Toyah Willcox

Toyah has a highly successful, prolific and incredibly diverse career, with major hit records and many prestigious stage and screen roles to her credit, which has made her one of Britain's household names. She dominated the Music Polls between 1979 and 1983 and won Best Female Singer in the 1982 Rock and Pop Awards. She has made 15 solo albums and had 13 top 40 singles, including 'Victims of the Riddle' in the first ever Indie Chart in 1979. Her acting career began at the Old Rep Drama School in her home town of Birmingham. Since then, she has made 10 feature films, appeared in over 20 stage plays and had numerous television roles, with her acting projects varying from punk epics and Shakespeare to musicals and pantomime. Since 1994 Toyah also has assumed a presenting career and currently can be seen presenting BBC1's 'Holiday', 'Fasten Your Seatbelts', and 'Songs of Praise'.