Creator / Phoebe Waller-Bridge

"I don't think you can be a good actor and want to please, because so much about performing and acting is surprising people."

Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge (born 14 July 1985 in London, England) is an English actress and writer best known as the creator, head writer and star of the BBC sitcom Fleabag, as well as the original showrunner for the BBC thriller series Killing Eve, which she adapted from Luke Jennings' Codename Villanelle series.

She also created, wrote and starred in the Channel 4 series Crashing; further work from her in TV includes a regular role in the sitcom The Cafe and a supporting turn in the second series of Broadchurch.^note Her association with Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall led to rumors that he might cast Waller-Bridge as the first female Doctor in Doctor Who. She denied the rumors, but expressed interest in playing a "snake alien" in the show.

Waller-Bridge's film career initially consisted mainly of historical dramas such as Albert Nobbs, The Iron Lady and Goodbye Christopher Robin, but transitioned into franchise films following her casting as the voice of the droid L3-37 in Solo: A Star Wars Story. She went on to contribute to the screenplay of No Time to Die and co-star in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

Not to be confused with the musician Phoebe Bridgers (for whom Waller-Bridge directed the music video for "Savior Complex").

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Selected filmography:

As actress:

• How Not to Live Your Life (2010)^note (episode "Don's Posh Weekend") as Felicity
• Albert Nobbs (2011) as Viscountess Yarrell
• The Iron Lady (2011) as Susie
• Bad Education (2013) as India
• Glue (2014) as Bee Warwick
• Broadchurch (2015) as Abby
• Crashing (2016) as Lulu ^note (also creator & writer)
• Fleabag (2016-2019) as Fleabag ^note (also creator, executive producer, and writer)
• Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017) as Mary Brown
• Solo (2018) as L3-37 (voice and motion capture)
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) as Helena Shaw
• IF (2024) (voice)

As writer:

• Killing Eve (2018 — 2022) ^note (also creator)
• No Time to Die (2021, co-written with Neal Purvis and Robert Wade)

Tropes & Trivia:

• She Also Did: She helped to do some rewrites on the script for the 25th James Bond film, No Time to Die. This made Waller-Bridge the first female screenwriter credited with writing a Bond film since Johanna Harwood was credited for the story of From Russia with Love all the way back in 1963.^note Harwood also contributed to the script for Goldfinger, albeit uncredited. Dana Stevens contributed to the script of The World Is Not Enough (directed by her then-husband Michael Apted), but was never formally credited for her work. Her major writing contribution is apparently the character of Paloma, played by Ana de Armas.

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