I’m a Celeb 2025: who is Ruby Wax on I’m a Celebrity? Famous roles
Ruby Wax will bring her signature humour to the jungle for I’m a Celeb 2025 🌴📺
- Ruby Wax is heading to the jungle.
- She is part of the cast for I’m a Celeb 2025.
- But what is Ruby best known for?
A comedian and TV presenter is heading into the jungle for I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here. Ruby Wax is part of the cast for the 25th series of ITV’s legendary reality show.
She will be swapping home comforts for the gruelling campsite Down Under. Ruby will be competing on the latest season of the iconic programme this winter.
But where have you seen Ruby before? Here’s all you need to know:
Who is Ruby Wax on I’m a Celebrity?
Born in 1953, Ruby was raised in Evanston, Illinois in America. Originally her family name was Wachs, but her father changed it to Wax.
Having attended the University of California, Berkeley, she dropped out without graduating. She moved to the UK in the 1970s and studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow.
She started her acting career at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, Ruby met Alan Rickman and started a long writing and directing partnership with the future Hollywood sar. Rickman later directed many of her stage comedy shows.
Having joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, she had a brief role in 1981’s Chariot of Fire. But her breakthrough would come with the ITV sitcom Girls on Top.
Ruby played loud-mouthed American actress Shelley DuPont in the programme. It ran from 1985 to 1986. She then had her own comedy chat show on Channel 4 called Don’t Miss Wax.
In the 1990s, she began working with the BBC and presenter a range of interview programmes, standing out her American persona. It included the late-night show Ruby on BBC Two.
Ruby was also a script editor on Absolutely Fabulous and appeared on screen in two episodes. In more recent years, she has appeared on the Celebrity Bake Off and The Weakest Link.
Earlier in 2025, Ruby Wax appeared as TV hosts Moffi and Toffi in an episode of Disney Plus’ acclaimed show Andor.
See the full cast for I’m a Celeb 2025 here. Plus see how audiences have reacted to the line-up reveal.