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Birth name Ruby WachsNationality USABirth 19 april 1953 (70 years)
Ruby Wax OBE (born Ruby Wachs, 19 April 1953) is an American born, naturalised British comedian.
A classically trained actress, she came to prominence as a comic interviewer, playing up to British perceptions of the strident American style, which she replicated in the TV sitcom Girls on Top. She also appeared in Absolutely Fabulous, where she doubled as script editor.
Her memoirs, How Do You Want Me?, reached the Sunday Times best-seller list.
Biography
Wax is married to television producer and director Ed Bye. Wax and Bye have three children, Max (1988), Madeleine (1990) and Marina (1993).
Wax has also been very open about her own struggle with depression. She made an online series on mental health issues for the BBC and has worked with mental health charities. This was recognised in 2015, when she received an OBE in the Special Honours for Services to Mental Health.
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