Aisling Bea

Aisling was born on March 16 1984, at Kildare Ireland. She is one of Ireland's top-rated and popular comedians. She appeared on QI alongside Stephen Fry. Aisling O'Sullivan, also known as her stage name Aisling Bea (born March 16, 1984) is an Irish actress, writer and stand-up comic. Bea's career began in 2011 as a comedian after she appeared in small part in Irish and British TV shows that began in the year 2009. The comedian began to appear often on sketch comedy and sitcoms later in the year. Following her win at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards she began to be booked regularly for numerous panel shows for which she has become a fixture. She's been part of 8 Out of 10 Cats since the year 2016 and is an extremely popular contestant on the show's spinoff 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Parents are Brian as well as Helen O'Sullivan. She has a younger sister, Sinead. In 2012 she was the second woman ever to receive the So You Think You Are Funny award. The surname of Bea is in honor of her late father. Aisling Cliodhnadh O'Sullivan was born in Kildare town County Kildare on 16 March 1984. Bea's father Brian died at age three. He was an equine veterinary. Bea wasn't told the particulars of his death away until she turned 13. The stage name she chose was Bea to honor her deceased father. Bea also wrote an article published in The Guardian on her family's suicide experience. Bea, along with her younger sister Sinead, were raised with Helen Moloney (n e Moloney) an ex-jockey and teacher at a secondary-school. The family was horse and race meeting obsessed. Bea was a guide at the Irish National Stud in her early teens. However, she knew, that racing wasn't what she wanted to be for a living and that she was more interested in performing.