British Danish-born comedian and TV presenter, Sandi Toksvig always makes the audiences laugh with her witty jokes. [22], In the 2013 Christmas Special of BBC's Call the Midwife, Toksvig made a cameo appearance as grumpy ward nurse Sister Gibbs. [45], In October 2012, as the scale of the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal became apparent, and amid claims that during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, there was a culture within the BBC which tolerated sexual harassment, Toksvig stated that she was groped by a "famous individual" on air in the 1980s.
[23][24], On 28 April 2015, it was announced that Toksvig would leave BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz in June at the end of the 28th series, which was scheduled to begin on 15 May of that year. [76] She describes her "posh" accent as being the result of a deliberate attempt to copy the voice of Celia Johnson in Brief Encounter, after being ostracised at boarding school for having an American accent.
Sandi Toksvig has now dropped a massive weight. She previously worked as a photographer but later decided to help people facing various psychological disorders like anxiety, depression, etc, and trained to become a psychotherapist. She has an older brother, Nick, who is a journalist, and a younger sister, Jenifer, a librettist, who was born when Sandi was 12. By profession, Debbie is a psychotherapist. In October 2008, she published Girls Are Best, a history book for girls.[32]. Toksvig was warned she might never work again, and the family faced death threats and had to go into hiding. Her mother, Julie Anne Toksvig (née Brett), is British. Her mother, Julie Anne Toksvig (née Brett), is British. Born 3 May 1958 in Copenhagen, Denmark as Sandra Birgitte Toksvig, she is a British-Danish actor, comedian, writer, producer, and activist. In 1995, she sailed around the coast of Britain with John McCarthy, who had been held hostage in Beirut. Toksvig was holding the hand of Neil Armstrong's secretary during the landing. "Unusually I am departing from 'The Great British Bake Off' so I can spend more time with my other work. She also appeared as a guest presenter in 2000 on Time Team at a dig in York (season 7 episode 13).
(1988), Mock the Week (2005), Have I Got News for You (1990), and QI (2003). | They separated in 1997, but remain close today.
The show is in great shape and, like a good house guest, you should always depart when people still wish you'd stay a bit longer." How Many Children Does Sandi Toksvig Have? The two met first at the beginning of the millennium at a stranger’s dinner party. During her father's stay in London she attended Tormead School in Guildford, Surrey, England. She was there at the same time as fellow members Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Tony Slattery, and Emma Thompson, and wrote additional material for the Perrier award-winning Footlights Revue. Additionally, Sandi Toksvig is an actor and performed in many stage plays such as Much Ado About Nothing and The Comedy of Errors. [38], Officer, Civil Division. In 1996, she narrated the Dragons! Before sharing her married life with Debbi, she was married to Peta Stewart. The show aimed to helped a group of adults ranging from 22 to 66 years old overcome their challenges in reading, writing and spelling. Toksvig's son, Theo Toksvig-Stewart, made his professional stage debut in the play.