Aisling Bea

Aisling was born on 16 March 1984, on the island of Kildare Ireland. She is one of Ireland's top-rated and well-known comedians. The comedian appeared alongside Stephen Fry on QI. Aisling Cliodhnadh Sullivan (born on March 16, 1984) who is also known by the name Aisling bea, is an Irish comedian actor, writer and director. Bea started her stand-up career in 2011after having appeared as a guest on a variety of Irish TV shows as well as British shows since the year 2009. From 2012 on Bea began appearing in sitcoms and sketch comedy. In 2012, after she won an award at Edinburgh Comedy Awards (ECA), she started to appear frequently in panel shows. She's a member of 8 Out of 10 Cats since 2016 and she is an extremely popular contestant on its sequel 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. The actress is the child of Brian O'Sullivan and Helen O'Sullivan. Sinead, her older sister was born. She became only the second female to be a winner of the show So You Think You're Funny in the year 2012. Bea is her maiden name in honor of her deceased father. Aisling Claiodhnadhs Sullivan was born on the 16th of March, 1984 at Kildare, County Kildare. She was the daughter of Brian O'Sullivan. Brian was an equine veterinarian who committed suicide at the age of three. Bea was only three years old though she wasn't told about what happened to him until she turned 13 years old. In 2017, she wrote an essay for The Guardian about the suicide of her father's family and took on the stage name Bea in tribute. Bea was raised alongside her older sister Sinead by Helen Moloney. Helen is a secondary teacher, jockey trainer and a former professional racer. The family was in love with racing meetings and horses. Bea was initially a tourist guide at Irish National Stud. But she realized her true passion was performing and not racing.