Aisling Bea

Award-winning Comedian, BBC Presenter, Edinburgh Fringe Nominee, LGBTQ+ Advocate & Celebrity Mastermind Winner

Aisling Bea’s Biography:

Aisling Bea is an Irish comedian, actress and writer known for her bright energy and distinctive comic voice. She is the creator, writer and star of Channel 4’s hit series This Way Up, and one of the few comedians to have won So You Think You’re Funny at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Aisling appears regularly on major television panel shows, fronts acclaimed radio projects and performs internationally. Her work blends sharp humour with emotional depth, shaped by her background as a performer and storyteller.

Aisling grew up in Kildare in a family steeped in creativity. She studied French and philosophy at Trinity College Dublin, where she performed with a student sketch group, before training at LAMDA. After graduating, she spent two years pursuing dramatic roles, yet found consistent opportunities in comedy. That shift proved defining. In 2012 she won So You Think You’re Funny, followed by a Best Newcomer nomination at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards for her show ‘C’est La Bea’. From there her visibility grew quickly. She appeared in early roles on Cardinal Burns and Dead Boss, became a regular panellist on shows such as QI, 8 Out of 10 Cats and Insert Name Here, and co created the radio series Micks and Legends, which secured a Chortle Award nomination. In 2014 she won the British Comedy Award for Best Female TV Comic.

Aisling expanded into acting and writing across television, film and radio. Her performances span everything from sitcoms such as Trollied and Finding Joy to dramas including The Fall and Hard Sun. Her stand up earned a Netflix special and her scripted work reached new heights with This Way Up, which won her the 2020 BAFTA Breakthrough Talent Award and later a 2022 BAFTA nomination for Female Comedy Performance. She starred in Living with Yourself, Quiz, the 2022 Doctor Who New Year’s special, and continues to appear across panel shows and comedy formats. In 2025 she featured on ‘Who Do You Think You Are’ where she explored her family history, adding a new layer to her public storytelling.

Why Hire Aisling Bea?

Audiences book Aisling for her warmth, candour and quick wit. She speaks on creativity, identity, mental health, women in entertainment and resilience, topics that resonate because she delivers them with humour and honesty. Her stories encourage reflection as much as laughter. Whether opening a conference or closing a festival, she leaves listeners feeling energised and connected.

Aisling Bea’s Career Highlights:

Below showcases Aisling Bea’s inspirational career highlights throughout the world of media and comedy:

• 2026 – Performed ‘Older Than Jesus’ UK and Ireland tour
• 2025 – Appeared on ‘Who Do You Think You Are’
• 2024 – Appeared in ‘Alice and Jack’
• 2024 – Appeared in ‘Swede Caroline’
• 2024 – Appeared in ‘And Mrs’
• 2024 – Appeared in ‘Get Away’
• 2024 – National Film Awards UK nomination for Best Supporting Actress
• 2024 – Appeared on ‘Have You Been Paying Attention’
• 2023 – Appeared in ‘Greatest Days’
• 2023 – Appeared in ‘Avoidance’ Series 2
• 2023 – Appeared on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Series 5
• 2022 – Appeared in ‘Doctor Who – Eve of the Daleks’
• 2022 – BAFTA TV nomination for Female Performance in a Comedy
• 2022 – NME Award for Best TV Actor
• 2022 – Appeared on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Series 4
• 2021 – Appeared in ‘Home Sweet Home Alone’
• 2021 – Appeared in ‘Riverdance The Animated Adventure’
• 2021 – Appeared in ‘Amphibia’
• 2021 – Appeared on ‘I Literally Just Told You’
• 2021 – Appeared on ‘Sunday Brunch’
• 2021 – Appeared on ‘Have I Got News for You’
• 2021 – Writers’ Guild of Great Britain nomination
• 2021 – Appeared on ‘QI’
• 2020 – Appeared in ‘Love Wedding Repeat’
• 2020 – Appeared in ‘Quiz’
• 2020 – BAFTA TV Craft Award for Breakthrough Talent
• 2020 – Appeared on ‘Richard Osman’s House of Games’
• 2019 – Starred in ‘Living with Yourself’
• 2019 – Created, wrote and starred in ‘This Way Up’
• 2019 – Appeared on ‘8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown’
• 2018 – Appeared in ‘Hard Sun’
• 2018 – Appeared in ‘Finding Joy’
• 2018 – Released Netflix ‘Comedy Lineup’ stand up special
• 2018 – Appeared on ‘Insert Name Here’
• 2018 – Appeared on ‘QI’
• 2017 – Appeared on ‘Taskmaster’ Series 5
• 2017 – Appeared in ‘Gap Year’
• 2017 – Appeared in ‘Drunk History’
• 2017 – Appeared on ‘The Big Fat Quiz of the Year’
• 2017 – Appeared on ‘@midnight’
• 2017 – Appeared on ‘The Last Leg’
• 2017 – Appeared on ‘Word of the Year’
• 2016 – Appeared in ‘The Fall’
• 2016 – Appeared in ‘Bullet to the Heart’
• 2016 – Appeared on ‘A League of Their Own’
• 2016 – Appeared on ‘Room 101’
• 2016 – Appeared on ‘The Unbelievable Truth’
• 2016 – Appeared on ‘It’s Not What You Know’
• 2016 – Appeared on ‘Very British Problems’
• 2016 – Appeared on ‘QI’
• 2016 – Appeared on ‘Duck Quacks Don’t Echo’
• 2016 – Appeared on ‘Jack Dee’s HelpDesk’
• 2015 – Appeared in ‘The Delivery Man’
• 2015 – Performed live show ‘Plan Bea’ at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
• 2015 – Appeared on ‘Insert Name Here’
• 2015 – Appeared on ‘QI’
• 2015 – Appeared on ‘A League of Their Own’
• 2015 – Appeared on ‘Celebrity Squares’
• 2015 – Appeared on ‘This Week’
• 2015 – Appeared on ‘Don’t Make Me Laugh’
• 2015 – Appeared on ‘Virtually Famous’
• 2015 – Appeared on ‘Never Mind the Buzzcocks’
• 2015 – Appeared on ‘Very British Problems’
• 2014 – British Comedy Award for Best Female TV Comic
• 2014 – Appeared in ‘Trollied’
• 2014 – Appeared in ‘Playhouse Presents’
• 2014 – Appeared in ‘The Architects’
• 2014 – Appeared in ‘The Assets’
• 2014 – Performed at Channel 4’s Comedy Gala at the O2 Arena
• 2014 – Appeared on ‘Live at the Apollo’
• 2014 – Appeared on ‘8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown’
• 2014 – Appeared on ‘Celebrity Squares’
• 2014 – Appeared on ‘Channel 4’s Alternative Election Night’
• 2014 – Appeared on ‘Alan Davies As Yet Untitled’
• 2014 – Appeared on ‘Jack Dee’s HelpDesk’
• 2014 – Appeared on ‘Don’t Make Me Laugh’
• 2014 – Appeared on ‘QI’
• 2013 – Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer nomination
• 2013 – Chortle Award nomination for ‘Micks and Legends’
• 2013 – Appeared in ‘Fit’
• 2013 – Appeared in ‘Soul Sacrifice’
• 2013 – Appeared in ‘Quick Cuts’
• 2013 – Appeared in ‘Tattooed’
• 2013 – Appeared in ‘Very Few Fish’
• 2013 – Appeared on ‘Don’t Sit in the Front Row’
• 2013 – Appeared on ‘The Guessing Game’
• 2013 – Appeared on ‘Bad Language’
• 2013 – Appeared on ‘Sweat the Small Stuff’
• 2013 – Performed on ‘Set List’
• 2013 – Appeared on ‘Russell Howard’s Good News’
• 2013 – Performed in Seann Walsh’s Late Night Comedy Spectacular at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
• 2012 – Winner of So You Think You’re Funny
• 2012 – Appeared in ‘Cardinal Burns’
• 2012 – Appeared in ‘Dead Boss’
• 2012 – Appeared in ‘In with the Flynns’
• 2012 – Appeared in ‘The Town’
• 2012 – Appeared in ‘Trivia’
• 2012 – Voiced Emily Burke in ‘Assassin’s Creed III’
• 2011 – Appeared in ‘Lewis’
• 2011 – Appeared in ‘Holby City’
• 2010 – Appeared in ‘Inn Mates’
• 2010 – Appeared in ‘LOL’
• 2009 – Appeared in ‘Fair City’
• 2009 – Appeared in ‘We Are Klang’
• 2009 – Appeared in ‘The Roy Files’
• 2009 – Appeared in ‘Belonging to Laura’
• 2009 – Performed on BBC Radio 4 Extra ‘Sabotage’
• 2009 – Performed on BBC Radio 4 ‘Fresh From the Fringe’