Brittany Lyseng is a Canadian standup comedian from Calgary, Alberta.Victoria Ahearn, "From elevator mechanic to comedy: Brittany Lyseng tackles male-dominated jobs". CityNews, October 17, 2019. She is most noted as part of the ensemble that received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Performance in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards, for the debut episode of Roast Battle Canada.Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
Lyseng worked as an elevator mechanic before getting into standup comedy. She launched an open mic night in Calgary, and was a semi-finalist in SiriusXM Canada's Top Comic competition, before releasing her debut comedy album Going Up on 604 Records in 2019.Marty Younge, "11 of the Best Canadian Comedy Albums of 2019". The Interrobang, December 28, 2019.
In 2020 she was featured in the CBC Gem stand-up comedy series The New Wave of Standup.
In 2024, Lyseng won the Seattle International Comedy Competition.
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