About Jenny

Jenny is one of Australia’s fastest emerging stand-up comedy talents, with a particular passion for musical, character and improvised comedy.

She has recently relocated her family to Canada to take advantage of the comedic opportunities that abound…and to play ‘chicken’ with Grizzlies.

  In 2006 she was awarded a $15,500 Lord Mayor’s New and Emerging Artists Fellowship to travel to New York, Boston, Las Vegas & LA to train in comedy and improv with the prestigious Second City and more. In 2007 Arts Queensland awarded her an Individual Professional Development Grant to participate in the Loose Moose International School of Improvisation in Calgary, and she was also accepted into an independent Residency at the Banff Centre to develop a new solo show. Her humourous newspaper column ­ revolving around an Aussie mother’s adventures in Canada ­ features in both the Canmore Leader and the Banff Crag and Canyon.

Over the past several years Jenny has entertained audiences both locally, nationally and internationally. She was Queensland’s Runner-Up in 2006 Triple J Raw Comedy Competition, while her full-length solo variety show Jenny Wynter is: SELF INDULGENT, combining stand-up, musical, improvised and character comedy, launched BrizImprovFest, Brisbane’s first improv festival in 2007.

Jenny has written for The Glass House, appeared on Canada's Mountain FM, Brisbane’s 612 ABC, Tasmania’s Huon FM and Briz 31’s Cinema. Until jumping the ocean to Canada, she co-presented The Frog and Peach, the cultishly popular comedy drive-time radio show on Brisbane's 4ZZZ.

She also fits in movie-making (improv-devised feature film demo DVD Cinema a la Hitchhiker is almost completed, writing (her work has appeared in various magazines, newspapers and her book-in-progress about mothers keeping their dreams alive was picked up by agent Curtis Brown Management) and raising two crazy comedians-in-waiting, Ella (5) and Caleb (3).

She is looking forward to the comedy that will come from her inevitable breakdown.

Stay tuned!