Aisling Bea

Aisling B a was born on 16 March, 1984, in Kildare Ireland. Bea was on QI along with Stephen Fry. Aisling Cliodhnadh Sullivan (born on 16 March 1984) who is also known by the name Aisling bea she is an Irish comedian as well as a writer and actress. Bea's professional career started in 2011 as a comedian after she appeared in small parts on Irish and British TV shows that began in the year 2009. In 2012, she started to regularly appear on sketches and sitcoms. Following her win during the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, she was booked for a variety of panel shows. She was captain of the 8 Out of 10 Cats team from 2016-2017 and is a regular contestant in its spinoff 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Born in the family of Brian O'Sullivan, she was blessed with one sibling named Sinead. In 2012, she became the only woman to be awarded the So You Think You Are Funny Award. Bea is her maiden name to honor her late father. Aisling Cliodhnadh was born on March 16, 1984, in Kildare Town in County Kildare. She was the daughter of Brian O'Sullivan. Brian was an equine veterinarian who took his own life when Bea was only three years old. She wasn't told about the cause of his death until she turned thirteen. In 2017, she wrote an essay for The Guardian about the suicide of her father's family. She also took on the stage name Bea to pay tribute. Bea was raised alongside her sister Sinead and her mother Helen Moloney. Helen is a secondary teacher, jockey trainer, and former professional racer. They were obsessed with race meetings as well as horses. When she was a child, Bea worked as an assistant tour guide at the Irish National Stud however she was aware from an early age that she wasn't interested in the racing industry as a job, and was a performer.