Career
She is also one of the Chasers on the Australian version of the show on the Seven Network. She is an academic proof-reader and lives in Manchester. 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 June 2014, she was ranked 40th (and second among women) in the World Quizzing Championships.
In November 2013 she competed in the Bolton Premier Quiz League to become Brain of Bolton for the second time. In December 2014, Hegerty appeared in the pantomime Cinderella as the wicked stepmother at the Grange Theatre in Northwich.
In December 2015 she appeared as Fleshcreep in the pantomime "Jack and the Beanstalk" at Ellesmere Portuguese, which was also booked for performance at Heywood and Radcliffe.