Tegan Higginbotham

Tegan Higginbotham
Birth name Tegan Marie Higginbotham
Born 25 March 1988
Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
Medium Comedian, writer, actor
Nationality Australian
Years active 2005 - present
Notable works and roles Have You Been Paying Attention?
Spicks and Specks
Oddball

Tegan Higginbotham (born 25 March 1988) is an Australian comedian, writer and actor[1] based in Melbourne, who has a penchant for sports and sci-fi,[1] and describes herself as "a big nerd at heart, whose favourite things ever are Star Wars and Harry Potter."[1] Higginbotham contributes regularly as a sports columnist for The Age and writes a blog.[2]

Career

Higginbotham's first love was acting, until she discovered comedy in her late teens,[3] and performed her first comedy gig at the age of 17.[4] Higginbotham has performed at every Melbourne International Comedy Festival since becoming a National Finalist at the festival's Class Clowns comedy competition in 2005.[2] She began her comedy career performing wild fast-paced sketch shows with fellow comedians Rob Lloyd and Adam McKenzie as the trio 'The Hounds', which later morphed into 'Watson', without Lloyd.[4] At the age of 21, Higginbotham began performing solo[4] with her debut comedy show 'Million Dollar Tegan' nominated for the Best Newcomer Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2012.[5]

Live comedy shows

Solo comedy shows

Collaborative comedy shows

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Perspective Darcy Actor
2013 Adoption Tilly Actor
2014 Dinner For Three Cass Actor/associate producer
2014 The Heckler Laura Actor
2015 Holding the Man Gina Actor
2015 Oddball Zoe Actor
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Neighbours Francis Taylor 1 episode
2008 Studio A Herself 1 episode
2009 Whatever Happened to That Guy? Tegan 4 episodes
2009 City Homicide Jana Mellor 1 episode
2011 The Bazura Project Actor 2 episodes
2012 Rant Herself 1 episode
2013 Twentysomething Applicant 1 1 episode
2013-2015 Have You Been Paying Attention? Herself 4 episodes
2014 Back Seat Drivers Herself 1 episode
2014 It's A Date Abby 1 episode
2014 Upper Middle Bogan Jess 1 episode
2014 This is Littleton Writer/actor 4 episodes
2014 Fancy Boy Addiction Counsellor 1 episode
2014 The 2014 Antenna Awards Herself/host 1 episode
2014 Live on Bowen Herself 1 episode
2014 Spicks and Specks Herself 2 episodes
2015 Community Kitchen Herself 2 episodes
2015 Comedy Up Late Herself 1 episode
2015 About Tonight Herself/host 1 episode
2015 Little Lunch Writer 1 episode
2015 How To Be Funny Herself 1 episode
2015 Open Slather Writer 9 episodes
2016 Molly Petra 2 episodes

Community and charity work

Higginbotham performed at the Heart of St Kilda concert in 2014 with comedians Julia Morris, Charlie Pickering, musical comedy trio Tripod, ventriloquist Dean Atkinson, Greg Champion of the Coodabeens and comedy character Elliot Goblet,[6] to raise funds for Sacred Heart Mission which assists hundreds of people who are homeless or living in poverty to find shelter, food, care and support every day of the year.[7]

Awards

Higginbotham has garnered a variety of award nominations for her diverse work as a comedian and writer, including Best Newcomer nominee for her debut solo show Million Dollar Tegan at the 2012 Melbourne International Comedy Festival,[8] a Golden Gibbo Award nomination for Shakespeare Fight Club with Adam McKenzie as the duo 'Watson' in 2012,[8] and an AWGIE (Australian Writers' Guild) award nomination shared with an ensemble of writers for the television show This is Littleton in the Best Comedy: Sketch or Light Entertainment category in 2014.[9] In 2014, Higginbotham, McKenzie and guest co-star comedian Liam Ryan as the ensemble group 'Watson', won the Best Comedy Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for their comedy show Who's Afraid of the Dark? . In 2015, 'Watson' returned for another season of Who's Afraid of the Dark? at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and was nominated for a Golden Gibbo Award.[8][10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Black, Zona (8 May 2014). "Not your average comedian". The Examiner. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Bio: Tegan Higginbotham". Creative Representation. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Brookfield, Joanne (17 September 2015). "A comedian's life is not all fun and games". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 Clark, Lisa (15 March 2013). "Interview with Tegan Higginbotham about being Touched By Fev and other things". Squirrel Comedy. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Clark, Lisa (9 October 2012). "Tegan Higginbotham in Million Dollar Tegan". Squirrel Comedy. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  6. ↑ Bailey, John (25 June 2014). "Stage Whispers- Heart of St Kilda concert, F for funny and Bangarra dance". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Sacred Heart Mission-Home page". Sacred Heart Mission. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 Staff writer, MICF Awards Page. "Melbourne International Comedy Festival Awards Page". Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "AWG Announces the Nominees for the 47th Annual AWGIE Awards". Australian Writers' Guild. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  10. ↑ Ross, Annabel (15 April 2015). "Melbourne International Comedy Festival: 2015 Barry Award nominees announced". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 11 October 2015.

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