Aisling Bea
Birthplace – Kildare, Ireland
Aisling Bea (birthname: Aisling Clíodhnadh O’Sullivan) developed a following on television in several episodic comedies in which she appeared starting in 2009 until debuting in director/co-writer Ferguson March’s horror comedy, The Trap (2015), co-starring Alex Kirk, Felicity Wren, Sean Garrett, Millie Reeves and James Wren, and produced by FMW Films. Bea then appeared in and/or wrote a few short films (including Bullet to the Heart in 2016), as well as feature-length movies released on streaming, including Love Wedding Repeat (2020) and Home Sweet Home Alone (2021).
Bea’s first starring role in a theatrically-released feature finally arrived with the British musical, Greatest Days (2023), directed by Coky Giedroyc and with music by the band Take That, with Alice Lowe, Amaka Okafor, Jayde Adams, and Marc Wootton, and released by Bron Releasing. Aisling played an eccentric detective in the little-seen mockumentary, Swede Caroline (2024), with Jo Hartley, Richard Lumsden, Ray Fearon, and Celyn Jones, under the co-direction of co-writers Finn Bruce and Brook Driver, and produced by Belstone Pictures and Deadbeat Films.
Aisling Bea landed another starring role opposite Colin Hanks and Billie Lourd in the Daniel Reisinger-directed rom-com, And Mrs. (2024), premiering at the Edinburgh Film Festival and released on Netflix’s UK streaming service. Bea co-starred with Nick Frost (who also wrote) in the British horror comedy, Get Away (2024), with Sebastian Croft and Miasie Ayres under Steffen Haars’ direction, which premiered at the Fantastic Fest before a release by XYZ Films/Wayward Entertainment.
Personal Details
Aisling Bea was born and raised in Kildare, Ireland, by parents Brian (horse veterinarian) and Helen (secondary school teacher, ex-horse jockey trainer, ex-jockey). Her father Brian committed suicide when Bea was three years old; Bea subsequently changed her performing last name to “Bea” in honor of her father, playing off the first letter of her first name. Bea has one younger sister, Sinead. Bea attended the Catholic-run Presentation Secondary School in Kildare. Bea then attended and graduated from Trinity College Dublin, where she majored in French and Philosophy. Bea then was accepted to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Bea is in a relationship with partner, musician Jack Freeman; the couple has one child. Bea’s height is 5’ 6”.
Filmography
And Mrs
Gemma (2024)
Home Sweet Home Alone
(2021)
Get Away
Susan (2024)
Some Facts About Aisling Bea
Condition: Aisling Bea has been diagnosed with ADHD.
Family Tragedy: Bea’s father Brian committed suicide when she a three-year-old child, but she didn’t learn the truth about him until she was 13.
Irish Activist: Aisling Bea actively campaigned for the “Repeal the 8th” campaign in 2018 to usher in legalized abortion to Ireland, and Bea also campaigned for the Irish same-sex referendum that won in 2015.
