Aisling Bea

Aisling B a, born on 16 March 1984 in Kildare Ireland. Bea has appeared on QI along with Stephen Fry. Aisling Cliodhnadh (born 16th March 1984) is a comedian and actress from Ireland. Bea began her stand-up show in 2011, after appearing in bits in several Irish TV shows as well as British shows since the year the year 2009. In 2012, she was frequently being featured on sketch comedy programs as well as sitcoms. After she received an award at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards in 2011, she was a frequent guest on a variety of panel shows, where she's becoming a mainstay. In 2016 through 2017, she served as the team captain for 8 Out of 10 Cats and is a frequent contestant in the show's follow-up show 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Born to Brian O'Sullivan and his wife, she has one sister called Sinead. In 2012, she was the only woman to win the So You Think You Are Funny Award. Bea was given to her to honor her father. Aisling Cliodhnadh, O'Sullivan is the daughter of a Kildare born girl. Her birth date was March 16th 1984. Her father Brian was a veterinarian for horses who committed suicide at the age of three. Bea was three years old, though she was not told how he died until she turned 13 years old. She adopted the stage name Bea in honor of her father and published an article in The Guardian in 2017 about the family's suicide experience. Bea was fostered by her younger sister Sinead with Helen Moloney. Helen is a secondary teacher, jockey trainer, as well as a former professional racer. The family was horse and race meeting obsessed. In her youth Bea worked as an instructor at the Irish National Stud however she was aware from an early age that she was not keen on the sport of racing as a job, and loved performing.