| Biography | Sandra Toksvig OBE is an Engtish-Danish author, comedian, politician, presenter and writer. 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 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.
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. |