Ronni Ancona

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Ronni Ancona

Ronni Ancona (born 1968) is a Scottish impressionist and actress of Italian/Jewish ancestry who won the Best TV Comedy Actress award at the British Comedy Awards for her work in Big Impression.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Personal life
- 1.2 Career
2 Footnotes
3 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Personal life

Ancona was born in Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland and is of Italian Sephardic Jewish origin.^[1] In 2004, she married Doctor Gerard Hall, and in April 2005 gave birth to a baby girl, Lily Francesca, weighing 7lbs 7oz.

In the programme "The Comedy Map of Britain", she returned to her old school in Troon and talked about her earliest comedy performing experience as part of an improvisation group called "Pots People" [1]

[edit] Career

She became a household name as a result of appearing in the BBC's Big Impression alongside Alistair McGowan. Her most famous impressions include Victoria Beckham, Jennie Bond, Audrey Hepburn, Carol Smillie, Barbara Windsor, Ruby Wax and Catherine Zeta-Jones. According to IMDB she is 5'9" tall [2].

As part of BBC's Big Read [3] she promoted The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Before Big Impression, Ancona had featured in films and TV shows for many years, as well as performing stand-up comedy. She also appeared in the first series of The Sketch Show.

In 2005 she played Barbara, opposite Miranda Richardson and Bill Nighy, in Stephen Poliakoff's Gideon's Daughter on BBC One.

She was Beline in Moliere's The Hypochondriac at the Almeida Theatre.

In October 2006, she appeared on the BBC celebrity panel show QI (D series, episode 4, 'Dictionaries'), and received praise from Stephen Fry. She won the show (with 13 points), finishing in front of Alan Davies, Phill Jupitus and Rory Bremner (who all scored -7). In November 2006 she was a guest presenter of Have I Got News For You.

In December 2006 she revealed herself as a fan of Strictly Come Dancing and appeared on Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two.

In 2007, following a successfully received pilot, the BBC commissioned a new series tentatively titled Ronni Ancona & Co consisting of her own material and co-starring Phil Cornwell, Jan Ravens and John Sessions.