*** Welcome to piglix ***

Sandi Toksvig

Sandi Toksvig
OBE
Sandi Toksvig in 2009.jpg
Sandi Toksvig in 2009
Born Sandra Birgitte Toksvig
(1958-05-03) 3 May 1958 (age 58)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citizenship British (from 2013)
Alma mater Girton College, Cambridge
Occupation Comedian, author, radio and television presenter, co-founder of Women's Equality Party
Political party Women's Equality Party
Spouse(s) Debbie Toksvig (m. 2014)
Children 3
Parent(s) Claus B Toksvig
Julie Anne Toksvig (née Brett)

Sandra Birgitte "Sandi" Toksvig OBE (/ˈtɒksviɡ/, Danish pronunciation: [ˌsand̥i ˈtˢʌɡ̊sʋiːˀ]; born 3 May 1958) is a Danish-British comedian, writer, actor, presenter and producer on British radio and television, and political activist.

On 21 October 2016, Toksvig took over from Stephen Fry as host of the BBC television quiz show QI. She was the host of The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4 from 2006 until June 2015. She also presented the quiz show 1001 Things You Should Know on Channel 4 television in 2012–13, and began hosting a revived series of the same channel's game show Fifteen to One on 5 April 2014.

She is joint founder of the Women's Equality Party (established in March 2015), was installed as Chancellor of the University of Portsmouth in October 2012, and is the current president of the Women of the Year Lunch.

On 16 March 2017, Toksvig was announced as the new co-presenter of The Great British Bake Off, alongside comedian Noel Fielding.


...
Wikipedia

...