the social media site, but returned in August 2015. In September 2015, Perkins revealed that she was diagnosed with prolactinoma, which is a benign growth on her pituitary gland. Perkins received the diagnosis eight years previously. The side effects prevent her from having children. Perkins was brought up as a Roman Catholic. She lives in London and Cornwall. Between 2014 and 2021, she was in a relationship with TV presenter Anna Richardson. Perkins has both English and German ancestry including a great-grandmother who was an ethnic German from what is now Lithuania. Filmography Television References External links Official Mel and Sue website (archive.org 2010-03-16) Sue Perkins at Biogs.com Sue Perkins Management - Debi Allen 1969 births Living people 20th-century English actresses 20th-century English comedians 20th-century English LGBT people 21st-century English actresses 21st-century English comedians 21st-century English LGBT people Actresses from London Alumni of New Hall, Cambridge British women memoirists English memoirists English people of Cornish descent English television presenters English women comedians English lesbian actresses English LGBT broadcasters Lesbian comedians Lesbian memoirists People educated at Croham Hurst School People from Croydon People from East Dulwich WFTV Award winners English lesbian writers English people of German descent English LGBT comedians