Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge is a renowned English actress, producer, and writer, whose impressive career has spanned numerous critically acclaimed television shows and films. Born to Theresa Mary (née Clerke) and Michael Cyprian Waller-Bridge, Phoebe's family has a rich history, with her father being the founder of the electronic trading platform Tradepoint and her mother working for the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers.
As a landed gentry of Cuckfield, Sussex, Phoebe's family has a long-standing connection to the area, and on her father's side, she is a descendant of The Rev. Sir Egerton Leigh, 2nd Baronet, a Conservative MP for Mid Cheshire from 1873 to his death in 1876. Her maternal grandfather was Sir John Edward Longueville Clerke, 12th baronet, of Hitcham, Buckinghamshire.
Phoebe grew up in Ealing, London, with her younger brother Jasper, a music manager, and older sister Isobel Waller-Bridge, a composer who wrote the music for Fleabag. Her parents are divorced, and she was educated at St Augustine's Priory, a Catholic independent school for girls, followed by the independent sixth form college DLD College London in Marylebone, London. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Phoebe's impressive career includes creating, writing, and starring in the Channel 4 sitcom Crashing (2016) and the BBC comedy-drama series Fleabag (2016-2019),for which she received numerous awards, including the British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance, three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, and Outstanding Comedy Series.
