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_(cropped).jpg) Toksvig in 2013 | |
| 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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Sandra Birgitte Toksvig OBE (/ˈtɒksvɪɡ/; Danish: [ˈsænti ˈtsʰʌksˌviˀ]; born 3 May 1958)[1] is a Danish-British writer, comedian and broadcaster 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.
- ^ "Toksvig, Sandra Birgitte, (Sandi), (born 3 May 1958), writer and comedian". Who's Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.37818.
- ^ Reporters, Telegraph (1 August 2016). "Sandi Toksvig: 'Coming out was terrifying. We had death threats and had to go into hiding with the children for two weeks'". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ^ Ross, Alice (16 March 2017). "Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig to host new Great British Bake Off". The Guardian. London.
- ^ "The Great British Bake Off: Sandi Toksvig to leave after three years". BBC. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
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