Aisling Bea

Aisling was born on March 16 1984 on the island of Kildare Ireland. She is one of the wealthiest and most well-known comedians. Bea was on the show with Stephen Fry on QI. Aisling Cliodhnadh O'Sullivan (born 16 March 1984) also known as Aisling Bea, is an Irish actress writer and comedian. Bea's professional career started in 2011 as a comedian after she appeared in small role as a comedian in Irish and British television series beginning in the year 2009. In 2012, she began appearing on sketch shows and sitcoms. The following year, after her triumph of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, she was scheduled for a panel show where she is now regularly appearing on. Between 2016 and 2017, she served as a captain for 8 Out of 10 Cats and is also a frequent contestant on the spinoff 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. She was the daughter of Brian and Helen O'Sullivan and has a sister named Sinead. She was in 2012 the second woman to ever receive the So You Think you're Funny award. Bea was given to her in memory of her father. Aisling Claiodhnadh Sullivan was born on the 16th of March, 1984 at Kildare, County Kildare. Her father Brian was an animal veterinarian. He committed his own death when Bea was a toddler although she was not informed what happened to him until she was thirteen. In 2017, Bea wrote an essay for The Guardian about the suicide of her father's family. She also changed her stage name to Bea in remembrance of him. Bea and her younger sister Sinead were taken care of by their maternal grandmother Helen (nee Moloney) who was a secondary school teacher jockey trainer as well as a professional jockey. Their family was obsessed with horse racing and race events. As a young girl, Bea worked as a tour guide at the Irish National Stud however she was aware from an early age that she wasn't keen on the sport of racing as a career, instead she wanted to perform.