Wax, Ruby (1953– )

US comedian, television editor, and presenter who specializes in ‘at home’ television interviews of celebrities.

Series in the 1980s include Don't Miss Wax, Full Wax, and East Meets Wax. She also featured in and has writing credits for the sitcom Girls on Top (1985). Series in the 1990s include Wax Cracks Cannes, Ruby Wax Meets.., and Ruby's American Pie (1999–2000). She was script editor for the successful television series Absolutely Fabulous.

She was trained at the Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. She spent 1978 to 1982 as an actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company.