Aisling Bea wins Best TV Actor at the BandLab NME Awards 2022
nme.comAisling Bea has won Best TV Actor at the BandLab NME Awards 2022 for her portrayal of Áine in the dramedy This Way Up.The Irish comedian, who also wrote the razor-sharp series, beat out Mae Martin, Ncuti Gatwa, Olly Alexander, and Euphoria‘s Zendaya for the prize.“Big shout-out to the small, independent TV show Euphoria!
I’m sure we all expected this – I didn’t,” Bea said while collecting the award on stage at the O2 Academy Brixton from Munya Chawawa and Amelia Dimoldenberg.She added: “Ever since I started out acting, I always wanted to win a music award.
Genuinely, I will use this [award] tonight in my own special way… Thank you so so much, honestly.“Myself and Sharon Horgan had a moment where we sang ‘Zombie’ by The Cranberries, and it took off.
I would like to dedicate this award to the late, great Dolores O’Riordan, who I am in awe of.”Bea joins previous award winner Jessica Barden, in being recognised for their outstanding boundary-pushing performances.“Making This Way Up knocked the shit out of me,” Aisling Bea told NME last year when asked about the series which follows Áine – an Irish woman living in London as an English-as-a-foreign-language tutor.
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