Sarah Millican

Sarah Jane Millican (née King; born 29 May 1975) is an English comedian, writer and presenter. Millican won the comedy award for Best Newcomer at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In February 2013 she was listed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by Radio 4's Woman's Hour, and in the same year she married fellow comedian Gary Delaney. Her first book, How to Be Champion, was published in 2017. Millican has performed on various tours, mainly across the United Kingdom, over the years.

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• "I got divorced. I’ve got friends who got divorced and they did not do stand up – good to know it's not obligatory, but I think you have to do something. Some people drink and some people sleep around, and I was like, “I'm going to tell some strangers how sad I am. But in a funny way”."
  • Interview: Sarah Millican Talks About Streaming Her Stand-Up Special and Her New Show by Bruce Dessau. September 2, 2023. Retrieved 10/11/2023.
• "I think verbal abuse is potentially worse than being punched in the arm. "
• "I always think the trick is to find something you love doing and get somebody to pay you to do it."
  • Sarah Millican: 'I'm a nice girl – but I've got a dirty mind' by Simon Hattenstone. October 30, 2012. Retrieved 10/11/2023.