Susan Kent
Acting
Born December 12, 1974
Susan Kent (born December 12, 1974) is a Canadian writer and actress. She is best known for being a writer and cast member on CBC Television's This Hour Has 22 Minutes from 2012 to 2020, and for acting on television shows such as Trailer Park Boys (2017-2018), Pretty Hard Cases (2021-2023) and The Trades (2023-2026). Her film credits include Grown Up Movie Star (2009), Relative Happiness (2014), Spinster (2019) and Hands That Bind (2021). In 2024, she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Lead Performance in a Comedy Film at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards, for her role in the crime comedy film Who's Yer Father? (2023). In 2026, Kent wrote the screenplay for Jenna MacMillan's directorial debut The Snake, which she also starred in. The film had its world premiere at the 2026 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival, where Kent won the Narrative Feature Performance prize.
Filmography
- 2026The Snake — Jamie, Writer
- 2024Bloody Mess
- The Trades — Steph, Executive Story Editor
- 2023Hands That Bind — Susan Hollis
- 2023Who's Yer Father? — Rhonda Perry
- Pretty Hard Cases — Layna Sullivan
- 2020Wharf Rats
- Diggstown — Elidh McCaskill
- Hudson & Rex — Fiona Anders
- 2019Spinster — Amanda
- 2018Hopeless Romantic
- 2017A Christmas Fury — Darlene Fury
- 2014Abandoned — Sister (Blue)
- 2014How To Be Deadly — Debbie Stokes
- 2014Relative Happiness — Susie
- 2013Me2 — Margaret Moores/Maggie Moores
- 2013Stray — Sherri
- 2011Oliver Bump's Birthday — Background
- 2010Cardboard Junction — Mom
- 2010Grown Up Movie Star — Jennifer
- Republic of Doyle — Carlie
- 2009Diverted — Dori
- 2008Bathroom — Cheryl
- 2008The One That Got Away — Tiffany
- 2007Diamonds in a Bucket — Trina
- 2007Young Triffie's Been Made Away With — Mrs. Head
- 2004Making Love in St. Pierre — Marjie
- ReGenesis — Young Mother
- 2000Violet — Romona