Tig Nataro
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Tig Notaro at Bumbershoot 2010
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| Birth name | Mathilde O'Callaghan Notaro |
| Born |
March 24, 1971 Jackson, Mississippi United States |
| Medium | Stand-up |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Genres | Observational comedy |
| Spouse | Stephanie Allynne (m. 2015) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | tignation |
Mathilde "Tig" O'Callaghan Notaro (born March 24, 1971) is an American stand-up comic, writer, radio contributor, and actress. She is known for her deadpan comedy.
Notaro was born in Jackson, Mississippi. Her mother was born in New Orleans. Notaro was raised in Pass Christian, Mississippi, until kindergarten. Her family later moved to Spring, Texas, a suburb of Houston. She has an older brother, Renaud Notaro, who is a year older than she and is a radio talk show host.
Notaro's great-great-grandfather was John Fitzpatrick, mayor of New Orleans from 1892 to 1896.
Notaro said she hated school. She failed three grades, eventually dropping out of high school. In 1990, while living in Texas, Notaro got her GED.
Notaro moved to Denver, Colorado, where she became involved in the music industry. She became a band manager under the name Tignation Promotions.
Notaro's work promoting bands took her to Los Angeles, where she tried stand-up for the first time. Notaro has since been featured on Comedy Central Presents, and on The Sarah Silverman Program as a lesbian police officer. She collaborates frequently with writing partner Kyle Dunnigan. With Dunnigan and David Huntsberger, they co-hosted the podcast Professor Blastoff from 2011 until July 2015.
In 2011, she released her debut stand-up album, Good One.
In 2012, Notaro appeared on the Conan television show and in May of that year, on the live episode of This American Life, which was broadcast to theaters nationwide and on radio in edited form. She performed a monologue about having encountered Taylor Dayne on multiple occasions, greeting her each time with, "Excuse me, I'm sorry to bother you, but I just have to tell you. I love your voice". After her monologue, Dayne made a surprise appearance, serenading Notaro with the song "I'll Always Love You". She worked on fellow comedian Amy Schumer's series, Comedy Central's Inside Amy Schumer. Also in 2012, Notaro did a Kickstarter-funded series called Clown Service, written by and starring Notaro.
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