Tegan Higginbotham Last updated August 31, 2025 Australian comedian, writer and actress
Tegan Marie Higginbotham (born 1987 or 1988 )[ citation needed ]
Early life and education Tegan Marie Higginbotham[ citation needed ] 1987 or 1988 [ 1] in Dandenong , Victoria. She attended Dandenong Primary School and Dandenong High School (since merged with Cleeland Secondary College). [ 2]
Her 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]
Career Higginbotham has performed at every Melbourne International Comedy Festival since becoming a National Finalist at the festival's Class Clowns comedy competition in 2005. [ 5]
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. [ 6]
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 , [ 17] 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. [ 18]
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 Film Year Title Role Notes 2009 Perspective Darcy Short film 2013 Adoption Tilly Short film 2014 Dinner for Three Cass Short film 2014 The Heckler Laura Feature film 2015 Sweatshop Ashlee Simmons Short TV movie 2015 Holding the Man Gina Feature film 2015 Oddball Zoe Feature film 2015 A Night of Horror: Volume 1 Maggie Anthology film 2018 For Your Sins Lucy Short film 2020 The Divorce Lawyer Short film 2023 Jones Family Christmas McKenzie TV movie
Television Year Title Role Notes 2007 Neighbours Francis Taylor 1 episode 2008 Studio A Comedian 1 episode 2009 Whatever Happened to That Guy? Tegan Season 1, 4 episodes 2009 City Homicide Jana Mellor Season 3, episode 14: "Mission Statement" 2011 The Bazura Project Barmaid / Profane Shopper Season 4, 2 episodes 2012 Rant Reporter 1 episode 2012 Aunty Donna's Rumpus Room Tammy Season 1, episode 2: "Chapel Street/Cresps/A Bad Date" 2013 Twentysomething Applicant 1 Season 2, episode 2: "Tricks of the Trade" 2013–2015 Have You Been Paying Attention? Panelist 4 episodes 2014 Back Seat Drivers Driver 1 episode 2014 This is Littleton Various characters Season 1, 4 episodes 2014 Fancy Boy Addiction Counsellor Season 1, episode 1: "My Weird Addiction" 2014 It's a Date Abby Season 2, episode 4: "How Much Research Should You Do Before Dating?" 2014 Upper Middle Bogan Jess Season 2, episode 8: "Jules in the Crown" 2014 The 2014 Antenna Awards Host 1 episode 2014 Live on Bowen Comedian 1 episode 2014 Spicks and Specks Panelist 2 episodes 2015 Community Kitchen Herself 2 episodes 2015 Comedy Up Late Comedian 1 episode 2015 About Tonight Host 1 episode 2015 How to be Funny Herself 1 episode 2016 Molly Petra Miniseries, 2 episodes 2016 Bounce Herself 2 episodes 2016–2018 Nowhere Boys: Two Moons Rising Quinn Banda Seasons 3–4, 5 episodes 2016–2017 Whose Line is it Anyway? Australia Herself 4 episodes 2017 Whovians Presenter / Panellist 9 episodes 2017 Liverpool FC versus Sydney FC Host 1 episode 2017 Sideliners Co-host / Regular panellist 7 episodes 2017 The Ex-PM Floor Manager Season 2, episode 3: "Image" 2018 Show Me the Movie! Herself 2 episodes 2019 Help – The Series Lucie Miniseries 2021 Dish Island Host
As writer Year Title Role Notes 2014 This is Littleton Writer Season 1, 4 episodes 2014 The 2014 Antenna Awards Writer 1 episode 2014 Dinner for Three Co-writer / Associate Producer Short film 2015 Little Lunch Writer 1 episode 2015 Open Slather Writer 9 episodes 2023 Jones Family Christmas Writer TV movie
Podcast series Year Title Role Notes 2016 Night Terrace Jillemina 1 episode: "Situational Awareness"
References 1 2 Black, Zona (8 May 2014). "Not your average comedian" . The Examiner . Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2015 . ↑ Higginbotham, Tegan (7 April 2014). "Comedy class of her own" . Dandenong Star Journal (Interview). Interviewed by Neill, Casey. Retrieved 12 September 2024 . ↑ Brookfield, Joanne (17 September 2015). "A comedian's life is not all fun and games" . The Age . Fairfax Media. Retrieved 7 October 2015 . 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 . ↑ "Tegan Higginbotham" . Creative Representation . 7 March 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024 . ↑ Clark, Lisa (9 October 2012). "Tegan Higginbotham in Million Dollar Tegan" . Squirrel Comedy . Retrieved 7 October 2015 . ↑ "Rhys Darby surprise star in Whose Line Is It Anyway? Australia cast" . Yahoo7 . 20 July 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016 . ↑ "Whose Line Is It Anyway? Australia Cast Announced" . Multi Channel Network . 19 July 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016 . ↑ "Liverpool Football Club vs Sydney FC - Live this week on ABC2" . Decider TV . 23 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017 . ↑ "ABC2's Liverpool FC vs Sydney FC match coverage slammed" . The Sydney Morning Herald . Fairfax Media. 25 May 2017. 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 . 1 2 3 "Melbourne International Comedy Festival Awards Page" . Melbourne International Comedy Festival . Archived from the original on 11 January 2016. 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 . ↑ 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 . ↑ "My Paris: Comedian & Writer Tegan Higginbotham" . August 2019. This page is based on this
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