Tig Notaro
Mathilde "Tig" O'Callaghan Notaro (* 24. March 1971 in Jackson , Mississippi ) is an American stand-up - comedian , actress and screenwriter .
Life
Notaro was born in Jackson, the second child of her mother. She grew up with her single mother and brother in Pass Christian , Mississippi. Her nickname "Tig" was given to her by her older brother when she was young.
After her mother remarried, the family moved to Texas. She dropped out of high school after 9th grade because she said she "preferred to entertain classmates rather than an academic education." Notaro moved to Denver, where she briefly worked in the music industry, before moving to Los Angeles and pursuing her career as a stand-up comedienne.
From the mid-2000s she also appeared in film and television productions. She became known, among other things, for her role as a lesbian police officer Officer Tig in several episodes of the Sarah Silverman program .
She works regularly with comedian Kyle Dunnigan . She runs the Professor Blastoff podcast with Dunnigan and David Huntsberger . In 2011 her stand-up debut album Good One was released on Secretly Canadian . In 2013 she appeared in two episodes of Amy Schumer's comedy series on Comedy Central and also wrote the scripts for other episodes.
In 2012, Notaro was diagnosed with breast cancer. She addressed her illness directly at a performance in Los Angeles the following day. The performance was highly praised by many viewers. Louis CK contacted Notaro and asked for permission to post the replay of the show. After some hesitation, she agreed to this proposal. The gig was published under the title LIVE and sold 75,000 times on the Louis CK website alone. The album was at the Grammy Awards 2014 in the category Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album nominated, subject to there but Kathy Griffin Album Calm Down Gurrl .
Notaro later underwent a bilateral mastectomy without restoring the breasts. Kristina Goolsby and Ashley York shot the documentary Tig about Notaro's illness , which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival .
Notaro has been shooting the television series One Mississippi for Amazon Video since 2016 , for which she is the lead actor, screenwriter and executive producer.
Tig Notaro lives in Venice Beach, California with her wife, actress Stephanie Allynne , who she married in October 2015, and their twin sons (* June 2016).
Filmography (selection)
actress
- 2004: Comedy Central Presents: Tig (TV series, an episode)
- 2006: Dog Bites Man (TV series, episode)
- 2008: Held Up (TV movie)
- 2009: In the Motherhood (TV series, four episodes)
- 2007–2010: The Sarah Silverman Program ( The Sarah Silverman Program. , TV series, nine episodes)
- 2012: Susan 313 (TV movie)
- 2012: The Office ( The Office , TV series, an episode)
- 2013: In a World ... - The Power of Voice (In a World ...)
- 2013: Inside Amy Schumer (TV series, two episodes)
- 2014: Suburgatory (TV series, one episode)
- 2014: Ashes
- 2014: Kidnapped - The Abduction Of Reagan Pearce (Catch Hell)
- 2014: Girls' evening - sober too shy! (Walk of Shame)
- 2014–2015: Transparent (TV series, five episodes)
- 2014, 2016–2017: Clarence (TV series, five episodes, voice)
- 2016: And Punching the Clown
- since 2015: One Mississippi (TV series)
- 2018: Suddenly Family ( Instant Family )
- 2019: Star Trek: Discovery (TV series)
- 2019: Lucy in the Sky
scriptwriter
- 2004: Comedy Central Presents: Tig (TV series, an episode)
- 2010: MTV Movie Awards 2010 (TV broadcast)
- 2012: UnCabaret (TV Series) (TV Series, an episode)
- 2013: Inside Amy Schumer (TV series, ten episodes)
- since 2015: One Mississippi (TV series)
Discography
- 2011: Good One ( Secretly Canadian )
- 2012: LIVE (Secretly Canadian)
Web links
- Official website Tignation.com
- Tig Notaro in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Tig Notaro at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Mathilde O. Notaro at familysearch.org, accessed June 30, 2015
- ^ Mathilde "Susie" O'Callaghan Cusack at findagrave.com, accessed June 30, 2015
- ↑ a b Bio at tignation.com, accessed on June 30, 2015
- ↑ a b Tig Notaro Has Breast Cancer: Comedian Announces Illness On Podcast One Day After Diagnosis at huffingtonpost.com, accessed June 30, 2015
- ↑ a b Louis CK Selling Tig Notaro's Instantly Legendary Comedy Set at rollingstone.com, accessed June 30, 2015
- ↑ People Still Buy Comedy Records: Tig Notaro sells 75,000 copies of Live, is technically more popular than Kiss at avclub.com, accessed June 30, 2015
- ^ Going Topless, Tig Notaro Takes Over Town Hall at nytimes.com, accessed June 30, 2015
- ↑ Watch: Trailer for Documentary 'Tig' About Comedian Tig Notaro at firstshowing.net, accessed on June 30, 2015
- ↑ Tig's Love Life Update (w / Stephanie Allynne) at earwolf.com, accessed June 30, 2015
- ↑ Tig Notaro Marries Stephanie Allynne, Talks "Wedding Night Sex" at usmagazine.com, accessed September 6, 2016
- ↑ Us Weekly: Tig Notaro, Wife Stephanie Welcome Twin Boys: See Ellen DeGeneres' Cute Congratulations Message , July 6, 2016, accessed January 29, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Notaro, Tig |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Notaro, Mathilde O'Callaghan (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American stand-up comedian, actress and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jackson , Mississippi , United States |