Aisling Bea

Aisling Bea

40 · Born: Mar 16, 1984

Personal Details

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Born Mar 16, 1984 Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland
Parents
  • Brian O'Sullivan
  • Helen O'Sullivan
Relatives
  • Sinéad Kidao (Sibling)

Biography

Aisling Cliodhnadh O'Sullivan, better known as Aisling Bea (/ˈæʃlɪŋ ˈbiː/; ASH-ling Bee), is an Irish comedian, actress, and screenwriter. Having had small roles in several Irish and British television series since 2009, Bea began her career as a stand-up comedian in 2011. By 2012, she was regularly appearing on sketch comedy shows and sitcoms. After winning an award at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, she began to be booked regularly for various panel shows, where she has become a fixture. From 2016 to 2017, she was a team captain on 8 Out of 10 Cats and is a frequent contestant on the spinoff 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Bea appeared in the Sky One comedy series Trollied (2011–2018) and co-starred with Amy Huberman on her Irish television series Finding Joy (2018). She stars in the Netflix comedy-drama series Living with Yourself (2019–present) 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)

Career

2024
Avoidance
Avoidance as Megan
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2023
Greatest Days
Greatest Days as Rachel
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Smothered
Smothered as Gillian
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2021
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure as Margot (voice)
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Home Sweet Home Alone
Home Sweet Home Alone as Carol Mercer
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2020
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Love Wedding Repeat
Love Wedding Repeat as Rebecca
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Quiz
Quiz as Claudia Rosencrantz
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2019
This Way Up
This Way Up as Aine
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Living with Yourself
Living with Yourself as Kate Elliot
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State of the Union
State of the Union as Anna
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2018
Be Uncertain
Be Uncertain as Sam
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Hard Sun
Hard Sun as Mari Butler
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Finding Joy
Finding Joy as Amelia
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2017
Gap Year
Gap Year as Kendra
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2016
Damned
Damned as Anne-Marie
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2015
The Trap
The Trap as Marie
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The Delivery Man
The Delivery Man as Lisa
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2014
Trollied
Trollied as Charlie
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2013
Very Few Fish
Very Few Fish as Grainne
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2012
Dead Boss
Dead Boss as Laura
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The Town
The Town as Carly
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Cardinal Burns
Cardinal Burns as Sally
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Trivia
Trivia as Ruth
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2009
Belonging to Laura
Belonging to Laura as Leanne Thompson
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2023
The National Comedy Awards 2023
2022
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
2021
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2020
Billy Connolly: It's Been A Pleasure
The Ranganation
The Ranganation
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Richard Osman's House of Games
2018
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C
2017
Our Friend Victoria
Taskmaster
Taskmaster
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2016
Insert Name Here
Insert Name Here
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The Jonathan Ross Show
8 Out of 10 Cats
8 Out of 10 Cats
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2015
Jack Dee's Election Helpdesk
Very British Problems
2014
Virtually Famous
Virtually Famous
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Jack Dee Live at the Apollo
QI
QI
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2013
Sweat the Small Stuff
2019
This Way Up
This Way Up as Creator, Writer
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