įor a short while, Pascoe aspired to study philosophy at the University of Cambridge, motivated by both her enjoyment of the novel Sophie's World and her desire to join Footlights, the university's dramatic club. In 1997, Pascoe had an abortion which was detailed in her memoir, Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body. She later attended Gaynes School in Upminster. She attended Eastbury Comprehensive School in Barking. Her parents divorced when she was young and she was brought up by her mother. īorn in Dagenham, London, Pascoe was brought up in nearby Romford.
Her great-grandmother was Rosa Newmarch, a poet and writer on music. Pascoe was born to Gail ( née Newmarch) and Derek Pascoe, a musician.
