Not accepting every dare.
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Sue Perkins
British actress, singer, writer and comedian
United Kingdom · b. 1969
Arts and letters
About
Raised in Croydon, Sue Perkins, 49, studied at Cambridge University, where she joined Footlights and met Mel Giedroyc. They formed the comedy duo Mel & Sue and went on to present The Great British Bake Off from 2010 to 2016. Her second memoir, East Of Croydon: Blunderings Through India And South East Asia, has just been published. She lives in London with her partner, the presenter and journalist Anna Richardson.
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An eye surgeon. I had an operation on my cornea when I was little, and remember being deeply enamoured with the team who looked after me. Subsequently, I was very disappointed to learn that a degree of scientific aptitude was required for the job, which ruled me out.
In my 20s, touring small arts centres with my best mate, performing sketch comedy to a handful of people.
Anna dared me to jump off a cliff in Menorca on holiday a couple of years ago. I did. I fell 30m through the air, hit the water at an odd angle and shattered my coccyx.
Cleaning toilets in a hotel in Croydon when I was 16. A guest once gave me a half-eaten bag of pistachios as a tip, so there were perks.
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