Aisling Bea
- 40 years old
- Irish
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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Aisling Bea is dating Michael Sheen
Michael Sheen is dating Irish comedian Aisling Bea -- who is the spitting image of his exes Sarah Silverman and Kate Beckinsale.
The Sun, 9th April 2018Have I Got News For You and the problem of women
The comedian Bridget Christie has been a team member on HIGNFY twice - the second time in 2014, shortly after winning the Edinburgh Comedy Award. "The second time was not a fun experience. I said, 'I don't think I'll do this again.'"
Alice Jones, i Newspaper, 6th April 2018Aisling Bea interview
Aisling Bea is one of the final famous faces set to have a brush with the Celebrity Bake Off tent as the series comes to an end.
Caroline Westbrook, Metro, 3rd April 2018Comics to hold gala to support Louise Reay
A comedy gala will take place on Monday 21 May in support of comedian Louise Reay at the Lyric Theatre in London. Comedians confirmed to perform include Aisling Bea, Sara Pascoe, Nish Kumar, Josh Widdicombe, David O'Doherty, Josie Long, Rachel Parris, Ed Gamble and Lolly Adefope, with more names to be announced in due course.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd March 2018Sally Phillips: 'TV comedy is still sexist'
Television comedy is still sexist, despite greater numbers of women progressing in the business. That's the view of Sally Phillips, who discussed the issue on Radio 4's flagship Today programme this morning.
Chortle, 6th February 2018The Irish women making TV's best comedies
From Channel 4's Derry Girls to RTE's Nowhere Fast, female-led Irish comedies are coming thick and fast. We talk to the people behind them, and ask if they can help drive societal change.
Shilpa Ganatra, The Guardian, 26th January 2018Preview - QI: The Occult
This week's QI has plenty of devilish goings on.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 19th January 2018Aisling Bea interview
Award-winning funny girl Aisling Bea only went into comedy because she couldn't find work as a serious actress. Now she has achieved plan A - playing it straight in new BBC crime drama Hard Sun.
Daily Mail, 7th January 2018Aisling Bea on her father's suicide
The comedian's father killed himself when she was three. She was plagued by the fact he made no mention of her or her sister in the letter he left. Then, 30 years after his death, a box arrived.
Aisling Bea, The Guardian, 4th November 2017The O-centric 15th series of the wilfully esoteric panel perennial continues, this week rolling in the deep with an instalment devoted entirely to oceans. Quizmaster and commander Sandi Toksvig is joined by salty first mate Alan Davies and the rather lubberly crew of Aisling Bea, Joe Lycett and David Mitchell, all hoping to reveal some unexpected depths to their maritime knowledge. But do they know their oars from their ice floes?
Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 3rd November 2017