Sara Pascoe

Sara Pascoe is a British stand-up comedian, author and actor. She is best known for her appearances on shows like 8 Out of 10 Cats, Mock the Week. QI and Taskmaster. She has also written three books: Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body, was published in 2016 and Sex Power Money was published in 2019. In 2024, Sara published an award-winning novel called Weirdo.

Sara began performing stand-up in 2010 and soon made a name for herself on the comedy circuit. As well as appearing on many comedy panel shows, she has also performed for Live at the Apollo and Live at the BBC. In 2020, Sara Pascoe’s comedy series, Out of Her Mind – that she wrote and starred in – aired on BBC Two.

Why Sara Pascoe is vegan

Sara Pascoe is vegan for the animals.

Sarah became a vegetarian at the age of seven after visiting a farm and realising the animals would be killed for food.¹Hind, J. 2017. Sara Pascoe: ‘All my ex-boyfriends become vegan, and it’s really annoying’. The Guardian. Available: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/dec/17/sara-pascoe-vegan-boyfriends-food-ethics-dieting [Accessed 12 May 2021]. Around 2011 she became vegan and stated that she loves not eating animals.²Greaves, H. 2026. Vegan comedian Sara Pascoe reveals why the comedy world has swapped cocaine for kombucha. Vegan Food & Living. Available: https://www.veganfoodandliving.com/news/sara-pascoe-dish-podcast-vegan/ [Accessed 3 July 2026].

“I became a vegetarian at seven. I went on a school trip to a farm and loved the animals. I told Dad I was going to be a farmer because I wanted to look after animals and show them to children, but he said that’s what we eat, chopped up. I was aghast.”³Hind, J. 2017. Sara Pascoe: ‘All my ex-boyfriends become vegan, and it’s really annoying’. The Guardian. Available: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/dec/17/sara-pascoe-vegan-boyfriends-food-ethics-dieting [Accessed 12 May 2021].