Toyah Bio | Wiki
Toyah (Full name: Toyah Ann Willcox) is an English musician, actress, and TV presenter. She has a career spanning more than 40 years and has had eight top-40 singles, releasing over 20 albums.
Willcox has also written two books, appeared in over 40 stage plays and 10 feature films, and voiced and presented numerous television shows. Between 1977 and 1983, she fronted the band Toyah, before embarking on a solo career in the mid-1980s. Her hit singles include “It’s a Mystery”, “Thunder in the Mountains” and “I Want to Be Free”.
Toyah Age
Willcox was born on May 18, 1958, in King’s Heath, Birmingham, United Kingdom. She is 64 years old.
Toyah Height
She is a woman of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 5 in (Approx. 1.65 m).
Toyah Family
She was born in Kings Heath, Birmingham to her parents Beric Willcox and Barbara Joy, née Rollinson. Willcox’s father ran a successful joinery business and owned three factories and her mother was a professional dancer. She has an elder sister Nicola and a brother Kim.
Toyah Husband | Robert Fripp
Willcox is married to her husband musician Robert Fripp. The couple celebrated their wedding in 1986. Robert is the founder and guitarist of the progressive rock group King Crimson. They have no children and have arranged their wills so as to leave their entire fortune to the establishment of a musical educational trust for children.
The couple is also the host of the Sunday Lunch online series. The series garnered the most notoriety during the UK lockdown of 2020, frequently going viral and racking up millions of hits on YouTube.
Toyah Education
She enjoyed a financially comfortable childhood, attending a private girls’ school, but was bullied. Requiring physiotherapy for a spinal condition. An absentee pupil and frequently rebellious, Willcox sat O-levels a year late, owing to corrective surgery on her feet. She achieved one O-level pass, in music.
Her early interest in music, dance, and acting, combined with her alienation, and her uncertainty regarding her sexuality, led Willcox to seek an outlet, initially in acting and then in music. She attended the Old Rep Drama School in Birmingham, paying privately because she was denied a grant. She choose to travel to London to take up a career in acting and music.
Toyah Texas
Willcox has suggested her first name could be in reference to Toyah, Texas, or to a Native American word “Toyah” meaning “water,” although she notes her parents deny both origins.
Toyah And Robert | Sunday Lunch
During the first UK lockdown of 2020, Willcox started broadcasting from her home across social media and YouTube. On Saturdays, she answers fan questions and shares archive performances in Willcox at Home and co-hosts Agony Aunts alongside her husband Robert Fripp.
However, it is her Sunday Lunch series with Fripp that has garnered the most notoriety, frequently going viral and racking up millions of hits on YouTube. Alongside Fripp, Willcox continued with their Sunday Lunch online series.
Recent editions of Willcox and Fripp’s weekly covers series – which they launched amid COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020 – have included their take on Slipknot’s “Psychosocial”, Billy Idol’s “Rebel Yell”, Rammstein’s “Keine Lust”, Foo Fighters’ “All My Life”, and Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name”.] On 12 August 2022, they released “Slave to the Rhythm” as a digital download and streaming single.
Toyah It’s A Mystery
Willcox’s hit singles include “It’s a Mystery”, “Thunder in the Mountains” and “I Want to Be Free”. On 17 June 2011, she commenced on a special from Sheep Farming to Anthem tour, celebrating the 30th anniversary of her breakthrough hit “It’s a Mystery” and the platinum-selling album Anthem, starting at London’s Leicester Square Theatre.
The set included selections drawn exclusively from Toyah’s first three albums, Sheep Farming in Barnet (1979), The Blue Meaning (1980), and Anthem (1981). Andi Fraggs, a British electronic musician, supported her on chosen dates.
Toyah Net Worth
She earns her wealth from her career, therefore, she has amassed a fortune over the years. Toyah’s estimated net worth is $15 million.