Anne hegerty biography
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Hegerty, Anne
Biography
English professional quizzer and television personality who has been a "chaser" on the ITV game show The Chase as "The Governess" since 2010, and was a contestant on the 2018 series of the ITV reality show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
As well as being in the UK version of The Chase, she has also been a Chaser on the Australian version of the show on the Seven Network since 2015.
Hegerty has made appearances on a number of other quiz shows, including Mastermind, Fifteen to One, Today's the Day, Are You an Egghead? and Brain of Britain. As of October 2016, she was ranked 55th (and second among women) in the World Quizzing Championships.
Hegerty has played various pantomime characters including the wicked stepmother in Cinderella, Fleshcreep in Jack and the Beanstalk, the Enchantress in Beauty and the Beast, and Blackweed in Jack and the Beanstalk.
Previously she was a freelance editor, an academic proofreader and jour
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Anne Hegerty
English television personality and quizzing champion
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| Born | Anne Solway Hegerty () 14 July (age&#;66) Westminster, London, England |
| Other&#;names | The Governess |
| Alma&#;mater | University of Edinburgh (BA) |
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| Years&#;active | –present |
Anne Solway Hegerty (born 14 July ) is an English professional quizzer and television personality. Since , she has been a "chaser" on the ITV game show The Chase as "The Governess", and was a contestant on the series of the ITV reality show I'm a CelebrityGet Me Out of Here!
Early life
[edit]Anne Solway Hegerty was born in the Westminster area of London on 14 July She studied journalism at the University of Edinburgh.[1] She started her journalistic career in the s as a reporter and feature writer at the South Wales Argus in Newport, before moving to Manchester.[2] She also worked as a ghostwriter and wr
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Anne Hegerty
Born
14 July, 1958
Westminster, London, England
Version(s)
The Chase (UK, 2010–)
The Chase Australia (2015–)
Nickname(s)
The Governess
Frosty Knickers
Lowest Target
5 (UK)
6 (Australia)
Highest Target
26 (UK)
28 (Australia)
Lowest mål Caught
5 (UK)
6 (Australia)
Highest Target Caught
26 (UK)
23 (Australia)
Lowest Winning Target
11 (Australia)
Highest Winning Target
25 (UK; x2)
28 (Australia)
Highest Perfect Target
21 (UK; x2)
18 (Australia)
Closest Time Win
0:01 (UK; 13x and Australia; 3x)
Fastest Time Win
1:31 (UK)
1:29 (Australia)