Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, centre, in 2013
Born Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge
(1985-07-14) 14 July 1985
London, England, United Kingdom
Alma mater Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation
  • Actress
  • writer
  • director
Years active 2009–present
Spouse(s)
Conor Woodman
(m. 2014; div. 2018)

Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge (born 14 July 1985)[1] is an English actress, writer, playwright, and director.[2] She is best known for creating and starring in two sitcoms, Channel 4's Crashing and BBC Three's adaptation of Fleabag; and for writing and producing the BBC America drama Killing Eve, based on novels by Luke Jennings.

Early life and education

Waller-Bridge was born in West London, the daughter of Michael Cyprian Waller-Bridge and Teresa Mary (née Clerke).[3][4] Her maternal grandfather was Sir John Edward Longueville Clerke, 12th Baronet;[5] on her father's side she is a descendant of The Rev. Sir Egerton Leigh, 2nd Baronet, Conservative member of parliament for Mid Cheshire from 1873 to his death in 1876.[6][7]

She grew up in Ealing in West London,[8][9] and has a younger brother, Jasper Waller-Bridge, who is a music manager, and an older sister, Isobel Waller-Bridge, who is a composer and wrote the music for Fleabag.[10][11] Her parents are divorced.[12]

Waller-Bridge was educated at St Augustine's Priory, a Catholic independent school for girls in the London Borough of Ealing,[13] followed by the independent sixth form college DLD College London in Marylebone, London.[14] Previously accepted at Trinity College, Dublin, where she planned on studying English,[12] Waller-Bridge graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.[15]

Career

In 2009, Waller-Bridge made her acting debut in the play Roaring Trade at Soho Theatre.[16] Waller-Bridge appeared in the second season of drama Broadchurch. In addition to acting, Waller-Bridge is a playwright. Her work includes the series of plays Good. Clean. Fun.,[17] and Fleabag.[18][19] In 2013, Waller-Bridge starred in one episode of Bad Education as "India". In 2016, Waller-Bridge wrote and starred in two sitcoms, Channel 4's Crashing and BBC Three's adaptation of Fleabag.

Following its initial release on BBC Three, Fleabag was broadcast on BBC Two starting in August 2016. It was picked up by the on-demand Amazon Video service and premiered in the United States in September 2016.[20][21] Waller-Bridge is the co-artistic director, with Vicky Jones, of DryWrite Theatre Company.[22][23][24] The two met and became friends while working on a theatre productions.[25] Waller-Bridge voiced and performed android L3-37 in the Star Wars film Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018).[26][27] In August 2017, Waller-Bridge and BBC announced that Fleabag would return for a second season in 2019.[28][29]

In 2016, it was announced that Waller-Bridge would write and produce a drama television series called Killing Eve based on novels by Luke Jennings.[30] The BBC America series stars Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer and premiered in April 2018.[31]

Personal life

Waller-Bridge lives in Kensal Rise, London. She was married to Conor Woodman, a presenter and documentary filmmaker.[9] The couple announced they were divorcing in 2017.[32]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2009The RewardCharlotteShort film
2011Beautiful EnoughComposer (voice)Short film
2011Albert NobbsViscountess Yarrell
2011MeconiumLornaShort film
2011The Iron LadySusie
2015Man UpKatie
2017Goodbye Christopher RobinMary Brown
2018Solo: A Star Wars StoryL3-37

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2009DoctorsKatie BurbridgeEpisode: "Chef's Secret"
2010How Not to Live Your LifeFelicityEpisode: "Don's Posh Weekend"
2011The Night WatchLaurenTelevision film
2011–2013The CaféChloe Astill13 episodes
2013Coming UpKarenEpisode: "Henry"
2013London IrishSteph1 episode
2013Bad EducationIndiaEpisode: "Drugs"
2013The RevengersEmma
2014GlueBee Warwick2 episodes
2014DriftersWrote 2 episodes
2015BroadchurchAbby8 episodes
2015FlackEveTelevision film
2016CrashingLuluAlso writer and creator
6 episodes
2016–presentFleabagFleabagAlso writer and creator
6 episodes
British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance
Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Writer
Royal Television Society Award for Breakthrough
Royal Television Society Award for Best Writing – Comedy
Nominated–Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Nominated–British Academy Television Award for Best Writer – Comedy
Nominated–British Academy Television Award for Breakthrough Talent Award
Nominated–TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy
2018–presentKilling EveWriter and creator
Nominated–Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

Theatre

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Awards

Works and publications

  • Waller-Bridge, Phoebe (2013). Fleabag. London: Nick Hern Books. ISBN 978-1-84-842364-0. OCLC 894546593.

References

  1. ↑ "Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge - England and Wales Birth Registration Index". FamilySearch. 1985. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 Marshall, Charlotte (14 February 2012). "Introducing... Phoebe Waller-Bridge". Official London Theatre. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Engagements: Mr C.T.P. Woodman and Ms P.M. Waller-Bridge". The Daily Telegraph. 18 January 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com.
  5. ↑ Burke's Peerage, Knightage and Baronetage 2003, vol. 1, pg 819
  6. ↑ Burke's Peerage, Knightage and Baronetage 2003, vol. 2, pg 1646
  7. ↑ Burke's Landed Gentry 1965, vol. 3, pg 532
  8. ↑ Bromwich, Kathryn (4 September 2016). "On my radar: Phoebe Waller-Bridge's cultural highlights". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  9. 1 2 Tate, Gabriel (7 January 2016). "Crashing writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge talks up her new Channel 4 sitcom". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Person Page - 22754: William Francis Talbot Clerke (descendants)". The Peerage. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  11. ↑ Freer A.C.I.B., Alan G. "Conqueror13". The Descendants of William the Conqueror. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  12. 1 2 Day, Elizabeth (7 July 2016). "Fleabag star Phoebe Waller-Bridge on female anger, emotional honesty -and fancying Barack Obama". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  13. ↑ "Priory Post 47 – Playwright to Watch". St Augustine's Priory, Ealing. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  14. ↑ "Academic Prospectus v. 17" (PDF). DLD College London. 2015. p. 29. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  15. ↑ Barnett, Laura (19 January 2014). "Phoebe Waller-Bridge: sex, laughs and a packet of Wotsits". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  16. ↑ Billington, Michael (13 January 2009). "Roaring Trade". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  17. ↑ "DryWrite presents Good. Clean. Fun". Soho Theatre. September 2015. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  18. ↑ "DryWrite and Soho Theatre present Fleabag". Soho Theatre. May 2015. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  19. ↑ Waller-Bridge, Phoebe (2013). Fleabag. London: Nick Hern Books. ISBN 978-1-84-842364-0. OCLC 894546593.
  20. ↑ Barraclough, Leo (19 May 2016). "Amazon Acquires Comedy Series 'Fleabag' From 'Broadchurch's' Phoebe Waller-Bridge". Variety. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  21. ↑ Schwartz, Ryan (7 August 2016). "Transparent Season 3, High Castle Season 2, Woody Allen Comedy and Others Get Amazon Premiere Dates". TVLine.com.
  22. ↑ "DryWrite". Soho Theatre. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  23. ↑ Sutton-Williams, Natasha (18 February 2014). "A Day In The Life Of: DryWrite Theatre Company". London Calling. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  24. ↑ Dietrich, Paul (20 February 2014). "Fleabag's Vicky Jones and Phoebe Waller-Bridge: The One explores cruelty in love". Metro. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  25. ↑ Leszkiewicz, Anna (18 August 2016). ""I always want to go darker": Phoebe Waller-Bridge on Fleabag, slutty pizza and guinea pig murder". New Statesman. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  26. ↑ "Han Solo - Smuggler. Scoundrel. Hero. A New Star Wars Story Begins". StarWars.com. 21 February 2017. Archived from the original on 21 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  27. ↑ "Star Wars: First picture of Han Solo film team released". BBC News. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  28. ↑ Mitchell, Robert (25 August 2017). "'Fleabag' Set to Return to BBC, Amazon in 2019". Variety. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  29. ↑ "BBC - BBC Comedy confirms Bafta winning Fleabag will return to BBC Three in 2019 - Media Centre". BBC. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  30. ↑ Petski, Denise (15 November 2016). "BBC America Greenlights Dark Thriller Series 'Killing Eve' From 'Fleabag' Creator". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  31. ↑ Blyth, Antonia (12 January 2018). "Sandra Oh Is "Ecstatic" To Be Part Of Empowering Female-Centric Thriller 'Killing Eve'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  32. ↑ Logan, Elizabeth. "Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Her Husband Are Divorcing". W Magazine. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  33. ↑ Lee, Veronica (9 August 2013). "Horn star: Phoebe Waller-Bridge on her one-woman show Fleabag". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  34. ↑ Bowie-Sell, Daisy (8 March 2013). "Mydidae, Trafalgar Studios, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  35. ↑ "Fleabag review". Time Out. Time Out Group Plc. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  36. ↑ "Soho Theatre present Fleabag". Soho Theatre. February 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  37. ↑ "A DryWrite and Soho Theatre Production: Fleabag". Salisbury Playhouse. February 2015. Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  38. ↑ "Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Nadiya Hussain go head-to-head as 2017 Royal Television Society Awards nominations revealed". Radio Times. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  39. ↑ Phoebe Waller-Bridge wins Female Performance in a Comedy — BAFTA TV Awards 2017. BAFTA. 14 May 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
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