- Born
- Birth nameRuby Wachs
- Height5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
- Ruby Wax was born on April 19, 1953 in Evanston, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Shock Treatment (1981), Girls on Top (1985) and Chariots of Fire (1981). She has been married to Ed Bye since May 16, 1988. They have three children. She was previously married to Andrew Porter and Trevor Walton.
- SpousesEd Bye(May 16, 1988 - present) (3 children)Trevor Walton(1981 - ?) (divorced)Andrew Porter(1976 - 1980) (divorced)
- Children
- Parents
- She shared a house with Alan Rickman in London in the early 1980s.
- Despite being in England since the 1970s, she is still an American citizen with an American passport.
- Ruby Wax became the patron of the UK charity Depression Alliance, and works to raise awareness about mental health. (Interview in Spring edition of DA's magazine "A Single Step").
- Has one son, Max (b.1988) and two daughters, Madeline (b. 1990) and Marina (b. 1993).
- She was awarded an honorary OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to mental health.
- On being awarded the OBE: This is the happiest day of my life. I can't believe they were talking about me. I chose the Priory as the place to receive the OBE to celebrate the fact that the stigma around mental health is becoming a thing of the past. There's nothing to be ashamed of.
- I'm a misplaced American but don't know where I was misplaced.
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