Sandi Toksvig

About Sandi Toksvig

Writer and comedian who hosts the BBC Radio 4 News Quiz and Channel 4's 1001 You Should Know quiz shows. She was named Chancellor of the University of Portsmouth in 2012.

Sandra Birgitte Toksvig is a British-Danish writer, comedian, broadcaster, actor, podcaster, TV presenter and producer 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. In 2016, Toksvig took over from Stephen Fry as host of the BBC television quiz show QI, having previously 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 until 2017. In 2020, Toksvig launched a podcast series called We Will Get Past This which aimed to provide "virtual chicken soup for the soul" during the COVID-19 lockdown in the UK, by sharing stories of notable women from her book collection.

Born	Sandra Birgitte Toksvig, May 3, 1958, Copenhagen, Denmark
Education	Tormead School
Occupation	Author, presenter, writer, politician, comedian
Children	3
Citizenship	Danish (1958–present), British (2013–present)
Relatives	Signe Toksvig (great-aunt)
Alma mater	Girton College, Cambridge

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Trivia

She has been a panelists on numerous comedy shows, and performed stand up on the opening of the Comedy Store in London.

Sandi Toksvig before fame

She studied acting at Girton College, Cambridge University, where she became a member of the first all-woman show at its student-run theatrical club, the Footlights.

Achievement of Sandi Toksvig

She has appeared on various comedy shows as a panelist and did stand-up at the Comedy Store in London's grand opening.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$8 Million

Sandi Toksvig family life

She was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, but spent much of her life in the United States before relocating to the United Kingdom. Jessica, Megan, and Theo are her three children from her marriage to Debie Toksvig in 2014.

Associations of Sandi Toksvig

Hugh Laurie, better known to American audiences as Hugh Laurie, was a classmate of hers at Cambridge.

Sandi Toksvig Height, Weight & Physique Measurements

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Height	152 cm
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