Phoebe Waller-Bridge
- 39 years old
- English
- Actor and writer
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Fleabag wins Broadcast Award
Fleabag has added to its award-win list by claiming the Best Comedy Programme title at the Broadcast Awards. The judges praised the show for being a "gamechanger that had resonated with the audience like no other comedy".
British Comedy Guide, 6th February 2020Roll over Fleabag, Mrs Brown got the priest first
Stewart Lee asks why do we view the experimentation of Mrs Brown's Boys as naive and the same techniques used by Phoebe Waller-Bridge in The Flea Bag (as he calls it) as genius?
Stewart Lee, The Observer, 2nd February 2020Phoebe Waller-Bridge's new show is coming to the UK
Phoebe Waller-Bridge's next comedy, Run, is coming to British TV - but only if you subscribe to Sky or Now TV. Run, which she wrote with her Fleabag collaborator Vicky Jones, has just been announced as part of the line-up for Sky Comedy, a new channel for US programming which launches on Monday.
Chortle, 21st January 2020Phoebe Waller-Bridge tears up accepting SAG award
Phoebe Waller-Bridge took home the Screen Actors Guild Award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series for her role in Fleabag on Sunday night.
Jodi Guglielmi, People Magazine, 19th January 2020How J-Lo inspired Fleabag
Accepting the Critics' Choice Award for best comedy series for Fleabag, Waller-Bridge said: "This is a bit of a random shout-out. But you have no idea how you can accidentally inspire people just by doing your work, and somebody inspired this show in a way that you'll never know, and that's J-Lo!"
Chortle, 13th January 2020Waller-Bridge auctions Golden Globes outfit for Oz fire
Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge has put her Golden Globes outfit up for auction on eBay to raise money for the Australian bushfire crisis.
BBC, 11th January 2020Phoebe Waller-Bridge interview
"Karaoke tells you a hell of a lot about your mates"
Adrian Lobb, The Big Issue, 7th January 2020The most memorable comedy gigs of the 2010s
Here Chortle editor Steve Bennett recalls the shows that had the biggest personal impact since 2010.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 31st December 2019Kneel! How the whole world bowed down to Fleabag...
There was no escaping Phoebe Waller-Bridge's comedy this year. It transformed our porn habits, sent gin-in-a-tin sales soaring ... and then the Catholic church weighed in.
Laura Snapes, The Guardian, 23rd December 2019The 50 best TV shows of 2019: No 2 - Fleabag
The return of Phoebe Waller-Bridge's charming nihilist brought us more horrified hilarity - plus the wonders of the Hot Priest.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 18th December 2019