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 based in Melbourne, who has a penchant for sports and sci-fi, and describes herself as "a big nerd at heart, whose favourite things ever are Star Wars and Harry Potter." Higginbotham contributes regularly as a sports columnist for The Age and writes a blog.
Higginbotham's first love was acting, until she discovered comedy in her late teens, and performed her first comedy gig at the age of 17. Higginbotham has performed at every Melbourne International Comedy Festival since becoming a National Finalist at the festival's Class Clowns comedy competition in 2005. 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. At the age of 21, Higginbotham began performing solo with her debut comedy show 'Million Dollar Tegan' nominated for the Best Newcomer Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2012. Higginbotham is a cast member of the Australian version of Whose Line Is It Anyway?.
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, 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.
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, a Golden Gibbo Award nomination for Shakespeare Fight Club with Adam McKenzie as the duo 'Watson' in 2012, 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. 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.
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