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Aisling Clíodhnadh O'Sullivan (born 16 March 1984), known professionally as Aisling Bea (/ˈæʃlɪŋ ˈbiː/ ASH-ling BEE),[3] is an Irish comedian, actor and writer. 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 Fringe Festival in 2012, being only the second woman to win the award in its, then, twenty-five year history.[6] She also regularly appears on light entertainment comedy panel shows such as QI and 8 Out of 10 Cats.

Aisling Bea
Bea performing in August 2014
Born	Aisling Clíodhnadh O'Sullivan[1] (1984-03-16) 16 March 1984 (age 38)[2] Kildare, Ireland
Occupation	Comedian, actress, screenwriter
Years active	2009–present
Website	aislingbea.com

Early life and education

Bea was born in Kildare, Ireland.[7][8][3][9] Her father, Brian, was a horse veterinarian who died by suicide when Bea was three years old; she was not told how he had died until she was 13.[10][11] She adopted the stage surname "Bea" as a tribute to her father, taking it from a short form of his first name.[12][13] Bea and her younger sister, Sinéad,[12] were raised by their mother, Helen (née Moloney), a secondary school teacher who had previously trained jockeys at the Racing Academy and Centre of Education[14] and was herself a professional jockey.[13] Her family was "obsessed" with horses and race meetings.[15] In her youth, Bea worked as a tour guide at the Irish National Stud, but knew from a young age that she was not interested in the horse racing industry and instead loved performing.[10] Her great-aunt was playwright Siobhán Ní Shúilleabháin,[16] and musician Liam O'Flynn was a family friend.[17]

Bea was educated at Presentation Secondary School, Kildare Town, a Catholic school,[18] and studied French and philosophy at Trinity College Dublin.[19][20] While there, she was part of a student sketch comedy group.[21] She then studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).[22]

Career

After graduating from drama school, Bea spent two years trying to get work in theatre as a dramatic actress.[23] Instead, she was cast mainly in comedic television series including Cardinal Burns and Dead Boss (both 2012).[18] While filming Dead Boss in 2011, Bea decided to try stand-up comedy.[18][24] In 2012, she won The Gilded Balloon So You Think You're Funny award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe[25] and, in 2013, was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards for her show C'est La Bea.[26]

The exposure brought by these awards and festival appearances marked a "turning point" in Bea's career[22] and she began to appear as a regular guest on panel shows including QI and Insert Name Here.[27] Bea and Yasmine Akram co-wrote and co-hosted the BBC Radio 4 comedy folklore series Micks and Legends (2012, 2015);[28] it was nominated for a Chortle Award in 2013.[29] Bea won the 2014 British Comedy Award for Best Female TV Comic[30] and returned to Edinburgh in 2015 with the live show Plan Bea.[31] In 2016, she became a team captain on 8 Out of 10 Cats[32] and was a cast member on Taskmaster in 2017.

Bea has continued to act in television sitcoms including Trollied (2014–2015), The Delivery Man (2015), and Amy Huberman's Irish television series Finding Joy (2018). Additionally, she has acted in the crime dramas The Fall (2016) and Hard Sun (2018). In 2018, she and Sara Pascoe began to co-host the BBC Radio 2 comedy chat show What's Normal?[33] She recorded a 15-minute stand-up special that was aired on Netflix in late 2018.

She stars in the Netflix comedy-drama series Living with Yourself (2019),[34][35][36] and is the star and head writer of the Channel 4 comedy series This Way Up (2019–present). She also appeared in the ITV drama series Quiz (2020).

For her work on This Way Up, Bea won the Bafta 2020 British Academy Television Craft Award for Breakthrough Talent.[37][38]

She appeared as Sarah in the 2022 Doctor Who New Year's special "Eve of the Daleks."[39]

Activism

Bea was a vocal supporter of the Repeal the 8th campaign in the successful 2018 Irish referendum to introduce legal abortion in the Republic of Ireland,[22][40] including her contribution of an essay to Una Mullally's Repeal the 8th a month before the vote.[41] She previously campaigned for same-sex marriage legislation in the successful 2015 Irish referendum.[22]

Filmography

Acting

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Fair City	Cliodhnah Norris	3 episodes
2009	We Are Klang	Inspector	1 episode
2009	The Roy Files	Ticket girl (voice)	Episode: "Truth and Lies"
2009	Belonging to Laura	Leanne Thompson	Television film
2010	Inn Mates	Elf	Pilot
2009–2014	The Savage Eye	Various	4 episodes
2010	L.O.L	Various	Pilot Writer
2010	Freedom	Aisling	Pilot
2010	Come Fly with Me	Mary O'Mara	1 episode
2011	Lewis	Hotel receptionist	1 episode
2011	Holby City	Amelia Warner	1 episode
2012	Cardinal Burns	Sally	5 episodes
2012	Dead Boss	Laura Stephens	6 episodes
2012	In with the Flynns	Naimah	1 episode
2012	The Town	Carly	3 episodes
2012	Trivia	Ruth	6 episodes
2012	Assassin's Creed III	Emily Burke (voice)	Video game
2013	Fit	Various	13 episodes
2013	Soul Sacrifice	Similia (voice)	Video game
2013	Quick Cuts	Customer	1 episode
2013	Tattooed	Eve	Short film
2013	Very Few Fish	Gráinne	Short film
2014	Playhouse Presents	Toddler Woman	1 episode
2014	The Architects	Hayley (voice)	BBC Radio 4 4 episodes
2014	The Assets	Kara Jensen	1 episode
2014	Vodka Diaries	Nic	Pilot
2014	The Sunny	Emma	Pilot
2014–2015	Trollied	Charlie	13 episodes
2015	Funny Valentines	Sarah	2 episodes
2015	The Delivery Man	Lisa	6 episodes
2015	The Trap	Marie
2015	Nish Kumar's Christmas	Agent	Short film
2016	Bullet to the Heart	Jane	Short film Writer
2016	Damned	Anne-Marie	1 episode
2016	The Fall	Kiera Sheridan	4 episodes
2017	Drunk History	Guinevere	1 episode
2017	Gap Year	Kendra	2 episodes
2018	Hard Sun	Mari Butler	5 episodes
2018	Plebs	Minerva	1 episode
2018	I Feel Bad	Simone	1 episode
2018	Finding Joy	Amelia	6 episodes
2019	State of the Union	Anna	Episode: "Plaster Cast"
2019	Living with Yourself	Kate Elliot	8 episodes
2019–present	This Way Up	Aine	12 episodes Writer, executive producer
2020	Love Wedding Repeat	Rebecca
2020	Quiz	Claudia Rosencrantz	3 episodes
2021	Home Sweet Home Alone	Carol Mercer
2021	Riverdance: The Animated Adventure	Margot (voice)	Animated film
2021–2022	Amphibia	Captain Beatrix (voice)	3 episodes
2022	Doctor Who	Sarah	Episode: "Eve of the Daleks"

Stand-up comedy

Year	Title	Channel	Venue
2009	Sabotage	BBC Radio 4 Extra	Live at Hoxton Hall
2009	Fresh From the Fringe	BBC Radio 4	Edinburgh Festival Fringe
2013	Seann Walsh's Late Night Comedy Spectacular	BBC Three	Edinburgh Festival Fringe
2013	Russell Howard's Good News	BBC Three
2013	Set List	Nerdist Channel
2014	Live at the Apollo	BBC One	Hammersmith Apollo
2014–2016	Channel 4's Comedy Gala	Channel 4	O2 Arena
2018	Netflix Comedy Lineup	Netflix

Panel show appearances

Since 2016, Bea has been a team captain on 8 Out of 10 Cats, having previously been a guest on the show in 2013 and 2014. She has made guest appearances on many other panel shows, including:

References

External links

• Official website
• Aisling Bea on Twitter
• Aisling Bea at IMDb
• Aisling Bea at British Comedy Guide

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