Sara Pascoe

Sara Patricia Pascoe was born on May 22, 1981, in Dagenham, London, England, and grew up in Romford. Her father is jazz musician Derek Pascoe. She studied English at the University of Sussex. Before her career in comedy, Pascoe worked as a tour guide in London and experienced temporary work after graduation. She became bankrupt after finding work difficult to obtain.

Pascoe’s career in comedy began in 2007. She gained recognition as a runner-up in the Funny Women award in 2008. Her first show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, ‘Sara Pascoe Vs Her Ego,’ debuted in August 2010. She made television appearances on shows such as ‘Live at the Apollo’ in 2012 and ‘QI’ in 2013. In 2014, her show ‘Sara Pascoe Vs History’ was nominated for the Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Comedy Show. She appeared on ‘Never Mind the Buzzcocks’ and ‘Have I Got News for You’ in the same year, and also participated in the Channel 4 charity event ‘Stand Up to Cancer.’

Her work expanded into writing with the publication of her first book, ‘Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body,’ in 2016. She released her second book, ‘Sex Power Money,’ in 2019, which explores gender and sexuality. Pascoe has hosted shows like ‘Comedians Giving Lectures’ for Dave, ‘Guessable’ for Comedy Central UK since 2020, and ‘The Great British Sewing Bee’ for BBC Two starting in 2022. Her six-part comedy series, ‘Out of Her Mind,’ loosely based on her own experiences, premiered on BBC Two in October 2020. She also starred in ‘Last Woman on Earth with Sara Pascoe’ for BBC Two, which premiered in 2020 and was recommissioned for a second series. Her debut novel, ‘Weirdo,’ was published in 2024 and was shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize.

Sara married fellow comedian Steen Raskopoulos in 2020, and they have two children, born in 2022 and 2023. She maintains a vegan lifestyle and resides in Crouch End, north London.