Anne Hegerty

Anne Hegerty
Born Anne Hegerty
14 July 1958
Wood Green, London, England
Residence Manchester, England [1][2]
Occupation Television personality
Freelance proofreader and editor
Quiz brain
Known for The Chase (2010–)

Anne Hegerty (born 14 July 1958) is an English television personality, freelance editor and former journalist, who is one of the "Chasers" on the ITV game show The Chase. She is also a freelance editor and academic proof-reader and lives in Manchester.[1][2]

Hegerty has also made an appearance on a number of other quiz shows including Mastermind, 15 to 1, Today's the Day, Are You an Egghead? and Brain of Britain.[3] As of June 2014, Hegerty was ranked 40th (and 2nd among women) in the World Quizzing Championships.[4] In November 2013 she competed in the Bolton Premier Quiz League to become Brain of Bolton for the second time.[5]

In 2005, Hegerty was diagnosed as having Asperger syndrome after occasionally having intense, month-long fascinations with obscure topics, in the process building enormous amounts of knowledge on that topic.[6]

In December 2014, Hegerty appeared in the pantomime Cinderella as the wicked stepmother at The Grange Theatre in Northwich.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Chase - ITV Entertainment
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Thynne, Jane (4 February 2010). "The Week in Radio: Why can't the Brain of Britain be a woman?". The Independent.
  3. ↑ Bradley Walsh :: TV :: The Chase - Meet the Chasers
  4. ↑ World Quizzing Championships 2013 - Results
  5. ↑ Scoble, Andy (7 November 2013). "TV quiz champion named Brain of Bolton for second time". The Bolton News. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "Come On Down: The Game Show Story". ITV. 17 August 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ "Cinderella". Mid-Cheshire Independent (Independent Newspapers). Retrieved 20 January 2015.