Phoebe Waller-Bridge
| Phoebe Waller-Bridge | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge 14 July 1985 London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Other names | Flea |
| Alma mater | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
| Occupation |
Actress Writer Director |
| Years active | 2009-present |
| Notable work | Fleabag |
| Spouse(s) | Conor Woodman |
Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge (born 14 July 1985)[1] is an English actress, writer, playwright, and director, active on stage and on television.[2]
Early life
Waller-Bridge was born in West London, the daughter of Michael Waller-Bridge and Teresa Waller-Bridge (née Clerke).[3] She grew up in Ealing in West London,[4][5] and has an older brother, Jasper Waller-Bridge, who is a music manager, and a younger sister, Isobel Waller-Bridge, who is a composer and did the music for Fleabag.[6][7] Her parents are divorced.[8]
She attended private sixth form college DLD College London in Marylebone, London.[9] Previously accepted at Trinity College, Dublin, where she planned on being an English major,[8] Waller-Bridge graduated from Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.[10]
Career
In 2009, Waller-Bridge made her acting debut in the play Roaring Trade at Soho Theatre.[11]
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.,[12] and Fleabag.[13]
In 2016, Waller-Bridge wrote and starred in two sitcoms, Channel 4's Crashing and BBC Three's 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.[14][15]
She is the co-artistic director, with Vicky Jones, of DryWrite Theatre Company.[16][17][18] The two met and became friends while working on a theatre productions.[19]
Personal life
Waller-Bridge lives in Kensal Rise, London, with her husband, presenter and documentary filmmaker Conor Woodman.[5]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Doctors | Katie Burbridge | 1 episode |
| 2009 | The Reward (short) | Charlotte | |
| 2010 | How Not to Live Your Life | Felicity | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Beautiful Enough (short) | Composer | Voice only |
| 2011 | The Night Watch (TV movie) | Lauren | |
| 2011 | Albert Nobbs | Viscountess Yarrell | |
| 2011 | Meconium (short) | Lorna | |
| 2011 | The Iron Lady | Susie | |
| 2011–13 | The Café (TV series) | Chloe Astill | 13 episodes |
| 2013 | Coming Up | Karen | 1 episode |
| 2013 | London Irish | Steph | 1 episode |
| 2013 | Bad Education | India | 1 episode: Series 2 Episode 5: "Drugs" |
| 2013 | The Revengers (TV series) | Emma | |
| 2014 | Glue | Bee Warwick | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Drifters | Writer | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Broadchurch 2 | Abby | |
| 2015 | Man Up | Katie | |
| 2015 | Flack (TV movie) | Eve | |
| 2016 | Crashing (TV series) | Lulu Writer | 6 episodes |
| 2016 | Fleabag (TV series)[20] | Fleabag Writer | 6 episodes |
Theatre
- 2009: Roaring Trade, Soho Theatre
- 2009: 2nd May 1997, The Bush Theatre
- 2009: Rope, Almeida Theatre
- 2010: Like A Fishbone, The Bush Theatre
- 2010: Tribes, Royal Court Theatre
- 2011: Hay Fever, Noël Coward Theatre[2][21]
- 2012: Mydidae, Soho Theatre/Trafalgar Studios[22]
- 2013: Fleabag, Soho Theatre[13]
- 2014: The One, Soho Theatre[23]
- 2015: Fleabag, The Salisbury Playhouse[24]
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- 2005: The School for Scandal
- 2005: Imperceptible Mutabilities of the Third Kingdom
- 2005: A Dance of the Forests
- 2006: The Life of Timon of Athens
- 2007: Is Everyone OK? Latitude Festival
- 2007: Crazy Love, Paines Plough
- 2008: Twelfth Night, Sprite Productions
Awards
- 2013: Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright
- 2013: Laurence Olivier Award nomination
- 2013: Evening Standard Awards nomination
- 2013: WhatsOnStage Awards, two awards
- 2013: The Stage award
- 2016: Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for Fleabag
Works and publications
- Waller-Bridge, Phoebe (2013). Fleabag. London: Nick Hern Books. ISBN 978-1-84-842364-0. OCLC 894546593.
References
- ↑ "Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge - England and Wales Birth Registration Index". FamilySearch. 1985. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- 1 2 Marshall, Charlotte (14 February 2012). "Introducing... Phoebe Waller-Bridge". Official London Theatre. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- ↑ "Engagements: Mr C.T.P. Woodman and Ms P.M. Waller-Bridge". The Daily Telegraph. 18 January 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- ↑ Bromwich, Kathryn (4 September 2016). "On my radar: Phoebe Waller-Bridge's cultural highlights". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- 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.
- ↑ "Person Page - 22754: William Francis Talbot Clerke (descendants)". The Peerage. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- ↑ Freer A.C.I.B., Alan G. "Conqueror13". The Descendants of William the Conqueror. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- 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.
- ↑ "Academic Prospectus v. 17" (PDF). DLD College London. 2015. p. 29. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- ↑ Barnett, Laura (19 January 2014). "Phoebe Waller-Bridge: sex, laughs and a packet of Wotsits". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- ↑ Billington, Michael (13 January 2009). "Roaring Trade". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ↑ "DryWrite presents Good. Clean. Fun.". Soho Theatre. September 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- 1 2 "DryWrite and Soho Theatre present Fleabag". Soho Theatre. May 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ↑ Barraclough, Leo (19 May 2016). "Amazon Acquires Comedy Series 'Fleabag' From 'Broadchurch's' Phoebe Waller-Bridge". Variety. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ↑ Schwartz, Ryan (7 August 2016). "Transparent Season 3, High Castle Season 2, Woody Allen Comedy and Others Get Amazon Premiere Dates". TVLine.com.
- ↑ "DryWrite". Soho Theatre. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- ↑ Sutton-Williams, Natasha (18 February 2014). "A Day In The Life Of: DryWrite Theatre Company". London Calling. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- ↑ Dietrich, Paul (20 February 2014). "Fleabag's Vicky Jones and Phoebe Waller-Bridge: The One explores cruelty in love". Metro. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Waller-Bridge, Phoebe (2013). Fleabag. London: Nick Hern Books. ISBN 978-1-84-842364-0. OCLC 894546593.
- ↑ Lee, Veronica (9 August 2013). "Horn star: Phoebe Waller-Bridge on her one-woman show Fleabag". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ↑ Bowie-Sell, Daisy (8 March 2013). "Mydidae, Trafalgar Studios, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ↑ "Soho Theatre present Fleabag". Soho Theatre. February 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ↑ "A DryWrite and Soho Theatre Production: Fleabag". Salisbury Playhouse. February 2015. Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2016.