Tig Notaro's Real Name: Mathilde O'Callaghan Notaro

Quick answer: The comedian is known professionally as Tig Notaro. The Mississippi Encyclopedia and TV Guide independently give the name Mathilde O'Callaghan Notaro. TV Guide lists Jackson, Mississippi, as her birthplace. The Mississippi Encyclopedia dates the birth to March 24, 1971, and says she spent her childhood in Pass Christian.

Real name and early life

Independent publishers identify her under the professional name Tig Notaro and give the longer name Mathilde O'Callaghan Notaro. The Mississippi Encyclopedia dates the birth to March 24, 1971, says she spent her childhood in Pass Christian, and later moved with her mother and stepfather to outside Houston, Texas, when she was six, eventually settled in Denver and worked in music promotion, then went to Los Angeles at 25 to try stand-up comedy. TV Guide independently lists the birth name as Mathilde O'Callaghan Notaro and the birthplace as Jackson, Mississippi, and says she dropped out of high school during ninth grade and moved to Denver to work in the music industry.

Career highlights

The Mississippi Encyclopedia says she starred in a Comedy Central television special in 2004, appeared on Last Comic Standing, made talk-show appearances, had guest roles on The Office and Community, and was a regular contributor to The Sarah Silverman Program from 2007 to 2010. It later records that a 2012 Los Angeles club set, after a period of serious illness including a breast-cancer diagnosis, was released as the album Tig Notaro Live, which it says became the No. 1 comedy album in the country, and lists later work including In a World . . ., Transparent, the specials Knock Knock, It's Tig Notaro, Tig, and Tig Notaro: Boyish Girl Interrupted, and the Amazon series One Mississippi (2015-2017). TV Guide independently says she is best known as a stand-up comedian and writer and for her role as Cher in In a World..., records guest work on The Sarah Silverman Program, The Office, Community, and Bob's Burgers, writing credits on the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards and the 2010 MTV Movie Awards, and a 2016 Primetime Emmy nomination for outstanding writing for a variety special, for Boyish Girl Interrupted.

Name notes for searchers

People looking up Tig Notaro or Mathilde O'Callaghan Notaro are looking for the same comedian, including the stand-up and later television work most often associated with her name. Search traffic often uses the professional name Tig Notaro.