Jen Brister
- Jen Brister (actual name Jennifer Brister) was born in February 1975 and is a stand-up comedian from South London.
- Jen started on the comedy circuit in the late 1990s. She has performed in London venues that include Comedy Camp, Comedy Store, and Big Night Out as well as hosting her own nights that include Hysterics at Shaun & Joe and Cat Flap Comedy at the Player Bar, Soho.
- She will be starring in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2006 with her latest show "Me, My Mother and I." In Time Out, March 2006 Jen stated "'It's really an exploration of my relationship with my mum. It's an analysis, as well, of where I am at this point in my life. I'm 31. I'm single. I don't own a house. Or a car. I don't have kids. Or any solid financial security. At 31, my mother had three children and a fourth on the way. She was married and she had a mortgage." Source: Hay, Malcolm (March 22, 2006). "Comedy - Mother's Day - Jen Brister" Time Out, p. 52.
- Cutting Edge Comedy Mardi Gras Winner 2002 (now London Gay Pride Festival)
- Jen Brister has twice been a semi-finalist for the BBC Comedy awards.
- She is also an accomplished writer and performer with the comedy sketch group, The Loose Connection who perform regularly at the Hen & Chickens Theatre, Etcetera Theatre, Sketch Club and The Enterprise.
- Jen has been dubbed the "poor man's Rhona Cameron" Downs, Sean (June 2, 2006). "Try It". The Mirror, p. 18.
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