Sarah Millican

Sarah Jane Millican (née King; born 29 May 1975) is an English comedian, writer and presenter. Millican won the Edinburgh comedy award for Best Newcomer at the 2008 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 tour, mainly across the United Kingdom, during her career.

Quotes

• [Asked if she was bullied at school] I was never punched. I think verbal abuse is potentially worse than being punched in the arm. I got called names every day. I got called Norma-No-Mates and Speccy-Four-Eyes.
• I always wanted to be able to say I pay my electricity bill by telling cock jokes.
  • Interviewed by Simon Hattenstone, as cited in "Sarah Millican: 'I'm a nice girl – but I've got a dirty mind'", The Guardian (30 October 2012).

• [Q:] What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
  [A:] I'm always a bit late, but I don't mind that, because it means that whoever I'm meeting is already there.
  [Q:] What is the trait you most deplore in others?
  [A:] I hate it when people are later than me.
  • Interview by Rosanna Greenstreet, as cited in "Sarah Millican: 'My greatest fear? That I'll discover the biscuit tin empty'", The Guardian (20 January 2018)

• [Asked "End of weekend dread?"] Monday is our Saturday, so no dread. Having different days off to the majority of people is great in so many ways. And working Saturdays means you never have to go to a wedding.
  • "Sunday with Sarah Millican: 'If you can see the sea, you can have chips'", The Observer (19 March 2023)

• 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 (2 September 2023).

About Millican

• [Her] comedy depends on the cognitive dissonance between her appearance (primary school teacher in spectacles) and the filth she speaks.
  • Tanya Gold "There’s something funny about that woman", The Sunday Times (15 March 2015)