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Ruby Wax
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<p>Ruby Wax <a href="/facts/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire/HlY9buuN">OBE</a> (<a href="/facts/Birth_name/FctFJcbg">née</a> Wachs; born 19 April 1953) is an <a href="/facts/Americans_in_the_United_Kingdom/CaQJcj0l">American-British</a> actress, comedian, writer, television presenter, and mental health campaigner. A classically-trained actress, Wax co-starred on the <a href="/facts/ITV_(TV_network)/pIlD3oza">ITV</a> sitcom <i><a href="/facts/Girls_on_Top_(British_TV_series)/GRKE4ce2">Girls on Top</a></i> (1985–1986), and came to prominence as a comic interviewer, playing up to British perceptions of the strident American style on television shows including <i>The Full Wax</i> (1991–1994), <i>Ruby Wax Meets...</i> (1994–1998), <i><a href="/facts/Ruby_(talk_show)/sVBtIrCg">Ruby</a></i> (1997–2000), and <i>The Ruby Wax Show</i> (2002). She was a script editor for the <a href="/facts/BBC/qFateIz8">BBC</a> sitcom <i><a href="/facts/Absolutely_Fabulous/UJJmlXfT">Absolutely Fabulous</a></i> (1992–2012), also appearing in two episodes. </p><p>Wax holds both American and British citizenship and has resided in the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a> since the 1970s. In 2013, she gained a <a href="/facts/Master%2527s_degree/lQ5hT1cH">master's degree</a> in <a href="/facts/Mindfulness_(psychology)/3v40h59U">mindfulness</a>-based cognitive therapy from <a href="/facts/Kellogg_College%2c_Oxford/AAy7rM8f">Kellogg College, Oxford</a>. In 2015, she was appointed a Visiting Professor in Mental Health Nursing at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Surrey/cJdmCo4Y">University of Surrey</a>. Wax was appointed an <a href="/facts/Honorary_Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire/HlY9buuN">Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire</a> (OBE) in the <a href="/facts/2015_Special_Honours/m3CdzvlW">2015 Special Honours</a> for services to mental health. Her memoirs <i>How Do You Want Me?</i> (2002) and <i>Sane New World</i> (2013) both reached number one on the <a href="/facts/The_Sunday_Times/15om0zLf"><i>Sunday Times</i></a> bestseller list. </p>