I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! star Ruby Wax has had a long and illustrious career in showbiz with her children following in their parents showbiz footsteps
Ruby Wax has been famous for multiple decades(Image: James Gourley/ITV/Shutterstock)
I’m A Celebrity star Ruby Wax was a huge signing for the show for 2025 having carved out a career in showbiz spanning multiple decades. The famous face is known for her extensive work on TV having become a household name in the UK throughout the ’80s and ’90s.
However, Ruby isn’t the only famous face in her family and also has two nepo baby daughters who have joined her in the world of showbusiness. Ruby, 72, was born in Evanston, Illinois on April 19, 1953, and has had a career as a well known comedian, actress, author and host for over 40 years.
Ruby was known for her role in mid-’80s British sitcom Girls on Top, before she was given her own chat show, Don’t Miss Wax. Then in the ’90s she launched Ruby Wax Meets where she interviewed a string of famous faces including Madonna, Pamela Anderson and Imelda Marcos.
She also played a part both on screen and script edited for huge ’90s sitcom Absolutely Fabulous, which starred Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders. Ruby is an advocate for mental health and regularly speaks candidly about her own experiences.
Ruby with her son and two daughters(Image: INSTAGRAM)
Ruby married film and TV producer Ed Bye back in 1988. Ed was known for his work on several hit TV shows inc including Absolutely Fabulous, French & Saunders and Red Dwarf. Prior to Ed, who was her third husband, Ruby was married to Andrew Porter between 1976 and 1980, and Trevor Walton from 1981 to 1986.
Ruby and Ed share three children, a son, Max, born in 1988, and two daughters, Madeleine who they welcomed in 1990, and Marina who was born in 1993. While Max has avoided a life in the spotlight, with Ruby telling the Mirror in 2020 that her son works as a “coder,” her daughters have followed in their mum’s footsteps.
The duo host their own comedy podcast and Marina has also worked as an actress starring as Pandora Henry in Prime Video’s The Girlfriend. She has also appeared in the Hulu series We Were The Lucky Ones, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy and Wonka.
Maddy meanwhile has starred in movies including A Caribbean Dream, How to Talk to Girls at Parties and Breathe. The girls have a close bond and enjoy working together as a double act.
Ruby’s daughters have found their way in showbiz(Image: BBC/Burning Bright Productions/Phil Summers)
Speaking about her children in 2017, Ruby told The Guardian: “Maddy is a comedian and Marina is an actress. Maddy and Marina have just started a comedy show called Siblings.
“If they weren’t funny I wouldn’t encourage them but they are. When they are all round for dinner they make [brother] Max laugh so much he cries.”
Maddy and Marina performed their double act at Edinburgh fringe festival in 2017 since then have played several one-off gigs. Marina spoke about their act to The Guardian in 2020. She said: “When you’ve lived with someone all your life and come out of the same womb, you speak the same language.
Ruby has often spoken proudly about her children(Image: WireImage)
“You understand each other’s rhythms, each other’s humour. When Maddy and I do comedy together, it’s like we could finish each other sentences. We never collide, we never interrupt.”
Ater she was announced for I’m A Celeb 2025 Ruby said, “I was offered the chance to take part a long time ago and I thought, ‘No, I could never do that,’ but now it’s the right time. I like doing adventurous things.
“It will be nice for people to get to know the real me because you can’t hide in the jungle. In my personas before, I looked quite aggressive and pushy, and I think it was just my nerves. I am not aggressive – it’s the way I talk. I’m not confrontational, and it looked like I was.”
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