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| birth_name = Sarah Jane King
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|5|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[South Shields]], [[Tyne and Wear]], England
| medium = Radio, stand-up, television
| genre = [[Observational comedy]]
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| active = 2004–present
| domesticpartner =
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Andrew Millican|5 November 1997|2004|end=divorced}} * {{marriage|[[Gary Delaney]]|December 2013}} }}
| children =
| website = [https://www.sarahmillican.co.uk/ www.sarahmillican.co.uk]
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'''Sarah Jane Millican''' (''{{nee}}'' '''King''';<ref>''Who Do You Think You Are?'', BBC TV, broadcast 11 September 2013.</ref> born 29 May 1975<ref>{{cite tweet |first=Sarah |last=Millican |user=SarahMillican75 |number=869064561894330368 |date=29 May 2017 |title=I know it's early but IT'S MY BIRTHDAY. These beautiful flowers are from my husband. 42 today and beaming. |access-date=14 September 2020 }}</ref>) is an English comedian
==Early life==
Millican was born and brought up in [[South Shields]], England, the daughter of Valerie Prince and Philip D. King, who was a mining electrician. She attended Mortimer Comprehensive School, later to become [[Mortimer Community College]]
She worked as a civil servant at a [[job centre]] until the age of 29.<ref name=independent>[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/funny-girl-sarah-millican-on-comedy-money-and-marriage-7468496.html Funny Girl: Sarah Millican in The Independent] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307015623/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/funny-girl-sarah-millican-on-comedy-money-and-marriage-7468496.html |date=7 March 2014 }} Retrieved 27 June 2015</ref> She was married on 5 November 1997<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sarah Millican & Her Husband Met In The Most Comedy Way|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/how-did-sarah-millican-meet-her-husband-gary-delaney-19636683|access-date=2021-04-18|website=Bustle|language=en}}</ref> but divorced in 2004 and moved back in with her parents for two and a half years. ==Career==
Millican's debut [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]] show ''Sarah Millican's Not Nice'', inspired by her divorce, won the [[if.comedy award]] for Best Newcomer in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |author=Tim Arthur |work=Time Out |title=Sarah Millican: interview |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/comedy/features/6431/Sarah_Millican-interview.html |date=10 December 2008 |access-date=13 May 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617051545/http://www.timeout.com/london/comedy/features/6431/Sarah_Millican-interview.html |archive-date=17 June 2009 }}</ref> In spring 2009, she began previewing her second Edinburgh show, attracting enthusiastic reviews for her material on the battle of the sexes.<ref>{{cite news|title=What you thought of Liverpool's comedy festival: Sarah Millican, Justin Moorhouse and Drink Up Stand Up |date=6 May 2009 |author=David Durkin and Sarah Newman |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-entertainment/echo-reviews/2009/05/06/what-you-thought-of-liverpool-s-comedy-festival-sarah-millican-justin-moorhouse-and-drink-up-stand-up-92534-23555517/ |work=Liverpool Echo |access-date=13 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319195842/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-entertainment/echo-reviews/2009/05/06/what-you-thought-of-liverpool-s-comedy-festival-sarah-millican-justin-moorhouse-and-drink-up-stand-up-92534-23555517/ |archive-date=19 March 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://thelatest.co.uk/7/review-of-the-week-sarah-millican-%E2%80%93-typical-woman |title=Review of the week: Sarah Millican – Typical Woman |work=Latest 7 |author=Victoria Nangle |date=21 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728154517/http://thelatest.co.uk/7/review-of-the-week-sarah-millican-%E2%80%93-typical-woman |archive-date=28 July 2011 }}</ref> Newcastle newspaper ''[[The Journal (Newcastle upon Tyne newspaper)|The Journal]]'' praised Millican's "sharp observations of gender-led behaviour".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/arts-news/2009/08/01/sarah-millican-typical-woman-live-theatre-61634-24289187/ |title=Sarah Millican: Typical Woman, Live Theatre |author=Sam Wonfor |work=The Journal |date=1 August 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223054746/http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/arts-news/2009/08/01/sarah-millican-typical-woman-live-theatre-61634-24289187/ |archive-date=23 February 2012 }}</ref> Her third show, ''Chatterbox'', was hosted by the Stand Comedy Club<ref>{{cite podcast |url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_edinburgh/2013_13_sarah_millican_geoff_norcott/ |title=Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast |host=Richard Herring |date=14 August 2013 |access-date=16 August 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107082640/http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_edinburgh/2013_13_sarah_millican_geoff_norcott/ |archive-date=7 January 2015 }}</ref> during Fringe 2010.<ref name="journal-082010">{{cite news |title=Sarah Millican leads the comedy pack home |url=http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/arts-news/2010/08/11/sarah-leads-the-comedy-pack-home-61634-27037198/ |first=Sam |last=Wonfor |date=11 August 2010 |work=The Journal |access-date=13 August 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203183318/http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/arts-news/2010/08/11/sarah-leads-the-comedy-pack-home-61634-27037198/ |archive-date=3 February 2012 }}</ref> The show was nominated for the main [[Edinburgh Comedy Award]], losing to [[Russell Kane]].<ref name="chortle2010nom">{{cite web |title=Two women make the shortlist |url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2010/08/25/11607/two_women_make_the_shortlist |date=25 August 2010 |work=Chortle |access-date=25 August 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100828103104/http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2010/08/25/11607/two_women_make_the_shortlist |archive-date=28 August 2010 }}</ref>
Millican has appeared as a panellist on ''[[8 out of 10 Cats|8 Out of 10 Cats]]'', ''[[Have I Got News For You|Have I Got News for You]]'', ''[[Mock the Week]]'', ''[[You Have Been Watching]]'', ''[[Would I Lie to You? (
She provided vocal work to the BBC's [[natural history]] footage for ''[[Walk on the Wild Side (TV series)|Walk on the Wild Side]]'', alongside fellow comics [[Rhod Gilbert]], [[Jon Richardson]], [[Isy Suttie]] and [[Gavin Webster]].<ref name="scotsman-int">{{cite news |url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/features/Interview-Sarah-Millican39s-standup-is.5509942.jp |title=Interview: Sarah Millican's stand-up is in the worst possible taste |work=The Scotsman |date=1 August 2009 |access-date=8 August 2009}}</ref> She appeared on ''[[Live at the Apollo (TV series)|Live at the Apollo]]'' on 11 December 2009, and headlined ''[[Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow]]'', recorded at the [[Empire Theatre, Sunderland]] on 15 August 2010.<ref name="journal-082010"/> Millican also headlined the fourth episode of ''[[Dave's One Night Stand]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/one_night_stand/episodes/1/4/ |title=Episode 1.4 |author=Ian Wolf |publisher=[[British Comedy Guide]] |access-date=9 October 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418144528/http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/one_night_stand/episodes/1/4/ |archive-date=18 April 2012 }}</ref>
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Millican's television series, ''[[The Sarah Millican Television Programme]]'', was first broadcast on 8 March 2012 on [[BBC Two]]. In November 2012, she released a follow-up live DVD, ''Thoroughly Modern Millican''. In early January 2013, she appeared for a couple of nights on ''[[The One Show]]''. On 15 January 2013, she began presenting a second series of ''The Sarah Millican Television Programme''. Millican was nominated for 2013 and 2014 BAFTA Entertainment Performance awards for her work in ''The Sarah Millican Television Programme''.<ref name="bafta 2013">{{cite web|title=Television in 2013|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2013/television|website=BAFTA|publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]|access-date=31 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401215822/http://awards.bafta.org/award/2013/television|archive-date=1 April 2015 }}</ref>
Millican appeared in a celebrity episode of ''[[Deal or No Deal (UK game show)|Deal or No Deal]]'' broadcast on 29 April 2012, where she won £20,000 for charity. She had £100,000 in her box. Also, on the 10th anniversary of the
In September 2014, Millican founded ''Standard Issue'', an online magazine for women, which was followed up by a spinoff podcast in February 2016.<ref>{{cite web | title = Standard Issue - About us | url=https://www.standardissuepodcast.com/about-us | access-date=5 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Standard Issue Podcast Episode 1 - Acast.com | url=https://play.acast.com/s/standardissuespodcast/standard-issue-podcast-episode-1-donkeys-and-elephants-the-us-primaries | access-date=5 April 2019}}</ref>
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Millican also participated in [[BBC]]'s [[Red Nose Day 2015|Comic Relief 2015]], appearing as a host during the live broadcast on Friday 13 March 2015.
In May 2015, it was announced that Millican would be made the eighth "curator" of ''[[The Museum of Curiosity]]'', co-presenting the eighth series of the
Millican's autobiography, ''How to be Champion'', was published in October 2017.<ref name='OrionBooks'>{{cite web|title=Sarah Millican: How to be Champion|url=https://www.orionbooks.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9781409174332|work=Orion Books|access-date=3 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003231505/https://www.orionbooks.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9781409174332|archive-date=3 October 2017 }}</ref> Dates were later announced for her 2018 UK tour, [[Control Enthusiast]], which was later extended into Oceania and Canada.
In 2019, Millican began presenting the comedy panel show ''Elephant in the Room'' for
In November 2019, Millican began a [[YouTube]] channel, uploading clips from her stand-up shows and ''The Sarah Millican Television Programme'' as well as interviews from other shows. As of November 2022 the channel has accumulated over 65 million views and 400,000 subscribers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Millican |url=https://www.youtube.com/c/sarahmillican/about |website=YouTube |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref> In lockdown during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] in early 2020, Millican began uploading a series of videos entitled "How to Be Champion Storytime" in which she read a section of her autobiography every day.<ref>{{cite web |title=How To Be Champion Storytime |url=https://sarahmillican.co.uk/how-to-be-champion-storytime/ |website=Sarah Millican's Official Website |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref> In 2021 she began touring the UK with her sixth stand-up show, ''Bobby Dazzler''. A live recording of the show was released exclusively via her website in February 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=My Brand-New Bobby Dazzler Special - TRAILER |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClDyihEADfs |website=YouTube |access-date=10 February 2023}}</ref>
In June 2022, Millican was confirmed as a contestant in the 14th season of [[Taskmaster (TV series)|''Taskmaster'']], airing in September 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dara Ó Briain, Sarah Millican & more confirmed for ''Taskmaster'' season 14 |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/taskmaster-series-14-lineup-cast-newsupdate/ |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=Radio Times |language=en}}</ref> In November of that year she also announced her new tour, ''Late Bloomer'', which is expected to run for over 100 shows from September 2023 to October 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Millican announces mammoth Late Bloomer tour |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2022/11/29/52177/sarah_millican_announces_mammoth_late_bloomer_tour |website=Chortle |access-date=10 February 2023}}</ref>
==Personal life==
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She began a relationship with fellow stand-up comic [[Gary Delaney]] in 2006.<ref name="Express marries">[http://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/451961/Sarah-Millican-marries-fellow-comedian-Gary-Delaney-in-secret-ceremony Sarah Millican marries Gary Delaney]</ref> The couple moved in together and married in December 2013.<ref name="Express marries"/>
==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Notes
|-
| 2010–11 || ''Chatterbox
| Live at [[London]]'s [[Bloomsbury Theatre]]▼
|-
| 2011–12 || ''Thoroughly Modern Millican
|-
| 2013–14 || ''Home Bird
| Live at [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]]'s [[Tyne Theatre and Opera House]]▼
|-
| 2015–16 || ''Outsider
| Live at [[Brighton]]'s [[Brighton Dome|Dome]]▼
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Control Enthusiast]]
| Live at [[Birmingham]]'s [[Symphony Hall, Birmingham|Symphony Hall]]▼
|-
| 2021–22 || ''Bobby Dazzler
| Live at [[Dartford]]'s [[Orchard Theatre, Dartford|Orchard Theatre]]▼
|-
| 2023–24 || ''Late Bloomer'' ||
|}
===DVD releases===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Released !! Notes
|-
▲| ''Chatterbox Live'' || 21 November 2011 || Live at [[London]]'s [[Bloomsbury Theatre]]
|-
| ''Live - Thoroughly Modern Millican'' || 12 November 2012 || Live at London's [[Hammersmith Apollo]]
|-
▲| ''Home Bird Live'' || 17 November 2014 || Live at [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]]'s [[Tyne Theatre and Opera House]]
|-
▲| ''Outsider Live'' || 21 November 2016 || Live at [[Brighton]]'s [[Brighton Dome|Dome]]
|-
▲| ''Control Enthusiast Live'' || 3 December 2018 || Live at [[Birmingham]]'s [[Symphony Hall, Birmingham|Symphony Hall]]
|-
▲| ''Bobby Dazzler Live'' || 10 February 2023 || Live at [[Dartford]]'s [[Orchard Theatre, Dartford|Orchard Theatre]]
|}
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|colspan="2"|[[Funny Women|Funny Women Award]]
|{{Runner-up}}
|<ref>{{Cite web
|-
|colspan="2"|Amused Moose Comedy Award
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|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dickson |first1=Andrew |title=Edinburgh festival: David O'Doherty wins if.comedy prize |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2008/aug/24/edinburghfestival.comedy |website=The Guardian |access-date=10 February 2023}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|2009
|[[Chortle Awards]]
|Breakthrough Act
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|{{won}}
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Chortle Awards |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/awards/2014/01/10/19382/chortle_awards |website=Chortle |access-date=10 February 2023}}</ref>
|-
|colspan="2"|[[Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award|Barry Award]]
|''Sarah Millican's Not Nice''
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Nominations Announced For The 12th Annual Barry Awards |url=https://www.australianstage.com.au/200904202476/news/melbourne/nominations-announced-for-the-12th-annual-barry-awards.html |website=Australian Stage |access-date=10 February 2023}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="4"|2010
|[[Edinburgh Comedy Award
|Best Comedy Show
|''Chatterbox''
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In February 2013 Millican was assessed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by ''[[Woman's Hour]]'' on
==References==
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==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
*{{Official website|http://www.sarahmillican.co.uk}}
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7579520.stm BBC story about 2008 Perrier Award]
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{{Edinburgh Comedy Award winners}}
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