Dougall was born in Hampstead in London, but raised in Brighton and attended Camberwell College of Arts as late as mid-2006, and as a student appeared uncredited on the BBC Two show James May's Top Toys in December 2005, drawing the presenter on an Etch A Sketch [REF].
Her father, Alastair Dougall, is an singer-songwriter active on the Brighton acoustic scene [REF].