Aisling Franciosi (/ˈæʃlɪŋ frænˈtʃoʊzi/ ASH-ling fran-CHOH-zee, Italian: [ˈɛʃliŋɡ franˈtʃoːzi]; born 6 June 1993) is an Irish actress. She won an AACTA Award for her leading performance 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).
Franciosi was born and grew up in Dublin, Ireland. Her father is Italian and her mother is Irish and she has two older brothers and a younger sister. She is trilingual, fluent in English, Italian and Irish. She studied French and Spanish at Trinity College Dublin.
From 2013 to 2016, Franciosi starred as Katie Benedetto in the RTÉ and BBC Two crime drama series The Fall. 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.

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