Ania Magliano

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Ania Magliano
Ania Magliano at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe-02 (cropped).jpg
Magliano in 2025
Born (1998-02-17) 17 February 1998 (age 27)
Education Girton College, Cambridge
Website aniamagliano.com

Ania Magliano (born February 1998) [1] [2] is a British comedian and writer based in London.

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Early life

Magliano grew up in Buckinghamshire. [3] She is of half-Polish and half-Italian descent; her mother is Polish and works as a doctor. [4] Magliano did a degree in English at Girton College, Cambridge, [5] and was a member of the Cambridge Footlights. [6] [7] While at university, she founded Stockings Comedy, a female and non-binary comedy collective. [8]

Career

Magliano was a finalist for the Funny Women award in 2020 and for the Chortle Student Comedy Award in 2018. [9]

Her debut comedy show, Absolutely No Worries If Not, won the Best New Show award at the Leicester Comedy Festival in 2022. [10] Her performance of the show at the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe received positive reviews in The Guardian, The Times, and Time Out. [11] [12] [1] She has opened for comedians Ed Gamble and Marc Maron. [13]

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. [14]

In 2024, Magliano was also nominated for the Sky Arts Breakthrough award.

Magliano has written for Amelia Dimoldenberg's Chicken Shop Date , [10] Frankie Boyle's New World Order , Newsjack , The Now Show and the Have I Got News for You Twitter account.[ citation needed ]

She has appeared on TV shows including The Stand Up Sketch Show and Dave's The Comedy Guide to Life, [15] and podcasts including The Comedian's Comedian , Off Menu , Secret Artists and Fakes and Frauds. [16] [17] [18] She has previously co-hosted the podcasts If It Is To Be Said, about the TV show Succession , and The Weekly Shop. [19] [20]

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. [21] She tied for first place with Adam and Ellis; Adam then won the tiebreaker challenge, making Magliano place second.

Personal life

Magliano is bisexual. [2] She is in a relationship with fellow comedian Will Rowland and they co-host the podcast A Bisexual and a Boyfriend. [22] [23]

References

  1. 1 2 Wilkinson, Chiara. "Review: Ania Magliano, Absolutely No Worries If Not". Time Out Edinburgh. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 Guide, British Comedy (20 July 2022). "Ania Magliano is ready for her debut Edinburgh Fringe hour". British Comedy Guide. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "Ania Magliano". Island. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "Interview with comedian Ania Magliano". Voice Magazine. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "Life after Girton with Ania Magliano: porridge, comedy and blank sheets of paper". Girton College . University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 15 September 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  6. ↑ "Cambridge Footlights". Glee. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "Archive 2018–present". cambridge-footlights. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "Striking Out: Comedy after Cambridge". Varsity Online. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "Can't Even Think Straight". Cambridge Fringe Comedy Festival. 14 February 2022. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  10. 1 2 "Ania Magliano: Absolutely No Worries If Not". British Comedy Guide. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  11. ↑ Healy, Rachael (6 August 2022). "Ania Magliano review – skilled off-key laughs from affable rising star". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  12. ↑ Maxwell, Dominic. "Ania Magliano at Edinburgh festival review — sex parties and self-doubt punctuate a remarkable debut". The Times . ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  13. ↑ "Artist | Ania Magliano". Latitude Festival. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  14. ↑ "My Festival: Ania Magliano". The Scotsman. 15 August 2024. Archived from the original on 21 August 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  15. ↑ "Ania Magliano". British Comedy Guide. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  16. ↑ Ep 169: Ania Magliano | Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster, 2 November 2022, archived from the original on 1 May 2023, retrieved 1 May 2023
  17. ↑ Ania Magliano, 8 December 2022, archived from the original on 1 May 2023, retrieved 1 May 2023
  18. ↑ "Fakes and Frauds on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  19. ↑ "The Weekly Shop with Ania Magliano and Harry Monaghan on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  20. ↑ "If It Is To Be Said (Succession Podcast) on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  21. ↑ "Who's in Taskmaster Series 20". Chortle. Archived from the original on 3 July 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  22. ↑ "A Bisexual and a Boyfriend". Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Archived from the original on 17 June 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  23. ↑ Bennett, Steve (8 August 2024). "Ania Magliano: Forgive Me, Father". Chortle. Archived from the original on 6 September 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
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