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Sarah Millican
Turning everyday embarrassment into warmly candid stand-up comedy.
Chatterbox · How to Be Champion
- Born
- 29 May 1975
- Birthplace
- United Kingdom
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Sarah Millican
Sarah Millican is a British comedian known for frank stories about relationships, bodies and ordinary life. She began performing after working in the civil service.
Early life
South Shields
Grew up in South Shields and attended Mortimer Comprehensive.
First career
Worked at a jobcentre before entering comedy in her late twenties.
Career
- 2008
Edinburgh breakthrough
Won best newcomer for Sarah Millican’s Not Nice.
- 2012
Television
Launched The Sarah Millican Television Programme.
- 2017
First book
Published How to Be Champion.
- 2023
Touring
Began the Late Bloomer tour.
Selected work
Chatterbox
Her stand-up show earned an Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination.
How to Be Champion
Mixed autobiography, humour and advice.
Late Bloomer
Built a show around growing confidence and changing expectations.
Beyond work
Family
Married comedian Gary Delaney in 2013.
Women’s voices
Helped establish Standard Issue, a magazine and later podcast with a female perspective.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Biography and career evidence ↗Photo: Adrian Long. CC BY 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
