28 Facts About Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge was born on 14 July 1985 and is an English actress, screenwriter and producer.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge received further Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for writing and producing the spy thriller series Killing Eve.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge has acted in the comedy series The Cafe, in the second season of Broadchurch, and in the films Albert Nobbs, The Iron Lady, Goodbye Christopher Robin, and Solo: A Star Wars Story.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge contributed to the screenplay of the James Bond film No Time to Die and starred in the adventure film Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge was born in Hammersmith, London, on 14 July 1985, the daughter of Michael Cyprian Waller-Bridge, founder of the electronic trading platform Tradepoint, and Theresa Mary, daughter of Sir John Edward Longueville Clerke, 12th Baronet, employed by the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers.

The Bridge, later Phoebe Waller-Bridge, family were soldiers and clergymen, who came to rank among the landed gentry of Cuckfield in Sussex.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge grew up in Ealing in London and has two siblings: an older sister, Isobel Phoebe Waller-Bridge, a composer, with whom she has collaborated; and a younger brother, Jasper.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge performed in a production of Noel Coward's Hay Fever in 2011 and Mydidae in 2012.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge then wrote and starred in Fleabag, which she first performed as part of the London Storytelling Festival on 25 November 2012.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge returned to the stage for further productions of Fleabag between 2013 and 2019.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge began her screen career in 2009, playing roles in short films and in individual episodes of television sitcoms and dramas.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge had supporting roles in The Cafe from 2011 to 2013 and in the second season of the crime drama series Broadchurch in 2015.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge has voice acted for several BBC Radio plays, such as 2013's Vincent Price and the Horror of the English Blood Beast, in which she played actress Hillary Dwyer, and a 2014 adaptation of an Agatha Christie story.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge has provided narration in short films, including a 2015 television documentary on dating apps and a 2016 Christmas themed animated short film.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge has voiced ads for companies such as The Cotswold Company, Warburtons, Gordon's Gin, Trainline, Travel Republic, Kuoni Travel, and Tropicana.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge topped the Radio Times's TV 100 power list that year.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge wrote and produced the thriller television series Killing Eve, based on novels by Luke Jennings.

In 2019, Phoebe Waller-Bridge co-wrote the screenplay for No Time to Die, the 25th James Bond film, along with Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Cary Joji Fukunaga.

In January 2020, Phoebe Waller-Bridge formed a UK-based production house named Wells Street Films with Fleabag stage and series alums Jenny Robins as head of television and film, and Charlotte McBrearty as a development executive.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge voiced Sayan Kotor in series 2 of the television show His Dark Materials.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge directed the music video for "Savior Complex" by Phoebe Bridgers.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge then appeared in the music video for "Treat People with Kindness" by Harry Styles, which premiered on 1 January 2021.

In February 2021, she was set to create and star in a television adaptation of the 2005 film Mr and Mrs Smith with her Solo: A Star Wars Story co-star Donald Glover, but by September 2021, it was reported that Phoebe Waller-Bridge had exited the series over creative differences.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge appears in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, as Helena Shaw, which was released in June 2023.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge married Irish presenter and documentary filmmaker Conor Woodman in 2014.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge describes herself as an atheist, although she says she "hopped around a bit from religion to religion" while growing up.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge avoids social media, stating in a 2019 interview that she "would feel pressure to be funny the whole time" and that she did not feel confident enough to deal with the negative comments that come with social media use.