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Aisling Franciosi
Irish-Italian actress
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Aisling Franciosi (/ˈæʃlɪŋ frænˈtʃoʊzi/ ASH-ling fran-CHOH-zee, Italian: [ˈɛʃliŋɡ franˈtʃoːzi]; born 6 June 1993)[1][2][3] is an Irish-Italian 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 and personal life
Franciosi was born at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin on 6 June 1993, the daughter of an Irish mother from Meath and an Italian father from Milan, who had met when her mother was working as an English teacher in his city;[3][4] her father is a heart surgeon.[5] She has two older brothers and a younger sister.[6] After her birth, the family spent a few years in Italy, until the parents divorced and the children followed their mother to Dublin, where they were raised;[4][5] Italy remained their holiday destination,[4] with Franciosi still frequently visiting her father in Milan.[7]
Franciosi studied French and Spanish at Trinity College Dublin, but left before graduating; she is a native bilingual speaker of English and Italian.[6] She is also a singer and has performed post-synchronized dialogue recording of a few Italian actresses in English.[8]
Career
From 2013 to 2016, Franciosi starred as Katie Benedetto in the RTÉ and BBC Two crime drama series The Fall.[9] 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.[10]
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.[11] She landed the lead role of Clare Carroll in The Nightingale, a 2018 period drama set in Tasmania and directed by Jennifer Kent.[12] 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. Since then, she has appeared in films Home, The Unforgivable, God's Creatures, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, Stopmotion and Speak No Evil. She has an upcoming film role in the thriller Turn Up The Sun!, directed by Jamie Adams.[13]
Filmography
Film
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| 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 "Katie" Malcolm / Katie Slater | |
| 2022 | God's Creatures | Sarah Murphy | |
| 2023 | The Last Voyage of the Demeter | Anna | |
| 2023 | Stopmotion | Ella Blake | |
| 2024 | Speak No Evil | Ciara | |
| 2025 | Twinless | Marcie | |
| Pose | Patricia |
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 | Recurring role (series 1) |
| 2018 | Genius: Picasso | Fernande Olivier | Recurring role (season 2) |
| 2020 | I Know This Much Is True | Young Dessa Constantine | Miniseries |
| Black Narcissus | Sister Ruth | Miniseries | |
| 2023–2024 | The Legend of Vox Machina | Kaylie (voice) | Season 2 (4 episodes); Season 3 (6 episodes); Season 4 (1 episode) |
| 2025 | The Abandons | Trisha Van Ness | Main role |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Irish Film & Television Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Drama | The Fall | Won | [14] |
| 2019 | Gotham Awards | Breakthrough Performer | The Nightingale | Nominated | |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | Best Breakthrough Performance | The Nightingale | Nominated | ||
| AACTA Awards | Best Actress in a Leading Role | The Nightingale | Won | [15] | |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | Most Promising Performer | The Nightingale | Won | ||
| Dublin Film Critics' Circle | Breakthrough Performance | The Nightingale | Won | [16] | |
| 2020 | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Most Daring Performance | The Nightingale | Won | |
| Irish Film & Television Awards | Best Actress in a Lead Role – Film | The Nightingale | Nominated | [17] | |
| 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 | God's Creatures | Nominated | [18] |
