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Sandi Toksvig (born May 3, 1958 in Copenhagen) is
a comedian and radio presenter famous in the
United Kingdom. She was once part of The Comedy
Store Players, a British improvisational comedy
team which performs at The Comedy Store.

Her father was a foreign reporter for a
Denmark|Danish television channel, and she spent
most of her youth abroad (including the US).  She
studied law and anthropology at Girton College,
Cambridge, but ended up getting into drama.  She
wrote and performed in the first all-woman show at
the Footlights|Cambridge Footlights, and moved via
children's television into the comedy circuit.

She has appeared as a panelist in television shows
such as Call My Bluff, and Whose Line Is It
Anyway?, and radio shows such as I'm Sorry I
Haven't A Clue and The News Quiz.  She frequently
presents the travel-orientated radio show Excess
Baggage and also presents a daily programme on
London's LBC radio.

She supports the Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal
Democrats and has appeared on BBC Question Time.

She and her ex-partner, Peta, are mothers to three
children.