Aisling O'Neill

Aisling O'Neill
Born	1974 (age 51–52) Dublin, Ireland
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1995–present
Television	Fair City
Children	1

Aisling O'Neill is an Irish actress. She has portrayed Carol Foley in Fair City for more than two decades. ^{[1] [2]}

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. ^[3]

Originally from Dublin, O'Neill lives in Gorey, County Wexford. She is a mother of one. ^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Accelerator	Louise
2003	Goldfish Memory	Helen
2006	Basic Instinct 2	Screaming Woman
2016	Lily	Yvette	Short film
2019	Red Room	Catherine
2021	Who We Love	Yvette
	The Letters	Publicist
TBA	Dreamtown	Mel Richards	Post-production
	Tuesday Traders	Maxi

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Finbar's Class	Maggot	Main role (season 1)
1998	The Ambassador	Nate's Girlfriend	Episode: "Nine Tenths of the Law"
1999–present	Fair City	Carol Foley	Regular role
2023	The Woman in the Wall	Mrs. Moran	2 episodes

References

1. Kane, Rachael (5 August 2017). "Fair City's Aisling O'Neill: 'Carol is a fighter'". Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019. 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.
2. Gittens, Geraldine (8 August 2016). "'Simply amazing' - Viewers blown away by Fair City actress Aisling O'Neill's harrowing scenes on child abuse". Irish Independent .
3. O'Grady, Sean (12 October 2016). "'I get letters from people... Fair City child abuse plot did justice to victims' - Aisling O'Neill". Irish Independent .
4. "Fair City's Aisling O'Neill talks about her new healthy lifestyle". 19 July 2016. 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'.

External links

• Aisling O'Neill at IMDb