Katy Victoria J Wix (born 28 February 1980) is a
Welsh
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actress, writer, author and artist. She is best known for her television roles as Carole in ''
Stath Lets Flats,'' Mary in ''
Ghosts'' and Jules in ''
Big Boys
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''. She has also appeared as a series contestant on ''
Taskmaster'' and as a recurring character in the science fiction mini-series ''
Torchwood: Children of Earth'' in 2009.
She has written two series of her own sitcom for ''
BBC Radio 4
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'', ''
Bird Island'' and a sketch show for
Channel 4
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,
''Anna & Katy''. In 2017 her painting was chosen for the
Royal Academy of Arts
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Summer Exhibition. She has written two books of monologues and in 2021 she published her first work of non-fiction, ''Delicacy''.
Early life
Wix was born and grew up in
Cardiff
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. She attended the
University of Warwick
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in
Coventry
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before going on to the
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
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Career
In 2007, Wix joined the cast of sitcom ''
Not Going Out
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'' as recurring character Daisy and then went on to be a regular from Series 3 until her final appearance in the 2015 Christmas special. In ''
Torchwood: Children of Earth'' she plays Rhiannon Davies, the sister of
Ianto Jones
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. In 2010, she presented the
BBC Three
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series ''
The King Is Dead''. She made guest appearances on the
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'' (2011).
She played Phoebe in
. Wix wrote and co-starred in the same station's comedy series ''
). She also played Mary, one of the main characters, in the 2019
.''
In 2021 she published ''Delicacy: a memoir of cake and death,'' a feminist memoir in which she recounts 21 life-defining moments to do with loss, body image, recovery from eating disorder and love.
.