Iconic 90’s sitcom star shows off body in new snaps

An iconic sitcom star from the 90s looks unrecognisable after posting a new series of beach selfies.

Ruby Wax looks unrecognisable in these new snaps.

An iconic sitcom star looks unrecognisable in a series of brand new beach selfies.

Ruby Wax, 70, shared a video of herself taking a refreshing dip into the sea while showing off her figure in a plunging swimsuit.

The American-born actor and comedian went makeup-free as she holidayed in Cape Town.

“This is where I go swimming everyday and it’s freezing,” she said in the clip.

“You freeze your a*** off but supposedly it wards off depression. I’m the living case of that.

“This is where I go, there is the beach and then I take a shower here and I always change where everybody can see me because I think if you’ve got it flaunt it.”

Giving her fans a closer look at her one piece, she added “So this is me in a swimsuit, let me suck it in, there we go … I’m never going to show it again. That’s it, that’s what I do in the morning.”

The sitcom star showed off her body on the beach. Picture: Instagram / Ruby Wax

“You know what they say. If you’ve got it, flaunt it,” she captioned the video.

Fans flooded to the comments to shower her with praise and compliment her figure.

“Stop downing yourself, you’ve got an amazing figure,” one said.

“Honestly, who cares anyway, you’re fabulously funny, beautiful, and kind. What’s not to love, eh?”

“You’ve definitely got it,” another said.

“You look amazing. Keep doing whatever you’re doing.”

“Fab figure!” beamed a third fan.

“Keep on with the morning dips. Great stuff!!”

Ruby is on holiday in Cape Town. Picture: Instagram / Ruby Wax

Ruby is best known for being a comedian but is also a classically-trained actor who was with the Royal Shakespeare Company for half a decade.

She also co-starred on the sitcom Girls On Top from 1985 to 1986, which is where she saw herself rapidly rising to fame.

Ruby hosted her own chat show called Don’t Miss Wax and in the 90’s she was the face of Ruby Wax Meets … — a BBC series where she interview huge celebrities like Madonna, Pamela Anderson, Imelda Marcos and Goldie Hawn.

The starlet also made guest appearances on the hugely popular comedy show Absolutely Fabulous, where she also helped script some of the episodes.

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She is married to British film and TV producer Ed Bye, with the couple having been wed for 33-years after they married in 1988.

Ruby has been very open about her mental health struggles over the years.

Appearing on the Crisis What Crisis? podcast in 2020, she revealed how she felt like she “lost her mojo” while struggling with depression on television, and admitted it severely bruised her ego to be replaced.

She said her studies in psychotherapy were her “life raft”, which she finds far “more exciting” than her life in television.

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“If I was doing it now, it would be a tragedy,” said said.

“There would be such unhappiness, I wouldn’t come out of an institution you could visit me in there.

“I know when there’s a life raft, I jumped on that neuroscience like a mother, and it was totally exciting, more exciting than television.”

The actor holds both American and British citizenship and has resided in the United Kingdom since the 1970s.