Sarah Squirm's Real Name: Sarah Sherman

Quick answer: The comedian is known professionally as Sarah Sherman and also performs under the stage name Sarah Squirm. Vulture and NBC both identify Sarah Sherman as the Saturday Night Live performer who has also worked as Sarah Squirm.

Real name and early life

Independent publishers identify her under the professional name Sarah Sherman and the stage name Sarah Squirm. Vulture, in a January 17, 2023, profile, says she grew up in Great Neck on Long Island, was a member of her high-school improv team, and later attended Northwestern University. Vulture says that after she did not make her desired improv team in college she turned to stand-up, stayed in Chicago after graduating, and adopted the stage name Sarah Squirm, inspired by a high-school nickname. The same profile says she started a noise-and-comedy show called Helltrap Nightmare and later moved to Los Angeles in 2019. NBC independently identifies her as Sarah Sherman and says those who have seen her perform in front of live audiences know her as Sarah Squirm.

Career highlights

Vulture says she was booked at the Just for Laughs comedy festival and that a stand-up set there led to a Saturday Night Live audition, after earlier showcase work for the show's producers, and that she joined Saturday Night Live in 2021. NBC independently says she has been a Saturday Night Live cast member since Season 47 and contrasts the network sketches with the more extreme live shows she has performed as Sarah Squirm. Vulture describes her as a body-horror comic who has also appeared on the show's Weekend Update desk, and it highlights a sketch in which she played a woman on a date with a surprising costume reveal, opposite Chris Redd. NBC independently records a Season 50 Weekend Update appearance in which she appeared as herself, rather than in an impression, to review the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, in a segment co-written with Josh Patten, Mike DiCenzo, and Jake Nordwind, and notes a later General Hospital cameo. Vulture, writing in January 2023, also says she would play a rabbi in the then-upcoming Adam Sandler Netflix film You Are SO Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah!

Name notes for searchers

People looking up Sarah Squirm or Sarah Sherman are looking for the same comedian, including the later Saturday Night Live work most often associated with both names. Search traffic may use either the stage name Sarah Squirm or the professional name Sarah Sherman.