Editing Ruby Wax (section)

==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]].<ref name="smh.com.au/p5ktz4">{{cite news |last1=Jinman |first1=Richard |title=She's as funny as ever but when Ruby Wax isn't OK, she knows what to do |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/comedy/she-s-as-funny-as-ever-but-when-ruby-wax-isn-t-ok-she-knows-what-to-do-20241127-p5ktz4.html |access-date=3 May 2025 |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=3 December 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
<blockquote>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 laugh<ref name="smh.com.au/p5ktz4"/></blockquote>

Wax is married to television producer and director [[Ed Bye]]. They have three children: Max (born 1988), Madeleine (born 1990), and Marina (born 1993).<ref>{{cite news |last=McFadyean |first=Melanie |date=17 April 1993 |title=How we met: Ruby Wax and Ed Bye |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/how-we-met-ruby-wax-and-ed-bye-1455941.html |access-date=10 August 2015}}</ref>

In an episode of the BBC's ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|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".<ref>{{cite web |date=4 October 2017 |title=WDYTYA? episode summary: Ruby Wax |url=http://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/wdytya-episode-summary-ruby-wax |access-date=7 October 2017 |website=Who Do You Think You Are? |publisher=Immediate Media Company}}</ref>

In 2019, Wax fell off a horse while on holiday, severely injuring her back.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ruby Wax pulls out of Fringe show after 'serious accident' on holiday |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17843193.ruby-wax-pulls-fringe-show-39-serious-accident-39/ |access-date=2019-08-17 |website=HeraldScotland |date=16 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref> She had to cancel her show ''How to Be Human'' at the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]] as a result of her injuries.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-16 |title=Ruby Wax cancels Fringe shows after horse fall |language=en-GB |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-49377136 |access-date=2019-08-17}}</ref>

Wax has been a [[British nationality law|naturalised British citizen]] since the 1970s, while retaining her American citizenship.<ref name=":0" />