Tig Notaro

While serving time in a Texas high school, Tig failed three grades by entertaining classmates rather than entertaining the notion of a successful academic career. She decided to drop out of school in 9th grade and move to Denver, where she worked briefly in the music industry before moving to LA to lodge herself firmly into the world of comedy.

Tig is an Oscar-nominated producer and an Emmy- and Grammy-nominated stand-up comedian, actor, writer, podcaster, and radio contributor, as well as a favorite on numerous talk shows, including THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT, THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JIMMY FALLON, and THE DREW BARRYMORE SHOW. Rolling Stone named her one of the “50 best stand-up comics of all time.” Her latest special, TIG NOTARO: HELLO AGAIN, premiered on Prime Video, garnering multiple Emmy nominations.

Notaro can be seen in THE MORNING SHOW on Apple TV+ and both STAR TREK: DISCOVERY and STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY on Paramount+. She also appears in the Netflix films YOUR PLACE OR MINE, WE HAVE A GHOST, and Zack Snyder’s ARMY OF THE DEAD. Notaro wrote and starred in the groundbreaking TV show ONE MISSISSIPPI and co-directed the GLAAD-nominated feature film AM I OK? with her wife, Stephanie Allynne, which debuted at Sundance and premiered on HBO Max.

Notaro hosts the critically acclaimed, GLAAD Award–winning podcast HANDSOME with comedians Fortune Feimster and Mae Martin. She is the author of the New York Times best-selling memoir I’M JUST A PERSON. Tig produced the documentary COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT, which won a GLAAD Award, the Festival Favorite Award at Sundance, a Cinema Eye Honors Award and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film premiered on Apple TV+ and in select theaters.

In her time off, Tig enjoys bird-watching with Stephanie, their twin sons, and cats, Fluff, Linus, and Skip, at home in Los Angeles.

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• Lucky number is 88
• Favorite color is green
• My great great grandfather was the mayor of New Orleans
• My best friend was voted wittiest in high school
• I have a 7th grade education
• As a kid I wanted to be a teacher, architect, rock star, veterinarian, lawyer or a cartoonist
• Some favorite bands/musicians: The Pretenders, Willie Nelson, Edie Brickell, The Beatles, Gladys Knight, The Stones, Elton John, Neil Young, Cat Stevens, Ray Charles, Lucinda Williams, Van Halen, The Commodores, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, John Prine, Tom Waits, Alison Krauss, Frightened Rabbit, Brad Paisley and The Indigo Girls
• I have played guitar since age 9 and drums since I was 22. I’m very rusty at both these days.
• Movies: Grease, Stir Crazy, Star Wars, Breaking Away, Urban Cowboy, Harold and Maude, The Jerk, Easy Rider, Dear Zachary, Boys Don't Cry and Mask
• Actors: Annette Benning, John Travolta, Cher, Debra Winger
• Influential/favorite comedians: Laura Kightlinger, Brian Regan, Paula Poundstone, Mitch Hedberg, Jon Dore, Sarah Silverman, Richard Pryor, Maria Bamford
• Pretty much everyday I’m wearing argyle socks
• Can’t get enough of eucalyptus oil/salts
• Sports: hiking, tennis, cycling, soccer, water skiing and boating
• Foods: Anything vegan
• Astrological sign: Aries
• My three biggest fears in the world are quicksand, contracting leprosy and being stranded alone bobbing in a life-vest with my legs dangling down in the middle of the ocean at night
• I wanna go to Thailand, Sicily, Switzerland and Iceland
• Love birds, cats and fish and all other animals
• I am fascinated by lefties
• Past jobs include: pizza delivery, child care, music promotion, barista, natural food store stocker, assistant at Xena: Warrior Princess