Lou Sanders

Lou Sanders is an English stand-up comedian, writer and actress. As a stand-up comedian she has performed around the world and her show Shame Pig was the joint winner of the Comedians’ Choice Award for Best Show at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She has appeared in many television panel shows including QI, Would I Lie to You? and 8 Out of 10 Cats, and has written for many of them too. Sanders was the winner of the eighth series of Taskmaster in 2019 and competed in Dancing on Ice in 2024. In 2023, she published her autobiography, What’s That Lady Doing?. 

Lou has been vegan for many years now and often mentions it in a tongue-in-cheek fashion but doesn’t seem to like to discuss it in detail. She jokingly told BBC Radio 6 that she usually introduces herself by saying “Hi, I’m Lou Sanders and I’m a vegan” and said on Instagram that she’s “just vegan for the attention!” She has also spoken out in defence of plant-based meat alternatives. 

She told the Guardian that one of her favourite meals is a Sunday roast: “I love a roast. A friend invited a few of us round for Sunday lunch the other week. I got there, and she’d just made a normal meal. Lunch-on-a-Sunday is not Sunday lunch. I was livid. Feed me vegan Yorkshire puddings and I’ll squeal in delight like a piggy.”