| Ania Magliano | |
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 Magliano in 2025 | |
| Born | February 1998 (age 27) |
| Education | Girton College, Cambridge |
| Website | aniamagliano |
Ania Magliano-Wright [1] (born February 1998) [2] [3] is a British comedian and writer based in London.
| Ania Magliano | |
|---|---|
| Magliano in 2025 | |
| Born | February 1998 (age 27) |
| Education | Girton College, Cambridge |
| Website | aniamagliano |
Ania Magliano-Wright [1] (born February 1998) [2] [3] is a British comedian and writer based in London.
Magliano grew up in Buckinghamshire. [4] She is of half-Polish and half-Italian descent; her mother is Polish and works as a doctor. [5] Magliano attended Girton College, Cambridge, [6] and was a member of the Cambridge Footlights. [7] [8] While at university, she founded Stockings Comedy, a female and non-binary comedy collective. [9]
Magliano was a finalist for the Funny Women award in 2020 and for the Chortle Student Comedy Award in 2018. [10]
Her debut comedy show, Absolutely No Worries If Not, won the Best New Show award at the Leicester Comedy Festival in 2022. [11] Her performance of the show at the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe received positive reviews in The Guardian, The Times, and Time Out. [12] [13] [2] She has opened for comedians Ed Gamble and Marc Maron. [14]
Magliano's 2023 Edinburgh Fringe show I Can't Believe You've Done This was nominated for Best Show at the festival. She returned in 2024 with the show Forgive Me, Father which will be touring in 2025. [15]
In 2024, Magliano was also nominated for the Sky Arts Breakthrough award.
Magliano has written for Amelia Dimoldenberg's Chicken Shop Date , [16] Frankie Boyle's New World Order , Newsjack , The Now Show and the Have I Got News for You Twitter account.
She has appeared on TV shows including The Stand Up Sketch Show and Dave's The Comedy Guide to Life, [17] and podcasts including The Comedian's Comedian , Off Menu , Secret Artists and Fakes and Frauds. [18] [19] [20] She has previously co-hosted the podcasts If It Is To Be Said, about the TV show Succession , and The Weekly Shop. [21] [22]
In July of 2025, it was announced that she would compete in series 20 of Taskmaster along with Maisie Adam, Phil Ellis, Reece Shearsmith, and Sanjeev Bhaskar. [23]