Tig Notaro

Tig Notaro is, to my ear, the bravest kind of comedian: the one who trusts silence. Deadpan is easy to attempt and brutal to master, since it offers nowhere to hide, and Notaro has made it her signature across stand-up, screenwriting, and podcasting. Two Grammy nominations and an Emmy nod for Boyish Girl Interrupted confirm what the laughs already prove: precision this dry takes serious craft. What I admire most is the economy. She wastes nothing, not a word, not a pause, and that restraint makes the punchlines land twice as hard. In a loud era of comedy, her quiet confidence feels almost radical.

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Name (English)

Tig Notaro

Name (Japanese)

ティグ・ノタロ

Reading

てぃぐ・のたろ

Born

March 24, 1971 (age 55)

Origin

Jackson, Mississippi, United States

Occupation

screenwriter / comedian / podcaster / television actor / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Boar

• Official sitehttps://tignation.com
• Xhttps://x.com/tignotaro
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tig%20Notaro
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7801308

Tags

• Mississippi
• screenwriter
• comedian
• podcaster

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.