiser
  2. E6 - The Mob
 Ensemble Actor
2023 Southport Comedy Festival Self
2023 Brighton Comedy Garden Self
2023 New Forest Comedy Festival Self
2023 Wells Comedy Festival Self
2023 Hay Festival Self
2023 Comedy Club At Machynlleth - Series 2
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Guest
2023 Past Caring Writer
2023 Past Caring Jen
2022 Mock The Week - Series 21
  1. E4 - Episode Four
 Guest
2022 Question Team - Series 2
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2022 Aberystwyth Comedy Festival Self
2022 Jen Brister: The Optimist Self
2022 Folkestone Funny Fest Self
2022 Cotswold Comedy Festival Self
2022 Damned Andrew
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  1. E1 - And So It Begins
  2. E2 - The Wolves Of Finsbury Park
  3. E3 - Real Human Skull
  4. E4 - The Best Day Of Their Lives
 Gabriella
2022 Jokes Only A ... Can Tell
  1. E5 - Jokes Only A Lesbian Can Tell
 Self
2022 Avoidance - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
 Script Consultant
2022 The Leak - Series 15
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Guest
2022 Bristol Comedy Festival Self
2022 Who Has Been Cancelled? Ensemble Actor
2022 QI - Series S
  1. E10 - Smörgåsbord
 Guest
2022 Jen Brister: Waves Writer
2022 Jen Brister: Waves Host / Presenter
2021 Live At The Apollo - Series 16
  1. E6 - Jen Brister, Esther Manito, Adam Rowe
 Host / Presenter
2021 Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains - Series 3
  1. E6 - Episode Six
 Guest
2021 Mock The Week - Series 20
  1. E9 - Episode Nine
  2. Special - Christmas Special
  3. Special - End Of Year Special
 Guest
2021 Women in Comedy Festival Self
2021 How Agencies Create Period Product Adverts Greta
2021 Balham Comedy Festival Self
2021 Cambridge Comedy Festival Self
2021 Comedy Catalysts - Series 2
  1. E2 - Jen Brister On French & Saunders
 Guest
2020 Soho Theatre Live - Series 1
  1. E2 - Jen Brister: Meaningless
 Host / Presenter
2020 Frankie Boyle's New World Order - Series 4
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. Special - Unseen & Best Bits
 Guest
2020 Wells Comedy Festival Self
2020 The Machynlleth Comedy Festival - 2020
  1. E3 - Stand Up... In My House
 Guest
2020 The News Quiz - Series 102
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
 Guest
2020 Who Said That? - Series 1
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
 Guest
2020 Stuart Goldsmith's Infinite Sofa
  1. E41 - Episode Forty One
 Guest
2020 Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life - Series 3
  1. E3 - Autumn
 Writer
2020 Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life - Series 3
  1. E3 - Autumn
 Guest
2020 Hypothetical - Series 2
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2019 Classic Christmas Comedy Moments Self
2019 The Museum Of Curiosity - Gallery 14
  1. E4 - Meeting Eighty-Four
 Guest
2019 Comedians Giving Lectures - Series 1
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
 Self
2019 Live At The Apollo - Pride Specials
  1. Special - Episode Two
 Guest
2019 Jen Brister - Under Privilege Self
2019 Elephant In The Room - Series 1
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2019 BBC New Comedy Award - 2019
  1. E1 - Heat 1 - London
 Host / Presenter
2019 Utterly Outrageous Comedy
  1. E2 - Celebrity & Politics
  2. E3 - Religion & Death
  3. E4 - Women & Sex
 Self
2019 Oxford Comedy Festival Self
2019 The News Quiz - Series 99
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
 Guest
2019 Frankie Boyle's New World Order - Series 3
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. Special - Unseen & Best Bits
 Guest
2018 The News Quiz - Series 98
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2018 Stand Up At BBC Wales
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Self
2018 The News Quiz - Series 97
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2018 Jen Brister - Meaningless Self
2018 Live At The Apollo - All Girls Live At The Apollo
  1. Special - Part 1
 Guest
2018 The Machynlleth Comedy Festival - 2018
  1. The Machynlleth Stand-Up Show
 Guest
2018 The Now Show - Series 52
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Writer
2018 The Now Show - Series 52
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Self
2017 Live At The Apollo - Series 13
  1. E3 - Rob Beckett, Jen Brister, Darren Harriott
 Guest
2016 It's Not What You Know - Series 4
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Self
2014 Comedy Central At The Comedy Store - Series 3
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E13 - Episode Thirteen
 Guest
2014 Kerry's List - Series 2
  1. E3 - Ageing
  2. E4 - Nostalgia
  3. E6 - Holiday
 Ensemble Actor
2014 MacAulay And Co - Edinburgh 2014
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
 Self
2014 Catface Talent & Red24 Management Showcase Self
2014 TAKE a coMEdian OUT Self
2014 Wishful Thinking Self
2012 Jen Brister - Now and Then Self
2011 Jen Brister is British(ish) Self

Non-comedy TV and film credits may be found here:
Jen Brister on IMDb

Jen Brister is an English comedian, writer, and actor. She has written for BBC Scotland, presented for BBC 6 Music and Juice FM, and has regularly contributed to magazines such as Diva, g3, Standard Issue and The Huffington Post. She has written and performed five solo shows, often referencing the fact that her mother is Spanish, and has toured with Kerry Godliman, Francesca Martinez Roisin Conaty, and Frankie Boyle. Latterly she has featured on Kerry Godliman's Radio 2 sitcom Kerry's List.

Chortle Awards 2022
Best Compere (Nominee)
Polari Prize 2020
The Polari Prize (Longlisted (The Other Mother: A Wickedly Honest Parenting Tale for Every Kind of Family by Jen Brister))
Leicester Comedy Festival Awards 2014
Best New Show (Nominee)

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