Ronni Ancona

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Ronni Ancona

Ronni Ancona (born 1968) is a Scottish impressionist and actress 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.

[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 5'10" tall [1].

As part of BBC's Big Read [2] 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 October 2006, she appeared on the BBC celebrity panel show QI (D series, episode 4, 'Dictionaries'), and received praise from Stephen Fry for her outstanding improvisions and very witty performance. 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.