Jenny Kent

Jenny Kent

Jenny is renowned as one of Australia’s leading Voice and Dialect coaches, who has worked with many actors, directors and production companies in film, television and theatre in Australia and abroad. She trained initially as a Speech Pathologist and actor, and then went on to study at NIDA and in London to specialize in Voice and Dialects. Since then, she has taught at various drama schools including NIDA, Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) and the National Theatre.

Television coaching credits include The Clearing, The Tourist, Totally Completely Fine, One Night, Surviving Summer, Lambs of God, The Secret River (ABC), Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of INXS (Shine Australia, Seven Network), The Slap (Matchbox Pictures, ABC TV), Dead Gorgeous (Burberry Productions, ABC), Wentworth (Fremantle Media, Foxtel) Molly (Michael Gudinski & Mark Morrissey, Seven Network), Barracuda (ABC), Hunters (NBC, ScyFy), Mustangs FC (ABC), Picnic At Hanging Rock (Foxtel) and Fighting Season (Foxtel).

Film credits include Better Man, The Stranger, Woody Woodpecker, FOE, Nitram, Upgrade, True History of the Kelly Gang, Judy and Punch, The Dry, Aquaman, Hotel Mumbai, Lion, Paper Planes and Balibo.

Theatre coaching credits include West Side Story, Hairspray, The Book Of Mormon, War Horse (National Theatre and Global Creatures), Mary Poppins (Cameron Mackintosh), The Vertical Hour (STC), The Speechmaker (MTC), The Graduate (Michael Coppel), Les Miserables (Cameron Mackintosh) Billy Elliott – The Musical (Louise Withers & Associates), Singin’ In The Rain (Michael Cassel & Associates) and Kinky Boots (Michael Cassel & Associates).

Jenny Kent

SERIES

ONE NIGHT
Dir: Lisa Matthews, Catherine Miller, Motive Pictures, 2023

THE CLEARING
Dir: Gracie Otto, Jeff Walker, Wooden Horse, 2023

TOTALLY COMPLETELY FINE
Dir: Gretel Vella, FremantleMedia Australia, 2023

BAY OF FIRES
Dir: Natalie Bailey, Wayne Blair, Archipelago Productions, 2023

SURVIVING SUMMER
Dir: Ben Chessell, Werner Film Productions, 2022

THE TOURIST
Dir: Chris Sweeney, All3Media International, 2022

FIREBITE
Dir: Warwick Thornton, AMC Studios, 2021

THE GLOAMING
Dir: Michael Rymer, Sweet Potato Films/2 Jons/Stan, 2020

UPRIGHT
Dir. Matt Saville, Lingo Pictures/FOXTEL, 2019

LAMBS OF GOD
Dir: Jeffrey Walker, Lingo Pictures/FOXTEL, 2019

FIGHTING SEASON
Dir: Ben C Lucas, Kate Woods, Goalpost Pictures/FOXTEL, 2018

MUSTANGS FC (Series 2)
Dir: Corrie Chen, Matchbox Pictures, ABC, 2018

PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (Mini-Series)
Dir: Larysa Kondracki, Amazon Studios, 2018

SEVEN TYPES OF AMBIGUITY
Dir: Glendyn Ivin, Ana Kokkinos, Matthew Saville, Matchbox Studios, 2018

MUSTANGS FC (Series 1)
Dir: Tori Garrett, Matchbox Pictures, 2017

HUNTERS
Dir: Ernest R. Dickerson, Valhalla Entertainment, 2016

MOLLY (Mini-Series)
Dir: Kevin Carlin, Mushroom Pictures, 2016

BARRACUDA (Mini-Series)
Dir: Robert Connolly, Matchbox Pictures, 2016

MISS FISHER’S MURDER MYSTERIES (Series 3)
Dir: Tony Tilse, Every Cloud Productions, 2015

THE SECRET RIVER
Dir: Daina Reid, Ruby Entertainment, 2015

NEVER TEAR US APART: THE UNTOLD
STORY OF INXS (Mini-Series)
Dir: Daina Reid, Shine Australia, 2014

POWER GAMES: THE PACKER-MURDOCH
STORY (Mini-Series)
Dir: David Caesar & Geoff Bennett, Nine Network Australia, 2013

WENTWORTH (Series 1)
Dir: Kevin Carlin, FremantleMedia Australia, 2013

MISS FISHER’S MURDER MYSTERIES (Series 1)
Dir: Tony Tilse, Every Cloud Productions, 2012

HOWZAT! KERRY PACKER’S WAR (Mini-Series)
Dir: Daina Reid, Nine Network Australia, 2012

THE SLAP (Mini-Series)
Dir: Jessica Hobbs, Matchbox Pictures/ABC, 2011

DEAD GORGEOUS
Dir: Stephen Johnson, Burberry Productions/Cake Entertainment, 2010

THE SECRET (Documentary)
Dir: Drew Heriot, Prime Time Productions/Nine Network Australia, 2006

NEIGHBOURS
Dir: Various, Grundy Television Australia/Network Ten, 2004-2006

 

FILM

FOE
Dir: Garth Davis, Amazon Studios, 2024

BETTER MAN
Dir: Michael Gracey, Footloose Productions, 2024

WOODY WOODPECKER
Dir: Jonathan A Rosenbaum, Universal 1440 Entertainment, 2023

SPEEDWAY
Dir: Adam Kamien, Luke Rynderman, Ringleader Films, 2023

THE STRANGER
Dir: Thomas Wright, 2 Jons/Stan, 2021

NITRAM
Dir: Justin Kyrzel, Good Thing Productions, 2021

THE DRY
Dir: Robert Connolly, Made Up Stories, 2021

THE JUSTICE OF BUNNY KING
Dir: Gaysorn Thavatt, Firely Films, 2021

ESCAPE FROM PRETORIA
Dir: Francis Annan, Arclight Films, 2020

AQUAMAN
Dir: James Wan, Warner Bros., 2019

TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG
Dir: Justin Kurzel, Daybreak Pictures, 2018

SLAM
Dir: Partho Sen-Gupta, Dolce Vita Films, 2018

LADIES IN BLACK
Dir: Bruce Beresford, Lumila Films, 2018

I AM MOTHER
Dir: Grant Sputore, The Penguin Empire, 2018

JUDY AND PUNCH
Dir: Mirrah Foulkes, Blue-Tongue Films, 2018

HOTEL MUMBAI
Dir: Anthony Maras, A Hamilton and Electric Pictures Production, 2018

UPGRADE
Dir: Leigh Whannell, Blumhouse Productions, 2018

SPIRIT OF THE GAME
Dir: Darran Scott, The Steve Jaggi Company, 2016

LION
Dir: Garth Davis, See-Saw Films, 2016

HOLDING THE MAN
Dir: Neil Armfield, Screen Australia, 2015

PARTISAN
Dir: Ariel Kleiman, Animal Kingdom, 2015

PAPER PLANES
Dir: Robert Connolly, Arenamedia, 2014

LAST DANCE
Dir: David Pulbrook, FG Film Productions, 2012

SOUTH SOLITARY
Dir: Shirley Barrett, Film Victoria, 2010

I LOVE YOU TOO
Dir: Daina Reid, Princess Pictures, 2010

PERSONALITY PLUS
Dir: Clem Maloney, Sure Fire Films, 2009

BALIBO
Dir: Robert Connolly, Arenafilm, 2009

BLESSED
Dir: Ana Kokkinos, Blessed Film Productions, 2009

THE BANK JOB
Dir: Roger Donaldson, Mosaic Media Group, 2008

STORM WARNING
Dir: Jamie Blanks, Film Victoria, 2007

 

THEATRE

WEST SIDE STORY
Opera Australia, 2019

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN
Dir: Jonathan Church, David Atkins Enterprises, 2016

THE SPEECHMAKER
Dir: Sam Strong, Melbourne Theatre Company, 2014

LES MISERABLES
Dir: Laurence Connor & James Powell, Cameron Mackintosh, 201

THE GRADUATE
Dir: Terry Johnson, Kay & McLean Productions, 2013

WAR HORSE
Dir: Drew Barr, Global Creatures, 2012

MARY POPPINS
Dir: Matthew Bourne & Richard Eyre, Cameron Mackintosh, 2010

JERRY SPRINGER: THE OPERA
Dir: Gale Edwards, Sydney Opera House, 2009

THIS IS OUR YOUTH
Dir: Nicholas Pollock, Inside Job Productions, 2009

CHICAGO
Dir: Walter Bobbie, Gordon Frost Organisation, 2009

BOEING BOEING
Dir: Matthew Warchus, Dainty Consolidated Entertainment, 2008

THE VERTICAL HOUR
Dir: Julian Meyrick, Sydney Theatre Company, 2008

BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL
Dir: Stephen Daldry, Old Vic Productions, 2007-2008

MY FAIR LADY
Dir: Darien Sticklen, ACT Inc., 2005

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