Lou Sanders

Lou Sanders is a British stand-up comedian, writer and actress from Broadstairs, Kent.

Career
As a live performer, Sanders performs regularly both in the UK and around the world. In 2018 her show Shame Pig was the joint winner of the Comedians' Choice Award for Best Show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and she returned to the Festival in 2019 with her show Say Hello To Your New Step Mummy.

Sanders was crowned the winner of the eighth series of Taskmaster in 2019, and has also appeared on television shows including QI, Travel Man, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Hypothetical, The Russell Howard Hour, Jon Richardson's Ultimate Worrier, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Red Nose Day for Comic Relief, Russell Howard's Good News and Live at the Electric. She has also acted in sitcoms including Aisling Bea's This Way Up and Karl Pilkington's Sick of It. She is also a regular guest on BBC Radio 4's The Unbelievable Truth. In 2019 Sanders appeared on BBC Two's Live at the Apollo (season 15, episode 2).

As a writer Sanders wrote and starred in Elderflower which co-starred Sheila Reid, Tom Rosenthal and Mike Wozniak. She has also written for 8 Out of 10 Cats, Mock the Week, Stand up for the Week and Miranda Hart.

Personal life

In 2017 Sanders wrote for The Guardian about her relationship with alcohol and her decision to stop drinking.
Sanders was born on November 24th 1978.

References

External links 
 
 
 
CV at agents' page

Category:People from Broadstairs
Category:English women writers
Category:English stand-up comedians
Category:Living people
Category:1979 births