Tegan Higginbotham

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Tegan Higginbotham
Birth nameTegan Marie Higginbotham
Born (1988-03-25) 25 March 1988 (age 33)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
MediumWriter, actor
NationalityAustralian
EducationDandenong Primary School
Years active2005-present
Spouse Paul Verhoeven

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]

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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

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2009PerspectiveDarcyActor
2013AdoptionTillyActor
2014Dinner For ThreeCassActor/associate producer
2014The HecklerLauraActor
2015 Holding the Man GinaActor
2015 Oddball ZoeActor
2018For Your SinsLucyActor
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Neighbours Francis Taylor1 episode
2008Studio AHerself1 episode
2009Whatever Happened to That Guy?Tegan4 episodes
2009 City Homicide Jana Mellor1 episode
2011 The Bazura Project Actor2 episodes
2012RantHerself1 episode
2013 Twentysomething Applicant 11 episode
2013-2015 Have You Been Paying Attention? Herself4 episodes
2014Back Seat DriversHerself1 episode
2014 It's a Date Abby1 episode
2014 Upper Middle Bogan Jess1 episode
2014 This is Littleton Writer/actor4 episodes
2014Fancy BoyAddiction Counsellor1 episode
2014The 2014 Antenna AwardsHerself/host1 episode
2014Live on BowenHerself1 episode
2014 Spicks and Specks Herself2 episodes
2015Community KitchenHerself2 episodes
2015Comedy Up LateHerself1 episode
2015About TonightHerself/host1 episode
2015 Little Lunch Writer1 episode
2015How To Be FunnyHerself1 episode
2015 Open Slather Writer9 episodes
2016 Molly Petra2 episodes
2016 Bounce Herself2 episodes
2016 Nowhere Boys: Two Moons Rising Quinn Banda4 episodes
2016-2017 Whose Line is it Anyway? Australia Herself4 episodes
2017 Whovians Herself9 episodes
2017Liverpool FC versus Sydney FCHerself1 episode
2017 Sideliners Herself7 episodes
2017 The Ex-PM Floor Manager1 episode
2018 Show Me the Movie! Herself2 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]

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