Trivia

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"). (2009)

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. (2015)

Is close friends with British comediennes Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, who all starred in Girls on Top (1985), alongside rising star Tracey Ullman and the legendary Joan Greenwood. Wax has appeared on the highly successful BBC shows French & Saunders (1987) once, The Comic Strip Presents (1992) featuring her buddies French & Saunders once, and Absolutely Fabulous (1992) which stars Saunders and is produced by French & Saunders Productions, many times. She has served as a script writer on Ab Fab as well and helped write Girls on Top with French & Saunders, with Ullman throwing in on two episodes.

In the early 1980s 'making-of' documentary of Supergirl (1984), Helen Slater (Kara/Supergirl) screen tests with one Ruby Wax.

She was awarded an honorary OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) on 17 February 2016 at the Priory in Roehampton, Southwest London, England.

Was "attacked" by O.J. Simpson during his appearance on The Ruby Wax Show (1997). At the end of the episode, Simpson surprised Wax by "stabbing" her repeatedly with a banana while mimicking the theme music from Psycho (1960). (1998)

Daughter and only child of Berta Goldmann Wachs and Edmund Wachs.

Is close friends with Roseanne Barr.

Attended the wedding of Joan Collins and Percy Gibson.

Mother of actress Marina Bye.

Was a contestant on Ant and Dec's Gameshow Marathon, a part of ITV's 50th birthday celebrations.

She was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of East London on November 3, 2016 in East London, England.

Playing The Grand High Witch in the musical "The Witches in the West End". (March 2005)

Now doing radio and TV shows for the BBC in London; has no long-term plans to return to the States. (May 2003)

Mother-in-law of Katy Balls, journalist.