Editing Ruby Wax (section)

{{Short description|British-American comedian (born 1953)}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix   = 
| name               = Ruby Wax
| honorific_suffix   = {{postnom|country=GBR|size=100|OBEh}}
| image              = Ruby Wax in 2016 (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Wax at the 2016 [[Hay Festival]]
| birth_name         = Ruby Wachs
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1953|4|19}}
| birth_place        = [[Evanston, Illinois]], U.S.
| citizenship        = {{hlist|United States|United Kingdom}}
| education          = [[University of California, Berkeley]]<br>[[Royal Conservatoire of Scotland|Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Regent's University London|Regent's College]] ([[Postgraduate diploma|PgDip]])<br>[[Kellogg College, Oxford]] ([[Master of Studies|MSt]])
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actress|comedian|writer|television presenter|mental health campaigner}}
| years_active       = 1970–present
| spouse             = {{ubl
  | {{marriage|Andrew Porter|1976|1980|end=div}}
  | {{marriage|Trevor Walton|1981|end=div}}
  | {{marriage|[[Ed Bye]]|1988}}}}
| children           = 3
| website            = {{url|rubywax.net}}
}}

'''Ruby Wax''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE||size=100%}} ({{nee|'''Wachs'''}};<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2002/dec/14/weekend7.weekend1 |title=Q&A: Comedian Ruby Wax |last=Greenstreet |first=Rosanna |date=14 December 2002 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=14 June 2010 |location=London}}</ref> born 19 April 1953)<ref>{{cite book |title=Who's Who|date=December 2009|publisher=A & C Black|location=Oxford, England|title-link=Who's Who}}</ref> is an [[Americans in the United Kingdom|American-British]] actress, comedian, writer, television presenter, and mental health campaigner. A classically-trained actress, Wax co-starred on the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] sitcom ''[[Girls on Top (British TV series)|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 (talk show)|Ruby]]'' (1997–2000), and ''The Ruby Wax Show'' (2002).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ruby Wax OBE - Honorary Graduate - Staffordshire University |url=https://www.staffs.ac.uk/about/honorary-graduates/ruby-wax-obe |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=www.staffs.ac.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 September 2019 |title=Ruby Wax OBE |url=https://speakerideas.com/speaker/ruby-wax/ |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=Speaker Ideas |language=en-GB}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Fulton |first=Rick |date=2011-07-22 |title=TV star Ruby Wax on why she never wants to return to 'favourite city' Glasgow |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/tv-radio/tv-star-ruby-wax-on-why-she-never-1108663 |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=Daily Record |language=en}}</ref> In 2013, she gained a [[master's degree]] in [[Mindfulness (psychology)|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 [[The Sunday Times|''Sunday Times'']] bestseller list.