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Sandi Toksvig is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Executive Producer British born on 3 may 1958 at Copenhagen (Danemark)
Sandra Birgitte "Sandi" Toksvig OBE (/ˈtɒksviɡ/, [ˌsand̥i ˈtˢʌɡ̊sʋiːˀ]; born 3 May 1958) is a British-Danish writer, actor, comedian, presenter and producer on British radio and television, and political activist.
Toksvig 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 classic game show Fifteen to One on 5 April 2014. In 2016 she will take over from Stephen Fry as host of the popular BBC television quiz show QI.
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.
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”Toksvig commenting on her children in The Times
Toksvig is adoptive mother to three children: two daughters, Jessica and Megan (born 1988 and 1990), and a son Theo (born 1994). The children were carried by her then-partner, Peta Stewart from whom she separated in 1997, and were conceived through artificial insemination by donor Christopher Lloyd-Pack, younger brother of the actor Roger Lloyd-Pack.
She lives on a houseboat in Wandsworth with psychotherapist Debbie Toksvig, whom she joined in a civil partnership in 2007. They renewed their vows on 29 March 2014, the day same-sex marriage was introduced in England and Wales, and in December 2014, their civil partnership was converted into a marriage.
In 1994 charity Save the Children dropped her services as compere of its 75th anniversary celebrations after she came out, but following a direct action protest by the Lesbian Avengers, the charity apologised.
An atheist and humanist, Toksvig is a Patron of the British Humanist Association. In October 2012 she succeeded Sheila Hancock as Chancellor of the University of Portsmouth.
Toksvig became a British citizen in 2013.
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Birth name Sandra Birgitte Toksvig
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 3 may 1958 (66 years) at Copenhagen (Danemark)
Awards Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 3 may 1958 (66 years) at Copenhagen (Danemark)
Awards Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Toksvig 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 classic game show Fifteen to One on 5 April 2014. In 2016 she will take over from Stephen Fry as host of the popular BBC television quiz show QI.
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.
Biography
I wouldn’t care if they came from Tesco. I don’t care about the blood thing. They call me Mummy and I earned it. We love each other. You can’t do better than that. Lots of families don’t.“
”Toksvig commenting on her children in The Times
Toksvig is adoptive mother to three children: two daughters, Jessica and Megan (born 1988 and 1990), and a son Theo (born 1994). The children were carried by her then-partner, Peta Stewart from whom she separated in 1997, and were conceived through artificial insemination by donor Christopher Lloyd-Pack, younger brother of the actor Roger Lloyd-Pack.
She lives on a houseboat in Wandsworth with psychotherapist Debbie Toksvig, whom she joined in a civil partnership in 2007. They renewed their vows on 29 March 2014, the day same-sex marriage was introduced in England and Wales, and in December 2014, their civil partnership was converted into a marriage.
In 1994 charity Save the Children dropped her services as compere of its 75th anniversary celebrations after she came out, but following a direct action protest by the Lesbian Avengers, the charity apologised.
An atheist and humanist, Toksvig is a Patron of the British Humanist Association. In October 2012 she succeeded Sheila Hancock as Chancellor of the University of Portsmouth.
Toksvig became a British citizen in 2013.
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Filmography of Sandi Toksvig (2 films)
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Paris by Night (1989)
, 1h43Directed by David Hare
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Charlotte Rampling, Michael Gambon, Iain Glen, Robert Hardy, Jane Asher, Andrew Ray
Roles Sandra
Rating59%
Une personnalité politique britannique, de passage à Paris, se retrouve impliquée dans un meurtre.
Scriptwriter
Doors Open (2012)
, 2hDirected by Marc Evans
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Douglas Henshall, Stephen Fry, Lenora Crichlow, Brian McCardie, Elliot Cowan, Paul McCole
Rating57%
After an evening’s drinking with Professor Gissing (Fry), an art expert, and banker Allan Cruickshank (Collard), self-made millionaire Mike McKenzie (Henshall) and his friends dream up a plot to rip-off one of the most high-profile targets in the country – Edinburgh’s private art collection owned by a national bank. When he hears the love of his life, art consultant and auctioneer Laura Stanton (Crichlow), has returned to Edinburgh, his whole world is turned upside down and he'd risk anything to get her back.
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Doors Open (2012)
, 2hDirected by Marc Evans
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Douglas Henshall, Stephen Fry, Lenora Crichlow, Brian McCardie, Elliot Cowan, Paul McCole
Roles Executive Producer
Rating57%
After an evening’s drinking with Professor Gissing (Fry), an art expert, and banker Allan Cruickshank (Collard), self-made millionaire Mike McKenzie (Henshall) and his friends dream up a plot to rip-off one of the most high-profile targets in the country – Edinburgh’s private art collection owned by a national bank. When he hears the love of his life, art consultant and auctioneer Laura Stanton (Crichlow), has returned to Edinburgh, his whole world is turned upside down and he'd risk anything to get her back.