---
name: "Sandi Toksvig"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sandi-toksvig"
fi1m_id: "sandi-toksvig"
imdb_id: "nm0865785"
tmdb_id: 1220140
wikidata_id: "Q293020"
roles: []
born: "3 May 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T18:00:26.100337+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sandi Toksvig

## Identity

Sandi Toksvig

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sandi-toksvig
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sandi-toksvig
- **IMDb ID:** nm0865785
- **TMDB ID:** 1220140
- **Wikidata ID:** Q293020
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandi_Toksvig, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q293020, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0865785/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220140

Actor. Born 3 May 1958 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

## Details

- **Born:** 3 May 1958, Copenhagen, Denmark
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandi_Toksvig, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q293020, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0865785/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220140

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Have I Got News for You*](https://film.one/tv/have-i-got-news-for-you.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Sandi Toksvig is a Danish-British broadcaster, comedian and presenter. She was born in Copenhagen in 1958 and studied at Girton College, Cambridge, where she performed in the first all-female Footlights revue.

Toksvig has appeared as a panellist and guest on numerous British television series, including as self on *Have I Got News for You* from 1990 and *QI* from 2003, on which she later became host. She is also known for appearances on *Mock the Week* and *Whose Line Is It Anyway?*. She co-founded the Women's Equality Party in 2015 and was appointed OBE in 2014.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Have I Got News for You* (1990), Fi1m 80, as Self — [page](https://film.one/tv/have-i-got-news-for-you.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Odd Socks* (2025), as McKarmy
- *Murder, They Hope* (2021), series, as Harry
- *Doors Open* (2012), Executive Producer, Screenplay
- *Walking the Dogs* (2012), Executive Producer
- *Playhouse Presents* (2012), series, Writer
- *Antiques Master* (2010), series, Actor
- *What the Dickens?* (2008), series, as Host
- *Kingdom* (2007), series, as Geraldine
- *The Basil Brush Show* (2002), series, Writer
- *Sweet Nothing* (1990), as Woman in Job Centre
- *Screen One* (1989), series, as Woman in Job Centre
- *Paris by Night* (1989), as Sandra
- *Happy Families* (1985), series, as Joyce Nightstick
- *No. 73* (1982), series, Actor
- *Call My Bluff* (1965), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![BBC Radio 4's News Quiz recording at the University of Bedfordshire. (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/6795367/gallery-46b582926c4f.jpg) BBC Radio 4's News Quiz recording at the University of Bedfordshire. (2009) — stan_was, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Sandi_Toksvig_in_2009.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Sandi Toksvig](https://film.one/media/person/6795367/gallery-8167141f511f.jpg) Sandi Toksvig — Amnesty International UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Sandi_Toksvig_-_Secret_Comedy_Podcast_-_2013_%289468814916%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Sandi Toksvig at the Secret Comedy Podcast in 2013.](https://film.one/media/person/6795367/gallery-78f5615739c9.jpg) Sandi Toksvig at the Secret Comedy Podcast in 2013. — Amnesty International UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Secret_Comedy_Podcast_-_4_August_2013_-_17_-_Sandi_Toksvig_%289468814916%29.jpg/1280px-Secret_Comedy_Podcast_-_4_August_2013_-_17_-_Sandi_Toksvig_%289468814916%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sandi Toksvig at the Secret Comedy Podcast in 2013.](https://film.one/media/person/6795367/gallery-70ee82a01a0f.jpg) Sandi Toksvig at the Secret Comedy Podcast in 2013. — Amnesty International UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Secret_Comedy_Podcast_-_4_August_2013_-_16_-_Sandi_Toksvig_%289468812016%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Officer of the Order of the British Empire 2014: Officer of the Order of the British Empire (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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