Aisling O'Sullivan

Aisling O'Sullivan

Born: January 1, 1968
in Ireland
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Aisling O'Sullivan (born 1968 in Tralee, County Kerry) is an award-winning Irish actress who starred in the movie The Butcher Boy as Francie's mentally unstable mother. O'Sullivan previously appeared briefly in another Neil Jordan film, Michael Collins. She had a part as the grieving mother who commits suicide in Six Shooter, playwright Martin McDonagh's Oscar-winning short film.

She is familiar to Irish television audiences as Dr. Cathy Costello from Series 1 to Series 5 in the hugely popular drama series The Clinic, a role for which she has won an IFTA best actress award IN 2008.

She garnered major acclaim for her performance as Widow Quin in Druid Theatre Company's 2004 production of The Playboy of the Western World, which toured throughout Ireland including her native Kerry, and also starred Cillian Murphy and Anne-Marie Duff. She also had a leading role in the Channel 4 thriller Shockers (1999). She is currently starring in Raw, an RTÉ drama based on a restaurant playing Restaurant Manager Fiona Kelly, in its second season.

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Movies for Aisling O'Sullivan...

Joyride
Title: Joyride
Character: Mags
Released: July 29, 2022
Type: Movie
A train-wreck on an adventure who is ready to give away her new-born baby. Joined by a cheeky street urchin, they are two diamonds in the rough on the run.
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The Sparrow
Title: The Sparrow
Released: July 8, 2022
Type: Movie
A teenager lies about his brother's death and struggles to face the consequences that unfold until his domineering father offers the possibility of forgiveness.
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First Date
Title: First Date
Released: April 2, 2022
Type: Movie
Tina, a recently widowed farmer, doesn't want her daughter to move back to the city and leave her alone. When Seamus arrives on the farm talking about a date, she decides to intervene.
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Title: Frank of Ireland
Character: Maelbhina
Released: April 15, 2021
Type: TV
Frank is a 33-year-old catastrophe; a misanthropic fantasist in arrested development who’s convinced that the world owes him. He's also our hero. He has a tenuous hold on reality, a single room in his mother’s home, an ex he can’t get over and a loyal best friend, Doofus. This is the hilarious story of a man’s hapless search for respect. We don’t want him to succeed, but it’s fun to watch him try.
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The Approach
Title: The Approach
Character: Anna
Released: January 21, 2021
Type: Movie
Three women—two of them sisters—who were once best friends but have drifted apart are catching up over coffee. Over the course of three conversations spanning five years, we learn that they have allowed relationships with their partners to come between their relationships with each other—and gradually, a common secret of tragic consequence is revealed.
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A Film with Me in It
Title: A Film with Me in It
Character: Policewoman
Released: October 17, 2008
Type: Movie
A dissolute scriptwriter and a dejected actor become unwittingly drawn into a labyrinthine mess when several people experience bizarre accidental deaths in their flat. Though the men didn't deliberately cause any of the incidents, they fear that they will be unfairly pegged as murderers if they relay information to the cops, and promptly set about disposing of the corpses in gruesome ways.
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Title: Raw
Character: Fiona Kelly
Released: September 8, 2008
Type: TV
The lives and loves of the young staff who work in a successful Dublin restaurant and the intense friendships and bitter rivalries that blossom in the heat of the kitchen.
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Six Shooter
Title: Six Shooter
Character: Woman
Released: October 14, 2004
Type: Movie
Overwhelmed by grief following the death of his wife, Donnelly shares a train carriage home with a troubled young man identified only as the ‘Kid’. As the Kid becomes more agitated and foul-mouthed, the journey takes on a violent and dangerous hue – for the bereaved Donnelly and for other hapless passengers on the train.
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The Actors
Title: The Actors
Character: Rita
Released: March 16, 2003
Type: Movie
During the run of a particularly awful interpretation of Richard III, the star, Anthony O'Malley, begins to frequent a rough pub to develop his character. He meets Barreller who he discovers owes someone he's never met a considerable sum of money. Seeing an opportunity to make some fast money, O'Malley convinces hapless extra, Tom, to meet Barreller as the debt collector.
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Me and Mrs. Jones
Title: Me and Mrs. Jones
Character: Max
Released: January 26, 2003
Type: Movie
Tabloid journalist Liam Marple, sets about to dig up dirt on Laura Bowden, the new British Prime Minister. Posing as a political fundraiser, Liam gains entrance into Number 10 Downing, where he promptly wins the confidence of the idealistic PM.
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The One and Only
Title: The One and Only
Character: Jenny
Released: October 4, 2002
Type: Movie
When Stevie meets Neil on the day he comes to deliver her brand new kitchen, it's already too late for love at first sight. Too late for both of them. Stevie is already five minutes pregnant by her Italian footballer husband. And too late for Neil too - his wife Jenny has already applied to adopt an African girl. But too late or otherwise, love at first sight is exactly what happens. How can Neil and Stevie get out of their mistaken marriages and into each others arms?
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The Wyvern Mystery
Title: The Wyvern Mystery
Character: Vrau
Released: October 12, 2000
Type: Movie
After precipitating the death of a tenant with whom he has been feuding, Squire Fairfield brings the dead man's young daughter to live in Wyvern Manor. Alice grows up thinking the squire is her kind benefactor, and falls in love with one of his two sons.
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The Announcement
Title: The Announcement
Character: Liv
Released: September 15, 2000
Type: Movie
A film about friendship and familiarity masking major secrets. When protagonists Beth and Ross gather all of their best friends together for an unruly drink and drug-fuelled party, the event is like many such evenings. That is, until Beth and Ross make an announcement. They tell those assembled that they have secretly married. The impact is not as simple as they had expected. We then track the events of the evening as the news affects each person in turn. Instead of the absolute approval Ross and Beth had hoped for, the news throws a harsh spotlight on everyone's relationship and notions of marriage. The film explores the confused attitudes of a generation whose model of love and romance is complex and demanding. The evening degenerates into a rash of revelations and discoveries about all of the friends, but most dramatically it unravels Ross and Beth's relationship in a way neither of them could have foreseen. This is no fairytale
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Parent's Night
Title: Parent's Night
Character: Helena Turner
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
When a new pupil arrives at a comprehensive school, he decides to take his video camera to film the bullies at work.
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Title: Life Support
Character: Dr. Katherine Doone
Released: July 19, 1999
Type: TV
Life Support is a medical drama series that aired on BBC Scotland. Aisling O'Sullivan starred as Dr. Katherine Doone, the new clinical ethicist at Caledonian Hospital Trust, a fictional Glasgow hospital.
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The War Zone
Title: The War Zone
Character: Carol
Released: June 11, 1999
Type: Movie
An alienated teenager, saddened that he has moved away from London, must find a way to deal with a dark family secret.
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The American
Title: The American
Character: Claire De Cintré
Released: December 26, 1998
Type: Movie
After the horror of the Civil War, 'ignorant' Christopher Newman made his fortune. He travels to France is search of cultural treasures. He won't get past the Paris nightlife. After an affair with a haughty painter, he falls in love with the daughter of the late marquis de Bellegarde. She was married off and traumatized by her abusive late husband for the family's sake. Her elder brother supports their ruthless mother, but junior Valentin is besotted with the artist and strikes a partnership with Christopher.
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The Butcher Boy
Title: The Butcher Boy
Character: Ma Brady
Released: February 20, 1998
Type: Movie
Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences.
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Michael Collins
Title: Michael Collins
Character: Girl in Bed
Released: October 25, 1996
Type: Movie
Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.
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Runway One
Title: Runway One
Character: Frances
Released: August 28, 1995
Type: Movie
An Irish Garda finds himself involved in a complex smuggling operation.
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Title: Cracker
Character: Aileen
Released: September 27, 1993
Type: TV
The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight into the criminal mind.