Phoebe Waller-Bridge Signs with Amazon

Amazon Studios has secured an overall deal with Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the Emmy Award-winning creator and star of the Amazon Original series Fleabag.

Waller-Bridge commented: “I’m insanely excited to be continuing my relationship with Amazon. Working with the team on Fleabag was the creative partnership dreams are made of. It really feels like home. I can’t wait to get going!”

“We are thrilled to be continuing our partnership with Phoebe at Amazon Studios! As evident in her great success at the Emmy Awards this week, she is clever, brilliant, generous and a virtuoso on multiple fronts including writing, acting and producing,” said Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios. “Fleabag has been a gift to our Prime Video customers and we are excited for what comes next from this brilliant mind to dazzle and delight our global audience.”

Waller-Bridge is a multi-award-winning creative, working as an actor, writer, creator and showrunner. Before being adapted into the acclaimed television series, Fleabag first debuted as a one-woman show that Waller-Bridge wrote and performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2013. Fleabag has earned six Emmy Awards, including outstanding comedy series, outstanding directing for a comedy series, outstanding writing for a comedy series and outstanding lead actress in a comedy series for Waller-Bridge. She has also garnered acclaim as the writer and showrunner of the first season of the BBC America series Killing Eve.