Ruby Wax

Actress
Script and Continuity Department
Writer

Ruby Wax was born on 19 April 1953 in Evanston, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Shock Treatment (1981), Girls on Top (1985) and Les Chariots de feu (1981). She has been married to Ed Bye since 16 May 1988. They have three children. She was previously married to Andrew Porter and Trevor Walton.

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Known for

Shock Treatment

5.7

Betty Hapschatt

1981

Girls on Top

6.5

TV Series

Shelley

Les Chariots de feu

7.1

Bunty

1981

Le Petit Monde des Borrowers

5.9

Town Hall Clerk

1997

Credits

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Actress

Andor
8.5
TV Series
- Moffi
- Toffi
- 2025
Kate Garraway's Life Stories
TV Series
- 2023
Trailblazers: A Rocky Mountain Road Trip
4.8
TV Series
- Ruby Wax
- 2022
Ron débloque
7.1
- Ms Hartley (voice)
- 2021
Thunderbirds: les sentinelles de l'air
6.8
TV Series
- Hayley Edmonds (voice)
- 2017
Crackanory
7.0
TV Series
- Host
- Presenter
- 2014
Sir Billi
2.8
- Patty Turner (voice)
- 2012
Taking the Flak
7.4
TV Series
- Candida
- 2009
Agent Crush
5.7
- Charleen Chinstubble (voice)
- 2008
Sugababes vs. Girls Aloud: Walk This Way
5.1
Music Video
- Ruby Wax
- 2007
Popetown
5.0
TV Series
- The Pope (voice)
- 2006
Tara Road
6.0
- Carlotta
- 2005
French and Saunders
7.6
TV Series
- The Executive
- 2004
Absolutely Fabulous
8.2
TV Series
- Beth De Woodi
- Candy
- 1995–2001
Le Petit Monde des Borrowers
5.9
- Town Hall Clerk
- 1997

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Writer

Ruby Wax Meets
8.1
TV Series
- written by
- 1996–1998
Mama's Back
8.2
TV Movie
- Writer
- 1993
Wax Acts
TV Movie
- Writer
- 1992
Ruby Takes a Trip...
TV Movie
- Writer
- 1991
The Full Wax
7.4
TV Series
- Writer
- 1991–1994
Ruby Wax's Miami Memoirs
TV Movie
- Writer
- 1989
Don't Miss Wax
5.6
TV Series
- Writer
- 1988
Girls on Top
6.5
TV Series
- written by
- 1985–1986
For 4 Tonight
7.8
TV Series
- writer
- 1983
Three of a Kind
6.9
TV Series
- written by
- 1981
Not the Nine O'Clock News
7.9
TV Series
- writer
- 1979–1982

Personal details

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- Ruby Wax speaker agent
Height
- 1.57 m
Born
- April 19, 1953
- Evanston, Illinois, USA
Spouses
Other works
Play: "Desperately Yours"
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Trivia
She shared a house with Alan Rickman in London in the early 1980s.

Quotes
On being awarded the OBE: This is the happiest day of my life. I can't believe they were talking about me. I chose the Priory as the place to receive the OBE to celebrate the fact that the stigma around mental health is becoming a thing of the past. There's nothing to be ashamed of.