Aisling Bea
Stand-up comedian · London, UK

Aisling Bea

Who Aisling Bea is

Irish comedian, actor and screenwriter based in London who won the So You Think You're Funny award at the 2012 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She created, wrote and starred in Channel 4's This Way Up (2019–2021), which won her a BAFTA Breakthrough Talent award, and is a regular on UK panel shows including QI, 8 Out of 10 Cats (team captain 2016–2017) and Taskmaster. Her first stand-up tour, Older Than Jesus, played the UK and Ireland in 2026.

At a glance

Born
1984
Based in
London, UK
Style
Storytelling, Observational
Stand-up specials
C'est La Bea, Plan Bea, Netflix Comedy Lineup and 1 more
Podcasts
What's Normal? and Micks and Legends
On screen
This Way Up, 8 Out of 10 Cats, QI and 5 more
Official site
aislingbea.com ↗

On stage

No dated show on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now — their own site has their dates: aislingbea.com ↗.

Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →

Specials, shows and podcasts

Stand-up specials

On screen

Podcasts

Comedians like Aisling Bea

Each linked to them by something on the record — a stage they both came through, a bill, a show, a style or a home town.

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Career timeline

  1. 1984Born
  2. 2012Micks and Legends (co-writer and co-host, BBC Radio 4, 2012 and 2015) Podcast or book
  3. 2014C'est La Bea (2014, Soho Theatre, London) Special
  4. 2015Plan Bea (2015, Edinburgh Festival Fringe) Special
  5. 2015QI (panellist, 2015–2021, 2025) On screen
  6. 20168 Out of 10 Cats (team captain, 2016–2017) On screen
  7. 2017Taskmaster (contestant, series 5, 2017) On screen
  8. 2018Netflix Comedy Lineup (2018, Netflix; 15-minute set) Special
  9. 2018What's Normal? (co-host with Sara Pascoe, BBC Radio 2, from 2018) Podcast or book
  10. 2019This Way Up (Aine; creator and writer, 2019–2021) On screen
  11. 2019Living with Yourself (Kate Elliot, 2019) On screen
  12. 2020Quiz (Claudia Rosencrantz, 2020) On screen
  13. 2022Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks (Sarah, 2022) On screen
  14. 2024Alice & Jack (Lynn, 2024) On screen
  15. 2026Older Than Jesus (2026, UK and Ireland tour) Special

Questions about Aisling Bea

Where is Aisling Bea performing next?

No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now; their own site has their dates: aislingbea.com ↗.

What stand-up specials have they released?

C'est La Bea, Plan Bea, Netflix Comedy Lineup and Older Than Jesus.

What podcast do they host?

What's Normal? and Micks and Legends.

What TV shows and films are they in?

This Way Up, 8 Out of 10 Cats, QI, Taskmaster, Living with Yourself and Quiz, among 8 credits.

Where are they based?

London, UK, as their record gives it.

When were they born?

In 1984.

Who are some comedians like them?

Fern Brady (also in 8 Out of 10 Cats), Andy Zaltzman (also in Taskmaster), Jimmy Carr (also in 8 Out of 10 Cats), Josh Pugh (also in QI) and Ricky Gervais (the same style: observational).

The full SUCDb record

The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.

Their SUCDb record →Their own site ↗

Sources

Updated 5 October 2026 · the record checked 27 September 2026