Sandi Toksvig
Sandi Toksvig | |
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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) |
| Partner | Peta Stewart (1986-1997) |
| 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) 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.
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.
Toksvig was the president of the Women of the Year Lunch from 2015 to 2017.