Anne Hegerty

Anne Hegerty
Born Anne Solway Hegerty
(1958-07-14) 14 July 1958
City of Westminster, London, England
Residence Manchester, England[1][2]
Other names The Governess, Frosty Knickers
Occupation Television personality
Freelance proofreader and editor
Quiz brain
Known for The Chase (2010–)
The Chase Australia (2015–)

Anne Solway Hegerty (born 14 July 1958) is an English television personality, freelance editor and former journalist, who is one of the "Chasers" on the ITV game show The Chase alongside Mark Labbett, Shaun Wallace, Paul Sinha and Jenny Ryan. She is also one of the Chasers on the Australian version of the show on the Seven Network. She is an academic proof-reader and lives in Manchester.[1][2]

Personal life

Anne Hegerty was born in 1958 in the City of Westminster, to Kenneth and Shirley Brereton Hegerty (née Smith; 1924–1993). She was raised in Wood Green, where her brother was born in 1963.

In an interview, Hegerty stated that she has Asperger syndrome, which she was diagnosed with in 2005.[3]

Career

Hegerty has made appearances on a number of other quiz shows, including Mastermind, Fifteen to One, Today's the Day, Are You an Egghead? and Brain of Britain.[4] As of June 2014, she was ranked 40th (and second among women) in the World Quizzing Championships.[5] In November 2013 she competed in the Bolton Premier Quiz League to become Brain of Bolton for the second time.[6]

In December 2014, Hegerty appeared in the pantomime Cinderella as the wicked stepmother at the Grange Theatre in Northwich.[7] In December 2015 she appeared as Fleshcreep in the pantomime "Jack and the Beanstalk" at the Civic Hall, Ellesmere Port,[8] which was also booked for performance at Heywood and Radcliffe. At Easter 2016 Hegerty appeared as the Enchantress in the pantomime "Beauty and the Beast", alongside Keith Chegwin and Basil Brush, at The Palace Theatre, Redditch, which sold out, and other venues [9]

References

  1. 1 2 "The Chase". itv.com.
  2. 1 2 Thynne, Jane (4 February 2010). "The Week in Radio: Why can't the Brain of Britain be a woman?". The Independent.
  3. ↑ The Chase : Sneak Peak - Anne Hegerty Interview. 18 August 2014 – via YouTube.
  4. ↑ "Bradley Walsh". bradleywalsh.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "Results". worldquizzing.com.
  6. ↑ Scoble, Andy (7 November 2013). "TV quiz champion named Brain of Bolton for second time". The Bolton News. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  7. ↑ "Cinderella". Mid-Cheshire Independent (Independent Newspapers). Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Ellesmere Port Dancers Star in Annual Panto". Chester Chronicle. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "Beauty and the Beast at Redditch's Palace Theatre". Redditch and Alcester Advertiser. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
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