Editing Ronni Ancona (section)

==Early life==
Ancona was born in [[Louth, Lincolnshire]] in 1966, but moved to [[Scotland]] when she was a few days old<ref name=":0" /> and was brought up in [[Troon]]. She is of [[Italian Jewish]] descent.<ref name="Ancona">{{cite news|last=Ellen|first=Barbara|date=19 December 2004|title='They don't think I'm the thinking man's crumpet'|work=The Guardian|location=London|url=https://www.theguardian.com/arts/features/story/0,,1376637,00.html|access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> Her father was a [[commander (Royal Navy)|commander]] in the [[Royal Navy]] and her mother was an artist who painted the sets at the [[Gaiety Theatre, Ayr|Gaiety Theatre]] in [[Ayr]] and the [[Theatre Royal, Glasgow|Theatre Royal]] in [[Glasgow]].<ref>{{cite news|date=29 May 2009|title=Interview: A fresh wave of success beckons for Ronni Ancona|work=[[The Scotsman]]|url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/interview-a-fresh-wave-of-success-beckons-for-ronni-ancona-1-1040274}}</ref> Ancona is the youngest of three children, with two older brothers,<ref name=":0" /> one of whom continued their father's tradition of serving in the Navy: Simon Ancona is a former Admiral.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tyler |first=Richard |date=2024-06-07 |title=The little-known organisation that sheds light on Whitehall |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/the-little-known-club-that-sheds-light-on-whitehall-r553pswb0 |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=[[The Times]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Walsh |first=Dominic |date=2024-06-07 |title=City People: the feuds, the faces and the farcical |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/city-people-the-feuds-the-faces-and-the-farcical-6hhl3pxvn28 |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=[[The Times]]|language=en}}</ref> In the [[BBC]] television programme ''[[Comedy Map of Britain]]'' she returned to her old school, [[Marr College]] in Troon, and talked about her earliest comedy performing experience as part of an improvisation group called Pots People.<ref name="comedymap">{{cite web|title=Episode 6 Belfast to Glasgow|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedymap/episode6.shtml|work=The Comedy Map of Britain|publisher=BBC}}{{dead link|date=November 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url =https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/17426246.scotlands-insider-guide-troon/|first =Marianne |last =Taylor |date =17 February 2019 |newspaper =[[The Herald, Scotland]]|title =Scotland's Insider Guide: Troon}}</ref>

She attended the [[University of Kent]] at [[Canterbury]] to study film and then did a degree in theatre and TV design at [[Saint Martin's School of Art]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dafydd|first=Gwenno|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IHDpDwAAQBAJ&q=ronni+ancona+university+of+kent&pg=PT85|title=Stand Up and Sock It To them Sister|date=1 August 2016|publisher=Parthian Books|isbn=978-1-910901-86-1}}</ref> At the age of 19, while she was studying at St Martin's College, the BBC's ''[[Blue Peter]]'' reported on a play about [[Brecht]] at the [[Riverside Studios]] in which she was involved as a designer and performer: her appearance was later covered on the BBC show ''Before They Were Famous''.<ref name=":15">{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/3648006/Dont-get-the-wrong-impression-about-her.html|work=The Daily Telegraph|title=Don't get the wrong impression about her|first=Jasper|last=Rees|date=16 November 2005|access-date=25 February 2021}}{{subscription required}}</ref> Ancona then attended the [[Institute of Education]], [[University College London]] and qualified as a teacher in art, design & technology, and drama.<ref name=":1">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/ronni-ancona-sometimes-appearances-can-be-deceptive-327869.html|work=The Independent|title=Ronni Ancona: Sometimes appearances can be deceptive|first=Nick|last=Duerden|date=19 November 2005|access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref> Whilst working as a teacher, Ancona started a comedy career on the live circuit. She won the ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' Hackney Empire New Act of the Year in 1993.<ref name=":1" />