Any fan of comedy will be familiar with the name Sindhu Vee. The much loved Indian stand up has appeared on British TV for many years, on the likes of Mock the Week, QI and Have I Got News For You. Given Sindhu’s popularity in the world of comedy, it’s unsurprising that she has amassed a dedicated fan base who love to keep up-to-date with her life behind the scenes.

A surprising fact about Sindhu given her success in the world showbusiness is that she had a high flying career as a banker in the past. Sindhu was educated at the University of Delhi, Oxford and the University of Chicago, and despite huge success as a tradeswoman she gave it up to pursue comedy .

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Speaking to the Evening Standard in 2019, Sindhu said: “I was at a low point. I didn’t want to be a banker but I didn’t recognise that I had a loss of identity. I felt a massive loss. Where is my space? It used to be Canary Wharf, university.”

The comic continued: “I got an email from someone who said she was doing stand-up and she was one of the least funny people I knew [...] My first performance was a heat in the Funny Women competition in 2012. I got offstage and never looked back. I was home. I cannot tell you how grateful I was.”

In terms of matters of the heart, Sindhu lives in London with her Danish husband Jakob Horder, to whom she has been married for 22 years. The couple have three kids together, though she is relatively private when it comes to revealing aspects of her family life.

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Sindhu has opened up over the years about moments in her life that have not been so easy. Opening up to the Guardian, she spoke about her experience of mental health issues: “When I went back to work in banking after having my firstborn, I thought I was having an extended panic attack, but it was a breakdown. Everyone around me was pathologising me and saying 'take antidepressants – you’re ill'."

She continued: “My agoraphobia was so bad, I couldn’t cross the threshold of my house. The first time I stepped outside, I became hysterical, because it was so frightening. I went back inside and my father’s response was: 'Great! Amazing!'"

Sindhu Vee will appear on QI on BBC Two 9pm tonight (February 4).

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