Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge (born 14 July 1985) is an English actress, writer and director.[1] She attended private sixth form college DLD in Marylebone, London,[2] before making her stage debut in 2009. She is the co-artistic director of DryWrite theatre company.[3] Besides acting, she has also scripted plays, including Good. Clean. Fun.[4] and Fleabag.[5]
Personal life
Waller-Bridge grew up in Ealing in west London,[6] and is an alumna of RADA.[7] She lives in Kensal Rise, London, with her husband Conor Woodman.[8]
Acting credits
- 2009 - Roaring Trade, Soho Theatre
- 2009 - 2nd May 1997, Bush Theatre
- 2009 - Rope, Almeida Theatre
- 2010 - Like A Fishbone, Bush Theatre
- 2010 - Tribes, Royal Court
- 2011 - Hay Fever, Noël Coward Theatre[9]
- 2012 - Mydidae, Trafalgar Studios[10]
- 2013 - Fleabag, Soho Theatre[11]
- 2014 - The One, Soho Theatre[12]
- 2015 - Fleabag, The Salisbury Playhouse[13]
Also: Twelfth Night (Sprite Productions); Crazy Love (Paines Plough); Is Everyone OK? (Latitude Festival).
Writing credits
- 2013 - Fleabag, play[14]
- 2014 - Drifters (TV series) (additional material and writer)
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Doctors | Katie Burbridge | 1 episode |
| 2009 | The Reward | Charlotte | Short |
| 2010 | How Not to Live Your Life | Felicity | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Beautiful Enough | (Composer) | Short - voice only |
| 2011 | The Night Watch | Lauren | TV movie |
| 2011 | Albert Nobbs | Viscountess Yarrell | |
| 2011 | Meconium | Lorna | Short |
| 2011 | The Iron Lady | Susie | |
| 2011-13 | The Cafe | Chloe Astill | TV series (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) |
| 2014 | Blandings | Felicity | 1 episode (series 2 Episode 7: Custody of the Pumpkin) |
| 2014 | Glue | Bee Warwick | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Broadchurch | Abby | |
| 2015 | Man Up | Katie | |
| 2015 | Flack | Eve | TV movie |
| 2016 | Crashing | Lulu | TV series (6 episodes) |
Awards
Waller-Bridge won the Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright in 2013 and was nominated for both Olivier Awards and Evening Standard in the same year.
She won two WhatsOnStage Awards and a The Stage awards in 2013.
References
- ↑ Profile
- ↑ "A Level Drama and Theatre Studies - After DLD". DLD College London. Retrieved 19 Jan 2016.
- ↑ Dietrich, Paul (20 February 2014). "Fleabag’s Vicky Jones and Phoebe Waller-Bridge: The One explores cruelty in love". Metro. Retrieved 19 Jan 2016.
- ↑ "Good. Clean. Fun.". Soho Theatre. Retrieved 19 Jan 2016.
- ↑ "Fleabag". Soho Theatre. Retrieved 19 Jan 2016.
- ↑ Tate, Gabriel (7 January 2016). "Crashing, Channel 4 interview: writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge on her new sitcom about property guardians living in a London hospital". The London Evening Standard. Retrieved 19 Jan 2016.
- ↑ Barnett, Laura (16 February 2014). "Phoebe Waller-Bridge: sex, laughs and a packet of Wotsits". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 Jan 2016.
- ↑ Tate, Gabriel (7 January 2016). "Crashing, Channel 4 interview: writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge on her new sitcom about property guardians living in a London hospital". The London Evening Standard. Retrieved 19 Jan 2016.
- ↑ Lee, Veronica (9 August 2013). "Horn star: Phoebe Waller-Bridge on her one-woman show Fleabag". The London Evening Standard. Retrieved 23 Sep 2013.
- ↑ Bowie-Sell, Daisy (8 Mar 2013). "Mydidae, Trafalgar Studios, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 Sep 2013.
- ↑ "Fleabag". Soho Theatre. Retrieved 23 Sep 2013.
- ↑ "The One". Soho Theatre.
- ↑ "Fleabag". The Salisbury Playhouse. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ↑ Fleabag (script). Nick Hern Books Limited. 2013. ISBN 978-1-84842-364-0.