Phoebe Waller-Bridge is an English actress and writer of the stage, screen and television.
She has received numerous awards for her work on television and on the stage as an actor, writer, and producer. She has received seven Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning three times in 2019 for Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for the second season of her critically acclaimed comedy series Fleabag on Amazon Video. She was also nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series in 2018 and Outstanding Drama Series in 2019 for the BBC spy thriller series Killing Eve. She was also nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance on Saturday Night Live in 2020.
She also received four Golden Globe Award nominations winning two awards, as well as two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations winning for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series for Fleabag in 2019. For her work on stage she has earned three Laurence Olivier Award nominations. In 2019 she earned Britannia Award for Artist of the Year. She was included in Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2020.
Major associations Primetime Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2018Outstanding Writing for a Drama SeriesKilling Eve2019Outstanding Comedy SeriesFleabagOutstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy SeriesOutstanding Writing for a Comedy SeriesOutstanding Drama SeriesKilling Eve2020 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy SeriesSaturday Night Live 2025Outstanding NarratorOctopus!
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Television Awards2017Best Female Performance in a ComedyFleabagBest Scripted Comedy2020Best Female Performance in a ComedyFleabagBest Scripted ComedyBritish Academy Television Craft Awards2017Best Writer – Comedy Fleabag Breakthrough Talent AwardCrashing / Fleabag2019Best Writer – Drama Killing Eve2020Best Writer – Comedy Fleabag
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2018Best Television Series – DramaKilling Eve2019Best Television Series – Musical or ComedyFleabagBest Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy
Screen Actors Guild Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2019Outstanding Actress in a Comedy SeriesFleabagOutstanding Ensemble Cast in a Comedy Series
Laurence Olivier Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2014Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate TheatreFleabag2020Best New ComedyBest Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Other theatre awards Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2013Evening Standard Awards Most Promising PlaywrightFleabag2014Critics' Circle Theatre Awards Most Promising PlaywrightOffieBest Female PerformanceMost Promising New Playwright2019Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding Solo PerformanceDrama League AwardsDistinguished Performance
Critics' awards Year Category Nominated work Result Critics' Choice Television Awards2016Best Comedy SeriesFleabagBest Actress in a Comedy Series2019Best Actress in a Comedy SeriesBest Comedy SeriesTelevision Critics Association Awards2016Individual Achievement in ComedyFleabagOutstanding Achievement in Comedy2019Individual Achievement in ComedyProgram of the YearOutstanding Achievement in Comedy
Miscellaneous awards Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2019 Dorian Awards TV Comedy of the YearFleabag TV Performance of the Year—Actress Wilde Wit of the Year Herself Wilde Artist of the Decade 2017Gotham Independent Film AwardsBreakthrough Series – Long FormFleabag2018Breakthrough Series – Long FormKilling Eve2020Satellite AwardsBest Actress in a Musical or Comedy SeriesFleabagBest Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Special honours Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2017Royal Television Society AwardsBreakthrough StarFleabagWriter – Comedy2019Britannia AwardsBritish Artist of the YearHerself 2020Time 100Artists
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