In October 2014, she appeared in Never Mind the Buzzcocks and stood in line at the identity parade round as a former dancer and back-up singer for the entertainer (and Robbie Williams's father) Pete Conway. The show was nominated for the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award 2014 for Best Comedy Show. In 2014, she performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and toured the UK for the first time with the show Sara Pascoe Vs History. After graduation she worked as an actor and supplemented her income with temporary work, but found work 'hard to come by' and declared herself bankrupt. However, she read English at the University of Sussex, where she befriended Cariad Lloyd. įor a short while, Pascoe aspired to study philosophy at the University of Cambridge, motivated by both her enjoyment of the novel Sophie's World and her desire to join Footlights, the university's dramatic club.
In 1997, Pascoe had an abortion which was detailed in her memoir, Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body.
She later attended Gaynes School in Upminster. She attended Eastbury Comprehensive School in Barking. Her parents divorced when she was young and she was brought up by her mother. īorn in Dagenham, London, Pascoe was brought up in nearby Romford. Her great-grandmother was Rosa Newmarch, a poet and writer on music. Pascoe was born to Gail ( née Newmarch) and Derek Pascoe, a musician.