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Born | Sandra Birgitte Toksvig 3 May 1958 Copenhagen, Denmark |
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Education | Girton College, Cambridge (BA) |
Years active | 1982–present |
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Debbie Toksvig (m. 2007) |
Children | 3 |
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Relatives | Signe Toksvig (great-aunt) |
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sanditoksvig |
Sandra Birgitte Toksvig OBE (/ˈtɒksvɪɡ/; Danish: [ˈsænti ˈtsʰʌksˌviˀ]; born 3 May 1958)[1] is a Danish-British broadcaster, comedian, presenter and writer on British radio, stage and television. She is also a political activist, having co-founded the Women's Equality Party in 2015. She has written plays, novels and books for children. In 1994, she came out as a lesbian.[2]
Toksvig took over from Stephen Fry as host of the BBC television quiz show QI in 2016 (series 'N'), having been a guest a number of times and spent ten years hosting The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4. From 2017 to 2020 she was co-presenter of The Great British Bake Off, alongside comedian Noel Fielding. In 2020, she stepped down and was replaced by Matt Lucas.[3][4]
Toksvig was the president of the Women of the Year Lunch from 2015 to 2017.
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