Mary Killen

{{Short description|Etiquette expert}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox writer

| name = Mary Killen

| birth_date =

| birth_place = Larne, Northern Ireland

| nationality = British

| genre = Non-fiction

| subject = Advice

}}

Mary Killen is a Northern Irish etiquette expert who writes an "agony" column for The Spectator. She is also the author of several books.

Killen lives in Wiltshire, England, and is married to artist Giles Wood.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/2019052473458/everything-you-need-to-know-giles-mary-gogglebox/|title=Who are Giles and Mary from Gogglebox?|magazine=Hello!|author=Jenni McKnight|date=24 May 2019}} They met when Giles was studying at Wimbledon Art School, and Mary was a model. They have two children.{{cite news |last1=Lillywhite |first1=Maisie |title=Gogglebox's Giles' early retirement and Wiltshire life with Mary |url=https://www.wiltshirelive.co.uk/whats-on/channel-4s-gogglebox-giles-woods-7675919 |access-date=13 April 2025 |work=Wiltshire Live |date=7 October 2022 |language=en}}

The couple have been regular participants on the television programme Gogglebox since Series 5 in 2015.{{cite news|newspaper=The Guardian|date=22 September 2018|title=Interview: Mary and Giles from Gogglebox: 'Fame hasn't changed us. We fly under the radar'|author=Michael Hogan|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/sep/22/mary-and-giles-from-gogglebox-fame-hasnt-changed-us-we-fly-under-the-radar}}

Mary and Giles often address each other as 'nutty'.{{cite web|url=https://www.heart.co.uk/showbiz/tv-movies/giles-mary-gogglebox-age-house-nutty/|title=Who are Giles and Mary from Gogglebox, how old are they and why do they call each other nutty?|publisher=Heart Radio|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519185058/https://www.heart.co.uk/showbiz/tv-movies/giles-mary-gogglebox-age-house-nutty/|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 May 2022|date=25 March 2022}}