Katy Victoria J Wix (born 28 February 1980) is a

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actress, writer, author and artist. She is best known for her television roles as Carole in ''

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,'' Mary in ''

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'' and Jules in '' Big Boys''. 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 ''

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'', '' Bird Island'' and a sketch show for

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, ''Anna & Katy''. In 2017 her painting was chosen for the

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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

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. She attended the

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before going on to the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.

Career

In 2007, Wix joined the cast of sitcom '' Not Going Out'' 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

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. In 2010, she presented the

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series '' The King Is Dead''. She made guest appearances on the BBC shows '' Horrible Histories'', '' Outnumbered'' (2010) and '' Absolutely Fabulous'' (2011). She played Phoebe in Tom Basden's stage comedy ''Party'' and its subsequent three series spin-off on

also called ''Party''. Wix wrote and co-starred in the same station's comedy series '' Bird Island'', which also featured Reece Shearsmith, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Alison Steadman. In 2017, for the BBC, she portrayed Nurse Cornish in an episode of the TV

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'' Sherlock'', and Florence Fagin in the TV dramatisation of '' Decline and Fall.'' She also featured in the radio series ''Ankle Tag'' (

) and ''The Accidental AM'' ( BBC Radio Wales). She also played Mary, one of the main characters, in the 2019

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sitcom ''

.'' 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.

Personal life

Wix has been diagnosed with

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Filmography

Film

Television

Radio

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wix, Katy 1980 births Living people People from Pontypridd Alumni of the University of Warwick Welsh film actresses British film actresses British television actresses Welsh radio actresses Welsh television actresses Welsh women comedians 21st-century Welsh actresses People on the autism spectrum