Aisling Bea at The Top Secret Comedy Club
Biography
Aisling Bea is a BAFTA award-winning comedian, actor, writer and producer.
As a comedian, Aisling has appeared on shows like QI, Taskmaster, Ru Paul’s Drag Race as a judge, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, A League of Their Own, The Big Fat Quiz of Everything, Late Night Lycett, The Last Leg, Live At The Apollo, Russell Howard’s Good News, The Jonathan Ross Show and The Graham Norton Show. She recently appeared as a contestant on LOL: Last One Laughing Ireland, for Amazon Prime. In 2011, she became the first woman in 20 years to win the prestigious So You Think You’re Funny? competition for new stand-ups and in 2016 became the first ever female team captain of long-running panel show 8 Out Of 10 Cats.
She won a British Comedy Award for Best Female Comedian and has a mini Stand Up Special as part of Netflix’s The Comedy Line Up, available to stream globally. Aisling is currently on a tour of the UK and Ireland with her show, Older Than Jesus.
Her brilliant 5-star series This Way Up that she wrote, produced and starred in aired on Channel 4 in the UK and on HULU in the US, earning Aisling the BAFTA TV Craft Award for Breakthrough Talent. Aisling has been seen as the lead in the blockbuster film based on the music of Take That, Greatest Days and in Sky romcom Smothered. Most recently, she’s been seen opposite Domnhall Gleeson in new romantic drama Alice & Jack for Channel 4 and dark comedy feature & Mrs opposite Colin Hanks and Billie Lourd. Aisling can now be seen in the second series of Romesh Ranganathan’s popular BBC One series Avoidance.
Aisling has had lead roles in Netflix Original series, Living with Yourself opposite Paul Rudd, Netflix feature film Love Wedding Repeat, Nick Frost’s 2024 British comedy horror, Get Away, James Graham’s multi-award winning TV adaptation of his Olivier-winning stage show Quiz, the hugely popular Disney remake of Home Alone, Home Sweet Home Alone and the New Years Eve Special of Doctor Who. Aisling’s next starring role is on Netflix’s adaptation of Marian Keyes’ Grown Ups, which is currently in production.
Other acting credits include roles in BBC drama Hard Sun from Luther creator Neil Cross, the acclaimed BBC drama series The Fall with Jamie Dornan and Gillian Anderson, E4’s show Gap Year, Sky 1’s Trollied, ITV series Delivery Man, Sharon Horgan’s show Dead Boss and Channel 4’s The Damned.
Aisling has scripts in development in the UK and US, script edited Greatest Days and also co-wrote Affairs Of State, a movie in development with Star Thrower.
About The Top Secret Comedy Club:
Top Secret Comedy Club London is the best rated club to see live stand-up comedy in London. Top Secret Comedy has two venues right in the heart of the West End between Covent Garden, Leicester Square and Soho. The rooms are intimate, with exciting line ups, and a focus on sharp, no-nonsense comedy. It has become a go-to spot for audiences who want proper live stand-up at incredible value.
The club regularly features top comedians from the UK and international circuit. Their regular performers also appear at established London venues such as The Comedy Store & 99 Club. Shows run every night of the week, with a reputation for strong bills, late-night energy, and frequent surprise celebrity appearances.
