Bette Bentley
- Actress
- Writer
- Director
Bette Bentley was born in Houston, Texas. She is the youngest daughter in a family of five and is the niece of country music superstar Dierks Bentley. As a teenager in 2008, she got her start doing improv at Upright Citizens Brigade in NYC. In 2019, she directed her first feature "She Really Hurt My Feelings in Yoga Class." She is a writer, director, producer, and actor. Over the years, she has made countless viral videos for Funny or Die and a few for College Humor, and worked with many celebrities. In 2015, she had a web series that went viral called Junior Development Execs, an inside baseball portrayal of young film executives. She created, wrote, and starred in the series, as well as directed a few episodes. In 2016, she was a writer for the CBS Diversity Showcase, where she met her husband Brian in the writer's room. Their most notable sketch being "Hodor's Moment" starring Dominic Burgess. She also co-wrote and appeared in her uncle's music video "Drunk on a Plane." The music video went on to be a critical smash and garnered multiple awards. At Funny or Die, she produced such notable videos as "The First Gay Bachelor" starring Jesse Tyler Ferguson, George Takei, and Lance Bass - this video raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Marriage Equality. She also produced "The Hand Bra" starring Rebecca Romijn which raised hundred of thousands for Breast Cancer Research. Earlier that year, she produced and appeared in "Tony Hale's Acting Process" with Emmy-award-winner Tony Hale, a video which he tweets every year around Emmy season. She has also starred in several campaigns for Old Milwaukee with fellow comedians (Golden-Globe-winner) Rachel Bloom, Kyle Kinane, Barry Rothbart, Johnny Pemberton, Drennon Davis, and Curt Neil. She also starred in the Microsoft "Block Party" commercial and Apple's "Valentine's Day" commercial.