Anne Hegerty | |
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Born |
Anne Solway Hegerty 14 July 1958 Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom |
Residence | Manchester, England |
Other names | The Governess, Anne Heggheadity |
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 a British television personality, freelance editor, an academic proofreader and former journalist and lives in Manchester, England
She is one of the chasers on the ITV game show The Chase, alongside Mark Labbett, Shaun Wallace, Paul Sinha and Jenny Ryan. As well as being in the UK version, she is also a Chaser on the Australian version of the show on the Seven Network.
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, Jonathan, was born in 1963.
In an interview, Hegerty stated that she has Asperger Syndrome with which she was diagnosed in 2005. Married to Jake Hester October 21, 2015
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. As of October 2016,[update] she was ranked 55th (and second among women) in the World Quizzing Championships. In November 2013 she competed in the Bolton Premier Quiz League to become Brain of Bolton for the second time.