Sandi Toksvig: Biography in Details
Who is Sandi Toksvig?
Sandi Toksvig is a Danish-British comedian, writer, actress, presenter as well as a producer on British radio, television, and political activist.
She had taken over from Stephen Fry as host of the BBC television quiz show QI. She was also the host of The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4.
Sandi Toksvig: Age, Parents, Siblings, Family, Nationality, Ethnicity
While moving toward the previous life of the great comedian Sandi Toksvig, she was born on 3 May 1958.
She lived with her father Claus Toksvig and mother Julie Anne Toksvig in Denmark. She had attended Tormead School, an independent girls’ school.
When she was 18 she had her first job a position as a follows spot operator for the musical Jesus Christ Superstar.
Sandi Toksvig had completed her graduation in law, archaeology, and anthropology at Girton College, Cambridge with a first-class degree and received two prizes for outstanding achievement.
Is Sandi Toksvig active on social media?
Sandi Toksvig is active on the Twitter account but she does not use any Facebook or Instagram accounts.
Sandi Toksvig has more than 264.1k followers on a Twitter account.
Sandi Toksvig: Career, Net Worth
The great writer Sandi Toksvig started her comedy career at Girton College. There she wrote and performed in the first all-woman show at the Footlights.
She appeared as a panelist on comedy shows such as Call My Bluff, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Mock the Week, QI, and Have I Got News for You, where she appeared in the very first episode in 1990.
Similarly, on radio, she was a familiar voice for BBC Radio 4 listeners. She also presented Radio 4’s travel program Excess Baggage until it was axed in 2012.
In 1993, she wrote a musical, Big Night Out at the Little Sands Picture Palace, for Nottingham Playhouse, co-starring Anita Dobson and Una Stubbs.
In 1996, she narrated the Dragons! interactive CD-ROM published by Oxford University Press and developed by Inner Workings, along with Harry Enfield.
She had hosted and sang at the London Gay Men’s Chorus’s sold-out Christmas show, Make the Yuletide Gay, at the Barbican Centre in 2006.
Similarly, in 2011, Sandi Toksvig narrated the new musical Soho Cinders at the Queen’s Theatre, in London. In 2011 she hosted the second season of BBC Two’s Antiques Master.
In 2012, Sandi Toksvig had also written a play entitled Bully Boy which focused on post-traumatic stress among British servicemen and appeared in an “entertaining cameo” like a grumpy ward nurse, Sister Gibbs in 2013.
Starting in 1994, she has written more than twenty fiction and non-fiction books for children and adults. In 2003, she published Gladys Reunited: A Personal American Journey, about her, travels in the USA retracing her childhood.
She writes regular columns for Good Housekeeping, the Sunday Telegraph, and The Lady.
In 2012, Sandi Toksvig published her latest book, Valentine Grey, a historical novel set in the Boer War. She had also begun presenting the revival edition of the daytime game show Fifteen-to-One.
It was an hour-long instead of the original half-hour edition presented by William G. Stewart.
Similarly, in 2003, she had also stood as a candidate in the election for the Chancellorship of the University of Oxford, supporting a campaign against student fees.
Sandi Toksvig launched a podcast series called We Will Get Past This in 2020.
As of 2022, she has an estimated net worth of $8 million. There is no information regarding her salary.
Is Sandi Toksvig involved in any rumors and controversies?
Sandi Toksvig came out as a lesbian in the year the ’90s.
Sandi Toksvig told that she revealed her sexual interest, she received death threats and they thrust her to not reveal her sexuality and admit to being heterosexual.
Sandi Toksvig: Body Measurements
Sandi Toksvig has a height of 5 feet tall and her weight is unknown.
Her hair color is blonde and her eye color is blue. Her other body measurements are unknown.
Sandi Toksvig’s Birthday Dates
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | May | Friday |
| 2025 | May | Saturday |
| 2026 | May | Sunday |
| 2027 | May | Monday |
| 2028 | May | Wednesday |