Born and raised in Hertfordshire, England to Pakistani parents, she attended St. Albans High School for Girls and Manchester University.
[2] She received a Masters in Social Work from Boston University where she began developing an interest in art as activism.
[3] Manzoor moved to New York City in 2011 and began taking improvisation classes with Groundlings based improv school Improvolution and teaching performing arts curriculum to marginalized teens with the Hetrick-Martin Institute.
is a one woman comedy about growing up in a conservative Muslim home in London, and explores themes of sex, religion, culture, truth and family.
Shugs & Fats is a buddy comedy about two hijabis exploring their freedom as recent immigrants to Brooklyn.