Aisling Bea

Aisling Bea is regarded as one of the richest and most well-known Comedian that was born March 16 1984. She was born in Kildare Ireland. She appeared on QI along with Stephen Fry. Aisling O'Sullivan, better known by her stage name Aisling Bea (born March 16, 1984), is an Irish writer, actress and comedian. Bea was first seen as bit roles on Irish or British TV shows in 2009, made her debut as an stand-up comic in the year 2011. She began appearing frequently on sketch comedy shows and sitcoms from 2012. She began appearing regularly in panel shows following her win of an award from The Edinburgh Comedy Awards. She was captain of the 8 Out of 10 Cats team between 2016 and 2017 and is a regular contestant in its spinoff 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. She was born to Brian O'Sullivan and his wife, she was blessed with one sister named Sinead. She is only the second ever female to be a winner of the show So You Think You're Funny. Bea, her maiden name, pays tribute to her late dad. Aisling Cliodhnadh, born the 16th of March, 1984, in Kildare Town in County Kildare. Bea's father Brian who was an equine vet, who committed suicide at the age of three when Bea turned three was an suicide victim. Bea was informed of his suicide only after 13 years old. In 2017, Bea wrote an essay for The Guardian about the suicide of her father's family. She also adopted her stage name Bea in tribute. Bea (and her sister Sinead) were raised in a home by Helen Moloney who was a instructor and trainer of jockeys who was also a professional jockey. They were obsessed with races as well as horses. Bea began her career as a tour guide at the Irish National Stud. However Bea realized at an early age that racing wasn't the right fit for her.