Gibby in Channel 4's sitcom Friday Night Dinner. She was the winner of the four competitors who appeared in the special Christmas edition of The Great British Sewing Bee that was transmitted on New Year's Eve 2020 on BBC 1. Her fellow competitors in the programme were Sabrina Grant, Lesley Joseph and The Vivienne. Personal life When appearing on the panel show QI in 2020, Phillips told the story of being hospitalised from Salmonella in 2002 on a charity trip to Mexico. She said the illness led to a brain infection which made her body become a "micro-brewery", causing neurological symptoms. Her recovery took months. In March 2022 she appeared on Mel Giedroyc's Unforgivable TV show and discussed a two-year relationship with Richard Herring in her early 20s. Phillips is a Christian. She was married to Andrew Bermejo for 14 years and has three sons from their marriage, one with Down's syndrome. In 2017, the couple split. Phillips is a patron of Blue Apple Theatre (Hampshire, UK) which specialises in creating performance work with adults with a learning disability. Filmography Film Television Audiobooks References External links 1970 births English film actresses English stage actresses English television actresses English voice actresses Living people English women comedians People educated at Wycombe Abbey Alumni of New College, Oxford 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses English Christians