Tegan Higginbotham
| Tegan Higginbotham | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Tegan Marie Higginbotham |
| Born | 25 March 1988 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Medium | Writer, actor |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | Dandenong Primary School |
| Years active | 2005-present |
| Spouse | Paul Verhoeven |
| Notable works and roles | Whovians |
Tegan Marie Higginbotham (born 25 March 1988) is an Australian comedian, writer and actress.[1] Higginbotham contributes regularly as a sports columnist for The Age and writes a blog.[2]
Personal life
Higginbotham was born in Dandenong, a suburb of Melbourne. She attended Dandenong Primary School and recently wowed audiences at the Class of 2018 Primary School Graduation. She 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 currently lives in Melbourne. She married Paul Verhoeven in a civil ceremony in Paris in July 2019.[3]
Career
Higginbotham's first love was acting, until she discovered comedy in her late teens,[4] and performed her first comedy gig at the age of 17.[5] 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.[5] At the age of 21, Higginbotham began performing solo[5] with her debut comedy show 'Million Dollar Tegan' nominated for the Best Newcomer Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2012.[6] In 2016, Higginbotham was a regular cast member for the Australian version of Whose Line Is It Anyway?.[7][8]
Higginbotham co-hosted the controversial ABC2 pre-game, half-time and post-game coverages of the Liverpool F.C versus Sydney FC match with Julian Schiller and Steen Raskopoulos on 24 May 2017.[9][10]
Higginbotham joined Nicole Livingstone and Amberley Lobo as co-host and regular panellist on the one-hour live entertainment and sports comedy panel show called Sideliners which premiered on ABC TV on 30 June 2017.[11][12][13]
Live comedy shows
Solo comedy shows
- 2012: Million Dollar Tegan
- 2013: Touched By Fev
- 2014: Game Changer
- 2016: The City of Love
Collaborative comedy shows
- 2006–2007: The Hound of the Baskervilles
- 2007: Every Film Ever Made
- 2008–2009: The Last Bucket of Water
- 2010: Robot V's World
- 2010: Jabba's Comedy Hutt
- 2011: The Terminativity
- 2011: Super Secret Awesome Show
- 2012: Shakespeare Fight Club
- 2014: The Wrestling
- 2015: Who's Afraid of the Dark?
- 2016: The Life Education Van for Adults!
- 2017: Go to Hell
- 2018: Watson World Tour
Filmography
| 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 |
| 2018 | For Your Sins | Lucy | Actor |
| 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 |
| 2016 | Bounce | Herself | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Nowhere Boys: Two Moons Rising | Quinn Banda | 4 episodes |
| 2016-2017 | Whose Line is it Anyway? Australia | Herself | 4 episodes |
| 2017 | Whovians | Herself | 9 episodes |
| 2017 | Liverpool FC versus Sydney FC | Herself | 1 episode |
| 2017 | Sideliners | Herself | 7 episodes |
| 2017 | The Ex-PM | Floor Manager | 1 episode |
| 2018 | Show Me the Movie! | Herself | 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,[14] 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.[15]
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,[16] a Golden Gibbo Award nomination for Shakespeare Fight Club with Adam McKenzie as the duo 'Watson' in 2012,[16] 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.[17] 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.[16][18]
References
- ^ a b c Black, Zona (8 May 2014). "Not your average comedian". The Examiner. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Bio: Tegan Higginbotham". Creative Representation. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "MY PARIS: COMEDIAN & WRITER TEGAN HIGGINBOTHAM".
- ^ Brookfield, Joanne (17 September 2015). "A comedian's life is not all fun and games". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ a b c Clark, Lisa (15 March 2013). "Interview with Tegan Higginbotham about being Touched By Fev and other things". Squirrel Comedy. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ Clark, Lisa (9 October 2012). "Tegan Higginbotham in Million Dollar Tegan". Squirrel Comedy. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ Staff writer, Yahoo7 TV Buzz (20 July 2016). "Rhys Darby surprise star in Whose Line Is It Anyway? Australia cast". Yahoo7. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Staff writer, MCN (19 July 2016). "Whose Line Is It Anyway? Australia Cast Announced". Multi Channel Network. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ Staff writer, Decider TV (23 May 2017). "Liverpool Football Club vs Sydney FC - Live this week on ABC2". Decider TV. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ Staff writer, The Sydney Morning Herald (25 May 2017). "ABC2's Liverpool FC vs Sydney FC match coverage slammed". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ Knox, David (18 July 2017). "Airdate: Sideliners". TV Tonight. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- ^ Enker, Debi (17 August 2017). "Draw your own conclusions about ABC priorities from two recent shows". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- ^ Perry, Kevin (19 July 2017). "ABC launches new live sport panel show this Friday night". Decider TV. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Sacred Heart Mission-Home page". Sacred Heart Mission. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ a b c Staff writer, MICF Awards Page. "Melbourne International Comedy Festival Awards Page". Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ "AWG Announces the Nominees for the 47th Annual AWGIE Awards". Australian Writers' Guild. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ Ross, Annabel (15 April 2015). "Melbourne International Comedy Festival: 2015 Barry Award nominees announced". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 11 October 2015.