Sandi Toksvig

Sandi Toksvig is a comedian, broadcaster and actor born on 3rd May 1958. Sandi was born in Denmark, but became a British citizen in 2013. Outside of QI, she has been known for her work on other shows such as presenting the Great British Bake Off and Fifteen-to-One.

As a QI Panellist (pre-2016)
Before taking over as host, Sandi had made 17 appearances on the show as a guest panellist, 10 of which she won.

As QI Host (2016 - Present)
In 2015, it was announced then-host, Stephen Fry, would be stepping down and that Sandi would be replacing him. This made Sandi the first female host of a British mainstream TV comedy panel show. She described it as her dream telly job and that she had big shoes to fill. She also stated in series O episode 'Ologies', that when Stephen left, he told her "you have no idea".