Sara Pascoe

Sara Pascoe (born 22 May 1981), full name Sara Patricia Pascoe, is an English comedian, actress, presenter and writer. She has appeared on television programmes including 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Taskmaster for Channel 4 and QI for BBC Two. Born in Dagenham, Greater London, she grew up in nearby Romford and studied English at the University of Sussex, where she befriended Cariad Lloyd.

Pascoe was a tour guide in London before beginning stand-up comedy in 2007. In 2008 she was a runner-up in the Funny Women award, losing out to Katherine Ryan, and in August 2010 she performed her first Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Sara Pascoe Vs Her Ego. Her 2014 show Sara Pascoe Vs History was nominated for the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Comedy Show. She has appeared on panel shows including Mock the Week, QI, Have I Got News For You and Would I Lie to You, and her stand-up has featured on Live at the Apollo and Live from the BBC.

Her acting roles have included Twenty Twelve and its sequel W1A, and she created and starred in the six-part BBC Two comedy series Out of Her Mind, which premiered in October 2020 and co-starred Juliet Stevenson and Cariad Lloyd. As a host she has presented Comedians Giving Lectures, Guessable and The Great British Sewing Bee. Pascoe has written three books, including Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body (2016) and Sex Power Money (2019). In March 2025 she appeared in the first series of LOL: Last One Laughing UK.