Ania Magliano
Ania Magliano is a British comedian and writer based in London.
Early life
Magliano grew up in Buckinghamshire. She is of half-Polish and half-Italian descent; her mother is Polish and works as a doctor. Magliano did a degree in English at Girton College, Cambridge, and was a member of the Cambridge Footlights. While at university, she founded Stockings Comedy, a female and non-binary comedy collective.Career
Magliano was a finalist for the Funny Women award in 2020 and for the Chortle Student Comedy Award in 2018.Her debut comedy show, Absolutely No Worries If Not, won the Best New Show award at the Leicester Comedy Festival in 2022. Her performance of the show at the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe received positive reviews in The Guardian, The Times, and Time Out. She has opened for comedians Ed Gamble and Marc Maron.
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.
In 2024, Magliano was also nominated for the Sky Arts Breakthrough award.
Magliano has written for Amelia Dimoldenberg's Chicken Shop Date, 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, and podcasts including The Comedian's Comedian, Off Menu, Secret Artists and Fakes and Frauds. She has previously co-hosted the podcasts If It Is To Be Said, about the TV show Succession, and The Weekly Shop.
In July 2025, it was announced that she would compete in series 20 of Taskmaster along with Maisie Adam, Phil Ellis, Reece Shearsmith, and Sanjeev Bhaskar. She tied for first place with Adam and Ellis; Adam then won the tiebreaker challenge, making Magliano place second.