A writer and comedian, she cut her teeth at Yuk Yuks and hasn’t stopped bleeding since. Selected TV credits include This Hour Has 22 Minutes, CBC COMICS and Chilly Beach. Produced plays include Mixed Media (CBC Radio) Pure Convenience (CBC Radio), Runtkiller, The Short List, Canis Familiaris and Sick Kids Wanna Talk To You. She won the 2013 TIFF Studio Screenwriting Intensive Jury Prize for her feature comedy The Mac and Watson Springtime Reeferendum Show. She was part of the 2017 Thousand Islands Playhouse Playwrights’ Unit where she developed the play The Monarchists. She wrote, produced and performed in the solo show Double Down Helix in July 2018 at the Kingston Storefront Fringe Festival. Her debut novel, Please Stand By, will be released by Vancouver’s Now or Never Publishing in Fall 2019. Bennett co-produces and performs at Hirut Hoot, a monthly stand-up showcase in Toronto at Hirut Fine Ethiopian Cuisine.
A former Board Member of the Revue Cinema, CB helped secure the Ontario Trillium Foundation grant for the cinema. She was honoured with the Volunteer of the Year Award in 2014. Day jobs include a stint as a senior writer for government. Carolyn Bennett enjoys the perks of sharing the same name of a prominent federal cabinet minister.