Before beginning her career in comedy, Sanders worked in administrative roles, including executive PA and complaints-handler at
Ofcom. She took comedy classes from
Logan Murray, and was paid to write a comedic blog about
The Apprentice. and she returned to the Festival in 2019 with her show
Say Hello to Your New Step Mummy. Sanders was declared the winner of the eighth series of
Taskmaster in 2019; she has also appeared on television shows including
QI,
Would I Lie to You?,
Travel Man,
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown,
Hypothetical,
The Russell Howard Hour,
Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier,
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled,
8 Out of 10 Cats,
Red Nose Day for Comic Relief, ''
Russell Howard's Good News, Live at the Electric and Question Team''. 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 (series 15, episode 2). As a writer, Sanders wrote and starred in the short film
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. Sanders has been an occasional guest host on
Elis James and John Robins on
BBC Radio 5 Live. In February 2020, Sanders started hosting a podcast called
Cuddle Club. From February 2021, she has appeared in the
Dave comedy panel show
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable. From April 2022 until September 2023, Sanders hosted ''Taskmaster: The People's Podcast
. In August 2023, Sanders released her autobiography What's That Lady Doing?''. ==Personal life==