Shooting Stars 2019

Biography

Aisling Franciosi, classically trained as a singer and pianist and fluent in Italian, first appeared in the BBC series, The Fall for which she received the Irish Film and Television Award as Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 2015. She was cast in Ken Loach's Jimmy's Hall, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2014. Most recently, she played the lead in The Nightingale by Jennifer Kent, which won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice International Film Festival 2018. Franciosi was honored as one of Screen Daily's prestigious "Stars of Tomorrow" in 2015.