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05/10/2018 – Waller-Bridge – Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm’s “Solo: A Star Wars Story” World Premiere – Arrivals – El Capitan Theatre – Hollywood, CA, USA – Photo Credit: David Gabber / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge
Place of Birth: Hammersmith, London, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 14 July, 1985
Ethnicity: English, as well as some Scottish and Irish, distant Welsh
Phoebe Waller-Bridge is an English actress, playwright, writer, producer, and radio performer. She created, wrote, and starred on the shows Crashing and Fleabag ; and was a showrunner of Killing Eve , which she also wrote for. She has also appeared on the series The Café , Glue , Broadchuch , Run , His Dark Materials , and Octopus! ; and in the films Albert Nobbs , The Iron Lady , Man Up , Goodbye Christopher Robin , Solo: A Star Wars Story , Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny , IF , Rule Breakers , and A Big Bold Beautiful Journey . She co-wrote the film No Time to Die , and episodes of the show Drifters . She also directed the music video for “Savior Complex,” and appeared in the music videos for “Treat People With Kindness” and “Perfect Stranger.”
The Waller-Bridge family were landed gentry of Cuckfield, Sussex. Phoebe is the daughter of Teresa/Theresa Mary, who works for the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers, and Michael Cyprian Waller-Bridge, who founded the electronic trading platform Tradepoint. Her brother, Jasper Waller-Bridge, is a music manager, and her sister, Isobel Waller-Bridge, is a composer.
Phoebe’s paternal grandfather was Cyprian Chandos Richard Waller Waller-Bridge (the son of The Rev. Horace FitzHenry Waller-Bridge and Elsie Noëline Waller Ward-Boughton-Leigh). Cyprian was born in East Grinstead, Sussex, England, and was an actor. The Rev. Horace was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, as Horace FitzHenry Bridge, and took on the name Waller-Bridge, his wife’s maternal grandmother’s surname. He was Rector of Worth, Sussex, and was the son of Henry Darley Bridge and Henrietta Anna Margaretta Townshend Baldwin, who herself was born at Castle Townshend, County Cork, Ireland. Phoebe’s great-grandmother Elsie was the daughter of The Rev. Theodosius Cotterell Henry Ward-Boughton-Leigh and Florence Catherine Maunsell.
Phoebe’s paternal grandmother was Mary Auriol Jill Harvie (the daughter of Walter Bruce Harvie and Auriol Dora Harrington Grayson). Phoebe’s grandmother Auriol was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England. Walter was the son of J. W. Harvie. Phoebe’s great-grandmother Auriol was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Sir Henry Mulleneux Grayson, 1st Baronet, a shipbuilder and politician, who was a Member of Parliament for Birkenhead, from 1918 to 1922; and of Dora Beatrice Harrington.
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. Phoebe’s great-grandmother Albinia was the daughter of Major Edward Henry Evans-Lombe and Albinia Harriet Leslie-Melville.
Phoebe’s maternal grandmother was Mary Beviss-Bond (the daughter of Lt.-Col. Ivor Reginald Beviss-Bond and Mary Isobel Wilson). Phoebe’s grandmother Mary likely was born in Cape Town, South Africa. Ivor was born in Westminster, London, England, and lived at Prosperity, Natal, South Africa. He was the son of Thomas Bond, a surgeon and offender profiler, and of Rosa Sophia Hayes. Phoebe’s great-grandmother Mary was born in Westminster, London, the daughter of Alexander Wilson, who was born in Manchester, Lancashire, England, and of Mary Louise Rhynold-Barker, who was born in Bombay, India.
Sources: Genealogies of Phoebe Waller-Bridge – http://www.thepeerage.com https://famouskin.com
Genealogies of Phoebe’s paternal great-grandparents, Walter Bruce Harvie and Auriol Dora Harrington Grayson – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Phoebe Waller-Bridge (focusing on her mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com