Naomi Higgins Explained

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Years Active:2016–present
Known For:Comedy entertainment
Notable Works:Why Are You Like This
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Years Active:2020-2022
Followers:3.9 thousand
Stats Update:12 June 2022

Naomi Higgins is an Australian writer, performer, comedian, influencer, and former Twitch streamer. She wrote and starred in Why Are You Like This, for which she won an AWGIE comedy award.

Early life

Higgins has a double degree in science and engineering. She dreamed of being a stand up comedian from a young age.[1]

Career

Higgins was a 2016 Raw Comedy National Finalist.[2] Danielle Walker, the 2016 Raw Comedy National Winner, co-hosts the podcast Batch Bitch alongside Higgins.[3]

Higgins co-hosts the online video game review show Gamey Gamey Game,[4] along with Evan Munro-Smith and Ben Russell.

In 2021, Higgins' TV show Why Are You Like This was released in Australia by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and internationally by Netflix.[5] She co-wrote the series with Humyara Mahbub and Mark Bonanno, and starred as Penny, a younger version of herself. Higgins and her co-writers won the Comedy - Situation or Narrative category at the 54th Annual AWGIE Awards in 2021 for their work on Why Are You Like This.[6]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRole
2017The Aunty Donna Live SpooktacularSelf
2017Gocsy's ClassicsAmy
2017-2019UtopiaSacha
2018-2021Why Are You Like ThisPenny
2020Maddison

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 27 April 2021. Why Are You Like This . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210807101349/https://yassmagazine.org/2021/04/27/why-are-you-like-this/ . 2021-08-07 . 7 August 2021 . YASS Magazine.
  2. Web site: 2016. 2016 RAW Comedy National Grand Final. live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210307170031/https://comedyfestival.com.au/raw/archive/2016-final . 2021-03-07 . 7 August 2021. Raw Comedy.
  3. Web site: Naomi Higgins . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210807101350/https://www.wheelercentre.com/people/naomi-higgins . 2021-08-07 . 7 August 2021 . Wheeler Centre.
  4. Web site: 23 February 2021 . ABC's Why Are You Like This Is Your New Aussie Gen Z Obsession . https://web.archive.org/web/20210807102851/https://www.girlfriend.com.au/why-are-you-like-this-tv-show-abc-netflix-cast-plot-instagram . 2021-08-07 . live . 7 August 2021 . .
  5. Web site: Martin. Josh. 19 February 2021. INTERVIEW: Naomi Higgins Talks Her New ABC Comedy 'Why Are You Like This'. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210411125600/https://www.mtv.com.au/news/ft8708/interview-naomi-higgins-talks-her-new-abc-comedy-why-are-you-like-this . 2021-04-11 . 7 August 2021 . MTV Australia.
  6. Web site: Writers of Cursed!, The Dry, New Gold Mountain, The Great and Nitram among winners at the 54th Annual AWGIE Awards . . 29 January 2022 . 8 December 2021 . Other 2021 AWGIE Award winners: ... Mark Bonanno, Naomi Higgins and Humyara Mahbub won the Comedy – Situation or Narrative category for Why Are You Like This [original emphasis] . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220325082330/https://www.awg.com.au/posts/writers-of-cursed-the-dry-new-gold-mountain-the-great-and-nitram-among-winners-at-the-54th-annual-awgie-awards . 2022-03-25 .