Ania Nicola Magliano-Wright

Ania Magliano (born Ania Nicola Magliano-Wright, 17 February 1998) is a British comedian and actress based in London. She grew up in Buckinghamshire and is of half-Polish and half-Italian descent, with her mother being Polish and working as a doctor. Magliano read English at Girton College, Cambridge, and was a member of the Cambridge Footlights, and while at university she founded Stockings Comedy, a female and non-binary comedy collective.

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, and 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. Her 2023 Edinburgh Fringe show I Can't Believe You've Done This was nominated for Best Show at the festival, and she returned in 2024 with the show Forgive Me, Father, the same year she was nominated for the Sky Arts Awards Breakthrough award.

Magliano has appeared on TV shows including The Stand Up Sketch Show and Dave's The Comedy Guide to Life, and on podcasts including The Comedian's Comedian, Off Menu and Secret Artists. She has also written for Amelia Dimoldenberg's Chicken Shop Date. In July 2025, it was announced that she would compete in series 20 of Taskmaster, where she placed second after tying for first and losing a tiebreaker challenge. In February 2026, Magliano was announced as part of the Saturday Night Live UK cast, serving as an anchor for Weekend Update alongside Paddy Young. She is bisexual and is in a relationship with fellow comedian Will Rowland.