Aisling Franciosi
Franciosi in 2019
Born (1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 (age 30)
Italy
Occupation Actress
Years active 2012–present

Aisling Franciosi (/ˈæʃlɪŋ frænˈtʃoʊzi/ ASH-ling fran-CHOH-zee, Italian: [ˈɛʃliŋɡ franˈtʃoːzi]; born 6 June 1993)[1][2][3] is an Irish actress. She won an AACTA Award for her leading role in the film The Nightingale (2018). On television, she is known for her roles in the RTÉ-BBC Two crime drama The Fall (2013–2016), season 2 of the TNT series Legends (2015), and the BBC One miniseries Black Narcissus (2020).

Early life

Franciosi was born in Italy on 6 June 1993, the daughter of an Irish mother and Italian father.[3] She has two older brothers and a younger sister. She attended Trinity College Dublin.[4]

Career

From 2013 to 2016, Franciosi starred as Katie Benedetto in the RTÉ and BBC Two crime drama series The Fall.[5] She made her feature film debut in 2014 in Jimmy's Hall. The following year, she starred in the second season of the TNT series Legends as Kate Crawford.[6]

In 2016, Franciosi appeared in the HBO series Game of Thrones in the sixth season as Lyanna Stark and reprised her role in the seventh season.[7] She landed the lead role of Clare Carroll in The Nightingale, a 2018 period drama set in Tasmania and directed by Jennifer Kent.[8] For The Nightingale, Francioisi received critical acclaim and a number of accolades including an AACTA. She also had supporting and recurring roles season 1 of the BBC thriller Clique as Georgia Cunningham and the Picasso installment of the National Geographic television anthology Genius as Fernande Olivier.

Franciosi played Sister Ruth in the 2020 miniseries Black Narcissus opposite Gemma Arterton and appeared in the films Home, The Unforgivable, and God's Creatures. She has upcoming film roles in the biographical-drama film Rothko, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson,[9] as well as the horror film The Last Voyage of the Demeter.

Personal life

Franciosi is fluent in English, Irish, and Italian. She also studied French and Spanish at university.[4]

Filmography

Film

Franciosi in 2016
Year Title Role Notes
2014 Jimmy's Hall Marie
2014 Ambition Apprentice Short film for the European Space Agency Rosetta mission
2016 Ambition – Epilogue Master Short film for the ESA Rosetta mission
The Sticks Sarah Short film
2018 The Nightingale Clare Carroll
2020 Home Delta
2021 The Unforgivable Katherine Malcolm
2022 God's Creatures Sarah Murphy
2023 The Last Voyage of the Demeter Anna
TBA Stopmotion Ella Blake Post-production
TBA Turn Up The Sun! Filming
TBA Rothko Kate Rothko Pre-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Trivia Trish Episode 2.5
2013–2016 The Fall Katie Benedetto Main role
2014 Quirke Phoebe Griffin 3 episodes
2015 Vera Sigourney O'Brien Episode: "Muddy Waters"
2015 Legends Kate Crawford Main role (season 2)
2016–2017 Game of Thrones Lyanna Stark Episodes: "The Winds of Winter", "The Dragon and the Wolf"
2017 Clique Georgia Cunningham Season 1 (6 episodes)
2018 Genius: Picasso Fernande Olivier Season 2 (6 episodes)
2020 I Know This Much Is True Young Dessa Constantine Miniseries
Black Narcissus Sister Ruth Miniseries
2023 The Legend of Vox Machina Kaylie (voice) Season 2 (4 episodes)

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref
2015 Irish Film & Television Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Drama The Fall Won [10]
2019 Gotham Awards Breakthrough Performer The Nightingale Nominated
Detroit Film Critics Society Best Breakthrough Performance Nominated
AACTA Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role Won [11]
Chicago Film Critics Association Most Promising Performer Won
Dublin Film Critics' Circle Breakthrough Performance Won [12]
2020 Alliance of Women Film Journalists Most Daring Performance Won
Irish Film & Television Awards Best Actress in a Lead Role – Film Nominated [13]
Rising Star Won
2021 Irish Film & Television Awards Best Actress in a Lead Role – Drama Black Narcissus Nominated
2022 British Independent Film Awards Best Supporting Performance God's Creatures Nominated
2023 Irish Film & Television Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Film Pending [14]

References

  1. ^ "Aisling Franciosi". Filmow.com. Archived from the original on 26 November 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  2. ^ Franciosi, Aisling [@AisFranciosi] (6 June 2014). "Another year older and no wiser?!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ a b Ian Wylie (24 May 2014). "Quirke". Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b Greco, Patti. ""The Fall" Star Aisling Franciosi on Getting Tied Up by Jamie Dornan" Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine, Cosmopolitan, 26 January 2016. Retrieved on 28 June 2016.
  5. ^ Morgan Jeffery (5 January 2016). "The Fall will wrap up with a third and final series". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Legends: Sean Bean Returns in Season Two of TNT Series". TVSeriesFinale. October 2015. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  7. ^ White, James. "Game Of Thrones: the Jon Snow revelation and what it all means" Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, Empire Online, 28 June 2016. Retrieved on 28 June 2016.
  8. ^ Nordine, Michael (14 March 2017). "'The Nightingale': Jennifer Kent Begins Production on Her Follow-up to 'The Babadook'" Archived 2017-07-10 at the Wayback Machine, IndieWire. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  9. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (5 March 2021). "'Rothko': Sam Taylor-Johnson To Direct Art-World Drama With Russell Crowe, Aisling Franciosi, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, More — EFM Hot Package". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  10. ^ "IFTA 2015 Nominees". The Irish Film & Television Academy. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  11. ^ "Winners & Nominees". Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  12. ^ "The 2019 Dublin Film Critics Circle (DFCC) Winners". Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  13. ^ "IFTA 2020 Film and Drama Nominees". The Irish Film & Television Academy. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  14. ^ "IFTA 2023 Film and Drama Nominees". The Irish Film & Television Academy. Retrieved 20 March 2023.

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