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Ruby Wax
American-British actress, comedian, writer, mental health campaigner, and lecturer

Ruby Wax OBE (née Wachs; born 19 April 1953) is an American-British actress, comedian, writer, television presenter, and mental health campaigner. A classically-trained actress, Wax co-starred on the ITV sitcom Girls on Top (1985–1986), and came to prominence as a comic interviewer, playing up to British perceptions of the strident American style on television shows including The Full Wax (1991–1994), Ruby Wax Meets... (1994–1998), Ruby (1997–2000), and The Ruby Wax Show (2002). She was a script editor for the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012), also appearing in two episodes.

Wax holds both American and British citizenship and has resided in the United Kingdom since the 1970s. In 2013, she gained a master's degree in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy from Kellogg College, Oxford. In 2015, she was appointed a Visiting Professor in Mental Health Nursing at the University of Surrey. Wax was appointed an Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 Special Honours for services to mental health. Her memoirs How Do You Want Me? (2002) and Sane New World (2013) both reached number one on the Sunday Times bestseller list.

Early life

Wax was born Ruby Wachs and raised in Evanston, Illinois, the daughter of Edward and Berthe Wachs (née Goldmann). Her parents were Austrian Jews who left Vienna in 1938 because of the Nazi threat.678 Her father was a sausage manufacturer9 and her mother qualified as an accountant. Once settled in Chicago, her father changed the spelling of the family surname from Wachs to Wax.10

Wax majored in psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, leaving after a year without completing her degree.1112

Career

Early career

Wax moved to the UK and studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow. She started her acting career as a straight actress at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, where she began a long-standing writing and directing partnership with Alan Rickman, who later directed many of her stage comedy shows.13

In 1978, she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, working alongside Juliet Stevenson in Measure for Measure, as Jaquenetta opposite Michael Hordern in Love's Labours Lost, replacing Zoë Wanamaker as Jane in The Way of the World14 and appearing in the Howard Brenton three-hander Sore Throats.15 While at the RSC, Wax also met and befriended Ian Charleson, and later contributed a chapter to the 1990 book, For Ian Charleson: A Tribute.16 In 1981, Wax appeared as an American track fan in Charleson's breakthrough film, Chariots of Fire.17 She originally had a much larger role in the film, but it was cut down in editing.18

Wax made a one-off appearance in a 1980 episode of The Professionals, Bloodsports, playing Lonnie, an American student. In 1981, she appeared in the follow-up to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, called Shock Treatment. In the film, Wax portrays Betty Hapschatt, who married Ralph Hapschatt in the first film. The same year, she Wax also appeared briefly as a secretary in Omen III: The Final Conflict.

Comedy work

In 1985, she starred as loud-mouthed American actress Shelley DuPont on the British sitcom Girls on Top.

In 1987, Wax was given her own comedy chat show, Don't Miss Wax, on Channel 4. She was also hired as a radio presenter by the Superstation, an overnight sustaining service for commercial radio in the UK.19 In December 1989, she appeared in the Red Dwarf episode "Timeslides" as the television host Blaize Falconberger of the fictional show "Lifestyles of the Disgustingly Rich and Famous".20

Wax began working with the BBC in 1991, with the show The Full Wax (1991–94). In 1994, Ruby Wax Meets Madonna aired on the BBC, followed by the series Ruby Wax Meets... (1996–98), in which she interviewed public figures such as Imelda Marcos, O. J. Simpson, and Pamela Anderson.21 Ruby Wax Meets... was nominated for a 1997 BAFTA Award (credited to Clive Tulloh and Don Boyd), for an interview with Sarah, Duchess of York, an interview which attracted over 14 million viewers.22 She also made two guest appearances in Absolutely Fabulous, a programme on which she served as script editor throughout the run of the series.23

From November 2001 to June 2002, Wax presented a TV quiz show on BBC One, The Waiting Game.24 Her final BBC interview series aired in 2003. In 2005 Wax appeared as a cleaner in the music video to McFly's Comic Relief song All About You.

Writing, academia, corporate training and returns to television and stage

In 2002, Wax became the host of Commercial Breakdown. In that year, Wax published her memoir How Do You Want Me?, which topped The Sunday Times best-seller list.

In March 2003, Wax was one of the celebrity contestants on Comic Relief does Fame Academy, a spin-off from the BBC's Fame Academy, with all proceeds donated to Comic Relief. Although not a good singer, Wax made it to the final, taking runner-up position to Will Mellor.25

In 2004, the BBC planned to show the cartoon series Popetown, poking fun at the Catholic Church. Wax portrayed the Pope as a spoiled child. After protests, the BBC did not broadcast the show.26

In February 2004, Irish broadcaster Patricia Danaher reached an out-of-court settlement with Wax, who had falsely claimed Danaher had made "racist" and "anti-Semitic" remarks about her in an interview for Ulster Television. Wax's legal team apologised in court, accepted Danaher had made no racist or anti-Semitic statements, and announced there had been a financial settlement.27

In November 2005, Wax was criticised by the Daily Mail columnist Richard Kay for allegedly opposing a proposed disabled-access ramp for the Couper Collection charitable art gallery. The UK Sunday newspaper The Observer also reported the controversy.28 In 2006, Wax responded to the claims in the London Evening Standard: "Oh no, that's not true. That's so off the wall. Why would I object to a disabled ramp? It wasn't even about that."29

Wax appeared in a supporting role opposite Olivia Williams and Andie MacDowell in the 2005 film Tara Road. In September and October 2005, she appeared as a celebrity contestant in Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon, progressing through to Sale of the Century before getting knocked out. In summer 2006, she was a celebrity showjumper in the BBC's Sport Relief event Only Fools on Horses. She presented Cirque de Celebrité on Sky One in 2006. Wax also appeared in an episode of Jackass, participating in the Gumball 3000. While the race was stopped at the Latvian border she was wrestled by Jackass personality Chris Pontius.

In March 2009, Wax returned to Comic Relief to take part in Comic Relief Does The Apprentice. Wax appeared in the 2011 Comic Relief in Comic Relief Does Masterchef in which Wax prepared an appetiser for then Prime Minister David Cameron.

On 1 April 2009, Ruby Wax Goes Dutch premiered on Dutch television network NET 5.

She was appointed Chancellor of the University of Southampton, commencing duties on 1 May 2019.30

Wax teaches business communication in the public and private sectors. Clients include Deutsche Bank, the UK Home Office and Skype.31

In September 2013, Wax graduated from Kellogg College, Oxford, with a master's degree in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy.32 She had previously earned a postgraduate certificate in psychotherapy and counselling from Regent's College in London.33

In 2016, Wax published her first mindfulness book, A Mindfulness Guide For The Frazzled, within which she sets out her own six-week mindfulness course with the blessing of Mark Williams, her professor at Oxford and co-creator of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy.34

After the 2020 lockdown period caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, her book And Now for the Good News... was published. Still related to mindfulness, it discusses her discovery of new ways for education, community, self-sustainability, business or volunteering to improve lives internationally.35 Her book A Mindfulness Guide For Survival was published in August 2021.36

She lectures at Bangor University and in 2022 received an honorary degree from the university.37

Mental health campaigning

Wax has been open about her struggles with bipolar disorder and depression.38 She made an online series on mental health issues for the BBC and has worked with mental health charities.

Wax's 2010 stand-up show Losing It dealt with her mental health, including time she spent in a psychiatric clinic.39 Wax founded the mental health website (which is now part of the SANE mental health charity) in 2011 in response to the audience reaction from her theatre show.40

In 2013, Wax published Sane New World, which became a number-one best-seller. It was followed in January 2016 by A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled.41 In 2018 her third book on the subject of mental health came out: How to Be Human: The Manual, written with the help of a neuroscientist and a monk.

In June 2015, Wax was appointed visiting professor in Mental Health Nursing at the University of Surrey.42 In the 2015 Special Honours, she was appointed an Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her services to mental health.4344

In May 2023, Wax released her new book and accompanying audiobook I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was, which details her recent life including further time spent receiving psychiatric treatment and battles against depression.45 She toured a one-woman show based on the book.4647

Personal life

During her six years at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Alan Rickman, her flatmate and best friend, directed comedy shows written by Wax, casting Zoe Wanamaker, David Suchet, Richard Griffiths, and Jonathan Pryce.48

I made him laugh, and he made me think,...If I could make him laugh, it was a triumph. In fact, the only reason I went into comedy was to make Alan laugh49

Wax is married to television producer and director Ed Bye. They have three children: Max (born 1988), Madeleine (born 1990), and Marina (born 1993).50

In an episode of the BBC's Who Do You Think You Are? in 2017, Wax revealed her great-grandmother and great-aunt had been committed to mental asylums in Brno and Vienna as they were incurably "agitated".51

In 2019, Wax fell off a horse while on holiday, severely injuring her back.52 She had to cancel her show How to Be Human at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as a result of her injuries.53

Wax has been a naturalised British citizen since the 1970s, while retaining her American citizenship.54

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981Chariots of FireBunty
Shock TreatmentBetty Hapschatt
Omen III: The Final ConflictU.S. Ambassador's SecretaryUncredited
1982Things Are Tough All OverRestaurant Patron
1985Romance on the Orient ExpressSusan LawsonTelevision film
WaterSpenco Executive
1986Come DancingHerselfDocumentary film
1998Ruby Wax's Miami Memoirs
1991Ruby Takes a Trip...
1992Wax Acts
1997The BorrowersTown Hall Clerk
2000Ruby Wax Gets StreetwiseHerselfDocumentary film
2005Tara RoadCarlotta
2008Agent CrushCharleen Chinstubble (voice)
2011The British Guide to Showing OffHerselfDocumentary film
2012Sir BilliPatty Turner (voice)
2021Ron's Gone WrongMs. Hartley (voice)

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979Not the Nine O'Clock News1 episode
1980The ProfessionalsLonnieEpisode: "Blood Sports"
1985Happy FamiliesWaitressEpisode: "Cassie"
1985–1986Girls on TopShelley13 episodes
1986–1992WoganHerself5 episodes
1987–1988Don't Miss WaxHerself - Host16 episodes
1988–1989Wax on WheelsHerself
1988–1993Count DuckulaVarious (voice)15 episodes
1989Red DwarfBlaize FalconbergerEpisode: "Timeslides"
East Meets WaxHerself
Class of '69Presenter
1990Hit and Run1 episode
1991–1994The Full Wax23 episodes
1992The Comic Strip Presents...SueEpisode: "Wild Turkey"
Wax ActsPresenter
1993Wax Cracks Hollywood
1994–1998Ruby Wax Meets...21 episodes
1995, 2001Absolutely FabulousCandy / Beth De WoodiAlso script editor (39 episodes)
1996Oscar's OrchestraHannah the Harp (voice)
1997–2000RubyPresenterBBC talk show; 48 episodes
1999–2000Ruby's American Pie12 episodes
1999RubyTalk-reality show airing on Lifetime; 10 episodes
2001Hot Wax
2001–2002The Waiting Game
2002Commercial Breakdown8 episodes
The Ruby Wax Show
2002–2003V Graham NortonHerself - Guest4 episodes
2003Ruby Wax With...Presenter6 episodes
Comic Relief Does Fame AcademyHerselfSeries one
The Big Read2 episodes
Have I Got News for You1 episode
2004Ruby Does the BusinessMini-series
Planet CookRoxie (voice)
French and SaundersThe Executive1 episode
2005JackassHerselfEpisode: "Gumball 3000 Rally Special"
Gameshow MarathonHerself - Contestant4 episodes
2006Cirque de CelebritéPresenter10 episodes
PopetownThe Pope (voice)10 episodes
Dawn French's Girls Who Do ComedyHerself3 episodes
2009Taking the FlakCandidaEpisode: "Black Gold"
2012Ruby Wax's Mad ConfessionsHerself
2013Anna & Katy1 episode
College Tour
The SpaEpisode: "Christmas Special: Strangers in the Night"
2014CrackanoryHost - PresenterEpisode: "Let Me Be the Judge & I'm Still Here"
2017Who Do You Think You Are?Herself1 episode
Head Talks
Thunderbirds Are GoHayley Edmonds (voice)Episode: "Bolt from the Blue"
2018Ruby Wax: How to Be HumanPresenterMini-series
2020Question TimeHerself1 episode
2021When Ruby Wax Met…3 episodes
2022CountdownDictionary corner; 5 episodes
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer1 episode
Celebrity Gogglebox for Stand Up to Cancer1 episode; Series 20 episode 8
Trailblazers: A Rocky Mountain Road Trip3 episodes55
2023Ruby Wax: Cast Away2 episodes
The Weakest LinkCelebrity Contestant1 episode
2025AndorMoffi and ToffiGood Morning, Coruscant hosts; 1 episode56

Stage

YearTitleRole(s)VenueRef.
1977The Days of the CommuneWomanAldwych Theatre57
1977The AlchemistNeighbourAldwych Theatre58
1978The Way of the WorldBettyAldwych Theatre59
1978The TempestSpiritRoyal Shakespeare Theatre60
1978The Taming of the ShrewperformerRoyal Shakespeare Theatre61
1978Measure for MeasureNun, WhoreRoyal Shakespeare Theatre62
1978Love's Labour's LostJaquenettaRoyal Shakespeare Theatre63
1979The Johnson Wax Showperformer, writerGulbenkian Studio64
1979Desperately YoursperformerGulbenkian Studio65
1979Love's Labour's LostJaquenettaAldwych Theatre66
1979The Taming of the ShrewperformerAldwych Theatre67
1979The InnocentSuzieWarehouse68
1979Wild OatsJane, MaidAldwych Theatre69
1979Sore ThroatsSallyWarehouse70
2005The WitchesThe Grand High WitchWyndham's Theatre71

Bibliography

  • How Do You Want Me? (2002)
  • Sane New World (2013)
  • A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled (2016)
  • How to Be Human: The Manual (2018)
  • And Now for the Good News...: The Much-needed Tonic for Our Frazzled World (2020)
  • Mindfulness Guide for Survival (2021)
  • I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was (2023)

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