
Actor
Jen Brister
Born 1975 · Kingston, Surrey, England
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.
Acting

QI
Self · 2003

Mock the Week
Self · 2005

Have You Been Paying Attention?
Self - Panellist · 2013

Live at the Apollo
Host · 2004

Richard Osman's House of Games
Self - Contestant · 2017

Lair
Alaina Sheen · 2021

SuperBob
Doris · 2009

Hypothetical
Self · 2019

Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
Guest · 2021

The Weakest Link
Self - Participant · 2021

Celebrity Hunted
Self - Fugitive · 2017

Celebrity Mastermind
Self - Contestant · 2003

Between the Covers
Self · 2020

Where Have All the Lesbians Gone?
Self · 2022

Jen Brister: The Optimist
Self · 2023