Aisling Bea

Aisling was born March 16, 1984, in Kildare Ireland. She is one of Ireland's most successful and well-known comedians. The comedian has been on QI together with Stephen Fry. Aisling Cliodhnadh O'Sullivan (born 16 March 1984), better known as Aisling Bea, is a popular Irish actress writer and comedian. Bea, who began appearing as bit roles in Irish or British TV programs in the year 2009, started her career by performing stand-up comedy in the year 2011. She was already regularly performing on sketch comedy shows and sitcoms. Following her win at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, she was scheduled for a range of panel show. She was a member of the 8 Out of 10 Cats team between 2016 and 2017 and is a regular contestant in its spinoff show, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. The parents of her were Brian O'Sullivan and Helen O'Sullivan. She has one younger sister, Sinead. She was the winner of the So You think You're Funny Award for the second time. Bea was given to her to honor her father. Aisling Cliodhnadh is the daughter of a Kildare born woman. She was born in March 16, 1984. Bea's father Brian was an equine vet who was killed at the age of three when Bea turned three, was an suicide victim. She was told about his suicide only after thirteen years of age. The stage name she chose was Bea as a tribute to her father and published an article in The Guardian in 2017 about her family's experience of suicide. Bea was fostered by her sister Sinead by Helen Moloney. Helen is a secondary teacher, jockey trainer and former professional racer. Their family was obsessed with racing and horses. Bea was a trainer for The Irish National Stud in her beginning years. She knew, however, that racing wasn't what she wanted to pursue for a living and that she was more interested in performing.