Trinity College Dublin (BA) London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (BA)
Occupations
Comedian
actress
screenwriter
Years active
2009–present
Website
aislingbea.com
Aisling Clíodhnadh O'Sullivan (born 16 March 1984), known professionally as Aisling Bea (/ˈæʃlɪŋˈbiː/ASH-ling BEE),[3] is an Irish comedian, actress and screenwriter. She created, wrote and starred in the comedy series This Way Up on Channel 4.[4][5] As a stand-up comedian, she won the So You Think You're Funny award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2012, being only the second woman to win the award in its then-25-year history.[6] She also appears regularly on light entertainment comedy panel shows such as QI and 8 Out of 10 Cats.
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Aisling Clíodhnadh O'Sullivan (born 16 March 1984), known professionally as AislingBea (/ˈæʃlɪŋ ˈbiː/ ASH-ling BEE), is an Irish comedian, actress and...
Streeter Seidell, and starring Ellie Kemper, Rob Delaney, Archie Yates, AislingBea, Kenan Thompson, Pete Holmes, Ally Maki, and Chris Parnell with Devin...
premiered on October 18, 2019, on Netflix. The series stars Paul Rudd and AislingBea. Rudd also serves as an executive producer, alongside Greenberg, Anthony...
Sean Lock, Dave Spikey, Jason Manford, Jon Richardson, Rob Beckett, AislingBea, and Katherine Ryan. The show was based on statistics and opinion polls...
be discarded. It was written specifically with actress and comedian AislingBea in mind, who Chibnall had wanted in Doctor Who from "very early on" in...
Dina Eleanor Tomlinson as Hayley Joel Fry as Bryan Tim Key as Sidney AislingBea as Rebecca Jack Farthing as Marc Allan Mustafa as Chaz Freida Pinto as...
announced that Croft was starring in the film Svalta with Nick Frost and AislingBea. The same month, Croft joined the cast of the upcoming BBC crime drama...
Troubled Water" in Croke Park and performed a sketch with Irish comedian AislingBea. On 29 October 2021, Hozier released the single "Tell It to My Heart"...
Jamie Dornan, Bronagh Waugh, John Lynch, Aisling Franciosi, Valene Kane, Jonjo O'Neill, Colin Morgan, AislingBea, Richard Coyle, Barry Ward, Richard Clements...
was cast in Netflix's comedy series Living with Yourself, alongside AislingBea. He also executive produced the series, which premiered on October 18...
a Second/Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) teacher, from actress and writer AislingBea. In January 2022, he was set to lead limited drama series Manhunt created...
"'Sweet Dreams': Niamh Algar, Billy Howle, Mia Goth, Paapa Essiedu, AislingBea & Nick Frost Set For Crime Thriller; AMP Launches Sales — Cannes". Deadline...
eleventh series. For the nineteenth series, both captains were replaced by AislingBea and Rob Beckett, although the previous captains remained as regulars...
co-wrote and co-presented BBC Radio 4's Irish Micks and Legends with AislingBea, with whom she worked on the Channel 4 sketch comedy LOL. In 2014, she...
December 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2022. Campbell, Erica (2 March 2022). "AislingBea wins Best TV Actor at the BandLab NME Awards 2022". NME. Archived from...
In 2017, Mortimer competed in and won series 5 of Taskmaster against AislingBea, Sally Phillips, Nish Kumar and Mark Watson. He then competed in the...