Aisling O'Neill
{{Short description|Irish actress}}
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Aisling O'Neill is an Irish actress. She has portrayed Carol Foley in Fair City for more than two decades.{{cite news|first=Rachael|last=Kane|url=https://www.buzz.ie/movies-tv/fair-citys-aisling-oneill-carol-fighter-248429|title=Fair City's Aisling O'Neill: 'Carol is a fighter'|date=5 August 2017|quote=Aisling O'Neill has played feisty Carol Foley on RTÉ's Fair City for the past 19 years, but her biggest acting challenge is still ahead of her.}}{{cite news|first=Geraldine|last=Gittens|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/simply-amazing-viewers-blown-away-by-fair-city-actress-aisling-oneills-harrowing-scenes-on-child-abuse-34948511.html|title='Simply amazing' - Viewers blown away by Fair City actress Aisling O'Neill's harrowing scenes on child abuse|newspaper=Irish Independent|date=8 August 2016}}
O'Neill's portrayal of Carol earns her personal letters of admiration and bought her an IFTA nomination for Best Female Performance in a Soap or Comedy.{{cite news|first=Sean|last=O'Grady|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/i-get-letters-from-people-fair-city-child-abuse-plot-did-justice-to-victims-aisling-oneill-35124238.html|title='I get letters from people... Fair City child abuse plot did justice to victims' - Aisling O'Neill|newspaper=Irish Independent|date=12 October 2016}}
Originally from Dublin, O'Neill lives in Gorey, County Wexford. She is a mother of one.{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/living/2016/0719/803387-fair-city-s-aisling-o-neill-talks-about-her-new-healthy-lifestyle/|title=Fair City's Aisling O'Neill talks about her new healthy lifestyle|date=19 July 2016|quote=The actress is currently living in Gorey, Co. Wexford... 'It's a beautiful spot. I'm ten minutes from the beach and an hour from Dublin. I have good friends there and it's a great place to raise my child. I like spending time with friends and I like spending time in nature – I actually need to spend time in nature. I like horse-riding, walking on the beach and I swim in the sea sometimes.' However Aisling admits that she will always be a city girl at heart. 'I'm a Dublin girl, always will be'.}}
Filmography
Film
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!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
2000
|Accelerator |Louise | |
2003
|Helen | |
2006
|Screaming Woman | |
2016
|Lily |Yvette |Short film |
2019
|Red Room |Catherine | |
rowspan="2" |2021
|Yvette | |
The Letters
|Publicist | |
rowspan="2" |TBA
|Dreamtown |Mel Richards | rowspan="2" |Post-production |
Tuesday Traders
|Maxi |
Television
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!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
1995
|Maggot |Main role (season 1) |
1998
|Nate's Girlfriend |Episode: "Nine Tenths of the Law" |
1999–present
|Regular role |
2023
|Mrs. Moran |2 episodes |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0642088}}
{{Fair City}}
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Category:Actresses from Dublin (city)
Category:Actresses from County Wexford
Category:Irish soap opera actresses
Category:Irish television actresses