Maeve Higgins


Maeve Anna Higgins is an Irish comedian from Cobh, County Cork, based in New York. She was a principal actor/writer of the RTÉ production Naked Camera, as well as for her own show Maeve Higgins' Fancy Vittles. Her book of essays We Have A Good Time, Don't We? was published by Hachette in 2012. She wrote for The Irish Times and produces radio documentaries. She previously appeared on The Ray D'Arcy Show on Today FM. Higgins appeared in her first starring film role in the 2019 Irish comedy Extra Ordinary.

Career

Higgins started up in comedy in 2005 and has written and performed at many festivals and shows. She began her comedy career on national radio station Today FM after auditioning on The Ray D'Arcy Show in February 2004. She failed to win.
From 2005 to 2007, she took part in the hidden camera show Naked Camera with fellow comedian and friend P. J. Gallagher. She landed her own television show, Maeve Higgins' Fancy Vittles, in 2009. Since 2010, she has occasionally been performing with Josie Long and Isy Suttie.
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As herself

Higgins received widespread criticism from disability campaigners when she revealed on 30 March 2018 on the Irish Late Late Show that she purchased a Service dog vest on Amazon and pretended that her pet dog was a service dog for a trans-Atlantic flight. She subsequently apologized for her actions.