Editing Ronni Ancona (section)

{{Short description|Scottish comedian}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox writer
| birth_name       = Veronica Jane Ancona
 | birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1966|07|04}}
| birth_place      = [[Louth, Lincolnshire]], England
| death_date       = 
| death_place      = 
| occupation       = {{ubl|Actress|[[impressionist (entertainment)|impressionist]]| [[Sketch comedy|sketch comedian]]|[[Comedian|comedian]]}}
| children         = 2
| spouse           = {{marriage|Gerard Hall|2004}}
| education        = [[Saint Martin's School of Art]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[University College London]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])
}}
'''Veronica Jane Ancona''' (born 4 July 1966)<!-- {{efn|text=In July 2024 Ancona appeared on the podcast [https://castbox.fm/episode/297-DWSC-LIVE%3A-With-Ronni-Ancona-id4626842-id716044521?country=gb ''Drunk Women Solving Crime''] (7:50) saying that her age on Wikipedia is incorrect. Some sources [what sources?] give her year of birth as 1968.}} --> is a British actress, comedian, impressionist and writer best known for ''[[The Big Impression]]'', which she co-wrote and starred in<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/people/ronni_ancona_person_page.shtml|publisher=BBC Comedy|title=Ronni Ancona|access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref> and was, for four years, one of [[BBC One]]'s top-rated comedy programmes,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3QKjsd01JbQr6TD7vGdRJ8C/alistair-mcgowan-tinkles-the-ivories|publisher=BBC Arts|title=Alistair McGowan tinkles the ivories|access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref> winning numerous awards, including a [[British Academy Television Awards|BAFTA]] in 2003.<ref name=":4">{{cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2003/television/comedy-programme-or-series|work=British Academy of Film and Television Arts|title=Television – Comedy – Programme or Series in 2003|access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref> Ancona also starred in the first series of the BAFTA-winning [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] series ''[[The Sketch Show]]''.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2002/television/comedy-programme-or-series|work=British Academy of Film and Television Arts|title=Television – Comedy – Programme or Series in 2002|access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/the_sketch_show|work=[[British Comedy Guide]]|title=The Sketch Show|access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref> Ancona has appeared in the BAFTA-winning ''[[Last Tango in Halifax]]''<ref name=":13">{{cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2013/television/drama-series|work=British Academy of Film and Television Arts|title=Television – Drama Series in 2013|access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref> since its creation in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/47/last-tango-in-halifax|publisher=BBC Media Centre|title=Last Tango in Halifax|access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/18251726.ronni-ancona-return-last-tango-halifax|work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]|location=[[Glasgow]]|title=Ronni Ancona on the return of Last Tango in Halifax|first=Susan|last=Swarbrick|date=22 February 2020|access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref> She is a co-director, alongside [[Sally Phillips]] and Nick Hamson, of the production company Captain Dolly.<ref name=":8">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/life/sally-phillips-far-worst-case-scenario-have-child-downs-syndrome|work=The Daily Telegraph|title=Sally Phillips: 'It's far from a worst-case scenario to have a child with Down's syndrome'|first=Madeleine|last=Howell|date=18 July 2020|access-date=29 July 2021|issn=0307-1235}}{{subscription required}}</ref>