Ania Magliano

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Ania Magliano
Born (1998-02-17) 17 February 1998 (age 26)
EducationUniversity of Cambridge

Ania Magliano (born 17 February 1998) is a British comedian and writer based in London.

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Early life

Magliano grew up in Buckinghamshire. [1] She is of half Polish and half Italian descent; her mother is Polish and works as a doctor. [2] Magliano attended the University of Cambridge and was a member of the Cambridge Footlights. [3] [4] [5] While at the university, she founded Stockings Comedy, a female and non-binary comedy collective. [6]

Career

Magliano has written for Amelia Dimoldenberg's Chicken Shop Date, [7] Frankie Boyle's New World Order , Newsjack , The Now Show , and the Have I Got News for You Twitter account.

She was a finalist for the Funny Women award in 2020 and the Chortle Student Comedy Award in 2018. [8]

Her debut comedy show, Absolutely No Worries If Not, won the Best New Show award at the Leicester Comedy Festival in 2022. [9] Her performance of the show at the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe received positive reviews in The Guardian, The Times, and Time Out. [10] [11] [12] She has opened for comedians Ed Gamble and Marc Maron. [13]

She has appeared on TV shows including The Stand Up Sketch Show and Dave's The Comedy Guide to Life, [14] and podcasts including Off Menu , Secret Artists, and Fakes and Frauds. [15] [16] [17] She co-hosts podcasts If It Is To Be Said, about the TV show Succession , and The Weekly Shop. [18] [19]

Personal life

Magliano is bisexual. [20] She lives in London. [21]

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Further reading

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/jul/23/ania-magliano-funniest-things

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