Katy Wix | |
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Born |
Cardiff, Wales |
28 February 1980
Occupation | Actress, comedian |
Years active | 2006–present |
Katy Wix (born 28 February 1980 in Cardiff) is a Welsh actress and comedian. She is best known for her roles as Daisy in Not Going Out, Mary Fawn in Fried and Gemma Simpson in Agatha Raisin. She has also appeared in Rush Hour and Miranda.
Wix was born in Cardiff and attended the University of Warwick before going on to the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.
In 2007, she joined the cast of sitcom Not Going Out as recurring character Daisy and then went on to be a regular from Series 3 until her final appearance in the 2015 Christmas special. In Torchwood: Children of Earth she plays Rhiannon Davies, the sister of Ianto Jones. In 2010, she presented the BBC Three series The King Is Dead. She has made guest appearances on the BBC shows Horrible Histories, Outnumbered (2010) and Absolutely Fabulous (2011). She appeared in the Harvey's Furniture Store sponsorship bumpers for Coronation Street.
She also wrote and co-starred in the BBC Radio 4 comedy Bird Island, which also featured Reece Shearsmith, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Alison Steadman. In 2017, she portrayed Nurse Cornish in "The Lying Detective", an episode of the BBC crime drama Sherlock.