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, and formerly worked in the Ministry of Defence.{{Cite web |title=MoD – About the Ministry of Defence |url=https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/about-the-ministry-of-defence/ |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk |language=en-US}}

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. Mary was formerly the face of Heinz Soup in a 1970s advertisement campaign{{Cite web |date=2016-10-07 |title=In 1970, Heinz Made a Woman Tap Dance on an 8-Foot Can of Soup |url=https://food52.com/blog/18113-in-1970-heinz-made-a-woman-tap-dance-on-an-8-foot-can-of-soup?srsltid=AfmBOoodspf65GAXtCZZ3yjWehr2zL-HKZkwVMlfaSpjLLofeaEPCvii |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=Food52 |language=en-us}} Mary and Giles 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}}