1. Tig Notaro was born on Mathilde O'Callaghan Notaro; March 24,1971 and is an American stand-up comedian, writer, radio contributor, and actress known for her deadpan comedy.
23 Facts About Tig Notaro
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Tig Notaro's acclaimed album Live was nominated in 2014 for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.
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Tig Notaro has a brother, Renaud, who is a year older and works as a radio talk show host.
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Tig Notaro failed three grades, eventually dropping out of high school.
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Tig Notaro plays the guitar and drums; she was in bands when she was younger.
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An avid music fan, Tig Notaro moved to Denver, Colorado, where she became involved in the music industry.
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Tig Notaro became a band manager, working under the name Tignation Promotions in the mid-'90s.
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Tig Notaro's work promoting bands took her to Los Angeles, where she tried stand-up for the first time in the late '90s.
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Tig Notaro has since been featured on Comedy Central Presents and on The Sarah Silverman Program as a lesbian police officer.
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In 2011, Tig Notaro released her debut stand-up album, Good One.
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Tig Notaro's 2012 album, Live, is a recording of a stand-up set performed shortly after she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
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Tig Notaro worked on fellow comedian Amy Schumer's Comedy Central series Inside Amy Schumer.
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In June 2012, Tig Notaro did a Kickstarter-funded series called Clown Service, which she wrote and starred in.
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In July 2015, a Netflix film, Tig Notaro, chronicling her attempts to become pregnant with her fiancee, Stephanie Allynne, was released.
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Singer Sharon Van Etten wrote a song in homage to Tig Notaro called "Words" that is heard in the credits.
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In November 2015, Tig Notaro co-wrote, produced, and starred in a semi-autobiographical TV pilot for Amazon Video called One Mississippi.
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Tig Notaro was cast in Star Trek: Discovery as Chief Engineer Jett Reno of the USS.
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Tig Notaro met her wife Stephanie Allynne on the set of the film In a World.
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Tig Notaro was diagnosed with cancer in both breasts on July 30,2012.
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Tig Notaro was uncomfortable with the idea at first, but decided the material could help people, so she agreed.
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Tig Notaro later released the audio on iTunes; it sold more copies than rock band Kiss's album Monster, which debuted the same week, something Tig Notaro said she never dreamed could happen.
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Tig Notaro subsequently had a double mastectomy with no reconstructive surgery; she opted out of chemotherapy but decided instead to continue treatment with hormone blocking.
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In 2017, Tig Notaro adopted a vegan diet, which she credited for eliminating the chronic pain she had experienced in the years following her cancer diagnosis.