
Person
Susan Kent
Acting · Born 1974-12-12
Biography
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.
Known for

Hudson & Rex
Fiona Anders

Republic of Doyle
Carlie

ReGenesis
Young Mother

Pretty Hard Cases
Layna Sullivan

Diggstown
Elidh McCaskill

The Snake
Jamie

Wharf Rats
2020
Bathroom
Cheryl

The One That Got Away
Tiffany

Hands That Bind
Susan Hollis
Filmography
- 2026The SnakeJamie
- 2024Bloody Mess
- 2023Who's Yer Father?Rhonda Perry
- 2023Hands That BindSusan Hollis
- 2021Pretty Hard CasesLayna Sullivan
- 2020Wharf Rats
- 2019SpinsterAmanda
- 2019DiggstownElidh McCaskill
- 2019Hudson & RexFiona Anders
- 2018Hopeless Romantic
- 2017A Christmas FuryDarlene Fury
- 2014Relative HappinessSusie
- 2014How To Be DeadlyDebbie Stokes
- 2014AbandonedSister (Blue)
- 2013Me2Margaret Moores/Maggie Moores
- 2013StraySherri
- 2011Oliver Bump's BirthdayBackground
- 2010Grown Up Movie StarJennifer
- 2010Republic of DoyleCarlie
- 2010Cardboard JunctionMom
- 2009DivertedDori
- 2008BathroomCheryl
- 2008The One That Got AwayTiffany
- 2007Diamonds in a BucketTrina
- 2007Young Triffie's Been Made Away WithMrs. Head
- 2004ReGenesisYoung Mother
- 2004Making Love in St. PierreMarjie
- 2000VioletRomona
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