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Killing Eve: Created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. With Jodie Comer, Sandra Oh, Fiona Shaw, Kim Bodnia. After a series of events, the lives of a security operative and an assassin become inextricably linked.
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- 2018-04-08
- Action, Adventure, Drama
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- Treading The Boards
- Bond, James Bond?
- A ‘Hot’ Priest in The Family Tree?
- A Life in Canada
- A Connection to The Real-Life Bridgertons?
- Scandal in Colonial America
By using genealogy records such as births, marriages, deaths, and more, we discovered that Phoebe’s maternal grandfather led a life worthy of the movies. An actor like his granddaughter, Cyprian Chando Richard Waller-Bridge was born in East Grinstead in 1918. He’s listed in the 1939 Registeras an actor with his father Horace, mother Elsie, and sist...
Lina’s story alone is one worthy of the history books, or perhaps its own thriller movie. According to one newspaper article, she was arrested by the Italians during the Second World War, suspected of being a spy for the British. She was interrogated and later released due to a lack of evidence. But it turns out she may have been more active as a s...
Phoebe’s great-grandfather was born Horace Fitzhenry Bridge. Census records differ as to whether he was born in Canada or England. He was a theological student in Lincoln in 1901, and reportedly was later a member of the Inner Magic Circle according to his obituary. He married Elsie Noeline Waller Boughton-Leigh in 1913, and from then on, the famil...
Horace’s father, Phoebe’s 2x great-grandfather, was Henry Darley Bridge. He was also a reverend who lived in Ontario, Canadafor some years with his family. No doubt young Horace lived over there as a boy. We discovered in our newspapers that Henry’s 12-year-old daughter Henrietta Townend Bridge tragically died in 1888, after ‘years of suffering’. S...
On Elsie’s family tree, we found her as a bridesmaid to her relative Leila in 1898. Her father Theodosius gave Leila away. The wedding was officiated by Reverend Bridgeman Boughton-Leigh, and we began to wonder if Phoebe Waller-Bridge is distantly related to the real-life Bridgertons. While we haven’t yet found a connection, the name Bridgeman is c...
Perhaps the most scandalous discovery we made is that of Phoebe’s 6x great-grandfather. Sir Egerton Leigh was the sometime Attorney General of South Carolina, a British loyalist, colonial jurist, and apparently an adulterer. He fled South Carolina in 1774 following an infidelity scandal. His wife was Martha Bremar, and their son Sir Egerton Leigh, ...
Jan 23, 2023 · Phoebe Waller-Bridge is an English actress and writer. [She is best known for creating, writing and starring in the comedy-drama series Crashing (2016) and Fleabag (2016–19), and for developing and writing the BBC America drama Killing Eve (2018–present), based on novels by Luke Jennings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebe_Waller-Bridge.
- London, England
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- July 14, 1985
- Alex Bickle
Apr 16, 2022 · At its best — as in its first season in 2018, by the maestro that is Phoebe Waller-Bridge — Killing Eve uncovered the complications and delights rooted in desire, the oblivion of supreme...
Nov 21, 2018 · Killing Eve - from Book to Screen. Luke Jennings is the author of the original Villanelle novellas which inspired the hit BBC series Killing Eve. We spoke to him to find out about seeing his work...
Sep 24, 2019 · Phoebe’s maternal grandfather was Sir John Edward Longueville Clerke, 12 Baronet, of Hitcham (the son of Lieutenant Francis William Talbot Clerke and Albinia Mary Evans-Lombe). Sir John was born in Kensington, London, England. Francis was killed in WWI. He was the son of Sir William Francis Clerke, 11th Baronet, and of Beatrice Menzies.
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Feb 17, 2021 · The Gavin and Stacey star you probably didn’t realise has children with a Mighty Boosh actor. According to a 2016 article in Vulture, Phoebe first conceived of Fleabag during a friend’s storytelling night, in which she was challenged to create a 10-minute sketch for a stand-up story.
