Maeve Anna Higgins

Maeve Anna Higgins (born 24 March 1981) is an Irish comedian from Cobh, County Cork, who is based in New York City. She was a principal actor and writer of the RTE television 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 has written for The Irish Times, and she produces radio documentaries. She is a regular panellist on the NPR radio show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Higgins started in comedy in 2005 and has written and performed at many festivals and shows. She began her comedy career on the national radio station Today FM after auditioning for The Ray D'Arcy Show in February 2004. From 2005 to 2007 she took part in the hidden camera show Naked Camera with fellow comedian and friend P. J. Gallagher, and landed her own television show, Maeve Higgins' Fancy Vittles, in 2009. Since 2010 she has occasionally performed with Josie Long and Isy Suttie, and her live shows at festivals such as the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival have included Kitten Brides and Personal Best.

Higgins appeared in her first starring film role in the 2019 Irish comedy Extra Ordinary as Rose Dooley. Her television acting credits include Moone Boy (2012), Inside Amy Schumer (2015), and Doc McStuffins, and her books include Maeve in America (2018). She received criticism from disability campaigners in 2018 after stating on the Irish Late Late Show that she had purchased a service dog vest and pretended her pet dog was a service dog during a trans-Atlantic flight, for which she apologised to anyone offended.