Ania Magliano Explained

Ania Magliano
Birth Date:17 February 1998
Education:Girton College, Cambridge

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

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 Girton College, Cambridge[3] and was a member of the Cambridge Footlights.[4] [5] While at university, she founded Stockings Comedy, a female and non-binary comedy collective.[6]

Career

Magliano was a finalist for the Funny Women award in 2020 and for the Chortle Student Comedy Award in 2018.[7]

Her debut comedy show, Absolutely No Worries If Not, won the Best New Show award at the Leicester Comedy Festival in 2022.[8] Her performance of the show at the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe received positive reviews in The Guardian, The Times, and Time Out.[9] [10] [11] She has opened for comedians Ed Gamble and Marc Maron.[12]

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.[13]

Magliano has written for Amelia Dimoldenberg's Chicken Shop Date,[14] 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,[15] and podcasts including The Comedian's Comedian, Off Menu, Secret Artists and Fakes and Frauds.[16] She has previously co-hosted the podcasts If It Is To Be Said, about the TV show Succession, and The Weekly Shop.[17] [18]

Personal life

Magliano is bisexual.[19] She lives in London and has a boyfriend as of 2023.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ania Magliano . 2023-05-01 . Island . en-US.
  2. Web site: Interview with comedian Ania Magliano . 2023-05-01 . Voice Magazine . en-gb.
  3. Web site: Life after Girton with Ania Magliano: porridge, comedy and blank sheets of paper . . . 21 October 2024 . en.
  4. Web site: Cambridge Footlights . 2023-05-01 . Glee . en.
  5. Web site: Archive 2018–present . 2023-05-01 . cambridge-footlights . en.
  6. Web site: Striking Out: Comedy after Cambridge . 2023-05-01 . Varsity Online . en.
  7. Web site: 2022-02-14 . Can’t Even Think Straight . 2023-05-01 . Cambridge Fringe Comedy Festival . en.
  8. Web site: Ania Magliano: Absolutely No Worries If Not . 2023-05-01 . British Comedy Guide . en.
  9. News: Healy . Rachael . 2022-08-06 . Ania Magliano review – skilled off-key laughs from affable rising star . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-05-01 . 0261-3077.
  10. News: Maxwell . Dominic . Ania Magliano at Edinburgh festival review — sex parties and self-doubt punctuate a remarkable debut . en . 2023-05-01 . 0140-0460.
  11. Web site: Wilkinson . Chiara . Review: Ania Magliano, Absolutely No Worries If Not . 2023-05-01 . Time Out Edinburgh . en-GB.
  12. Web site: Artist Ania Magliano . 2023-05-01 . Latitude Festival . en-GB.
  13. Web site: My Festival: Ania Magliano . 15 August 2024. The Scotsman.
  14. Web site: Ania Magliano: Absolutely No Worries If Not . 2023-05-01 . British Comedy Guide . en.
  15. Web site: Ania Magliano . 2023-05-01 . British Comedy Guide . en.
  16. Web site: Fakes and Frauds on Apple Podcasts . 2023-05-01 . Apple Podcasts . en-US.
  17. Web site: The Weekly Shop with Ania Magliano and Harry Monaghan on Apple Podcasts . 2023-05-01 . Apple Podcasts . en-US.
  18. Web site: If It Is To Be Said (Succession Podcast) on Apple Podcasts . 2023-05-01 . Apple Podcasts . en-AU.
  19. Web site: Guide . British Comedy . 2022-07-20 . Ania Magliano is ready for her debut Edinburgh Fringe hour . 2023-05-01 . British Comedy Guide . en.