![]() ![]() She was educated at St Augustine's Priory, a Catholic independent school for girls, followed by the independent sixth form college DLD College London in Marylebone, London. Waller-Bridge grew up in Ealing, London, and has a younger brother named Jasper, a music manager, and an older sister named Isobel Waller-Bridge, a composer who wrote the music for Fleabag. Her maternal grandfather was Sir John Edward Longueville Clerke, 12th baronet, of Hitcham, Buckinghamshire. Sir Egerton Leigh, 2nd Baronet, Conservative MP for Mid Cheshire from 1873 to his death in 1876. On her father's side, she is also a descendant of The Rev. The Waller-Bridge family were landed gentry of Cuckfield, Sussex. Her father founded the electronic trading platform Tradepoint, while her mother works for the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers. Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge was born to Theresa Mary (née Clerke) and Michael Cyprian Waller-Bridge. She co-wrote the screenplay for the 25th James Bond film, titled No Time to Die (2020). She also appeared in films, including Albert Nobbs (2011), The Iron Lady (2011), and Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017), and played the droid 元-37 in the Star Wars anthology prequel Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). Waller-Bridge starred in the comedy series The Café (2011-2013) and the crime drama series Broadchurch (2015). Both Fleabag and Killing Eve have been named among the greatest television series of the 21st century by The Guardian. For Fleabag, she received the British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance, as well as three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, and Outstanding Comedy Series. She was also the show-runner and executive producer for the first series of the BBC America thriller series Killing Eve (2018). She created, wrote, and starred in the Channel 4 sitcom Crashing (2016) and the BBC comedy-drama series Fleabag (2016-2019). Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge is an English actress, producer, and writer. She received a second nomination for Best Actress, for playing Jacqueline Kennedy in Jackie (2016). She received an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Black Swan (2010). ![]() She reprised her role as Padme Amidala in the last two episodes of the Star Wars prequel trilogy: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005). She then she starred in two critically acclaimed comedy dramas, Anywhere But Here (1999) and Where the Heart Is (2000), followed by Closer (2004), for which she received an Oscar nomination. It was not until 1999 that Natalie received worldwide fame as Queen Amidala in the highly anticipated US$431 million-grossing prequel Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). Following this role Natalie won roles in such films as Heat (1995), Beautiful Girls (1996), and Mars Attacks! (1996). She was featured in many live performances, but she made her powerful film debut in the movie Léon: The Professional (1994) (aka "Léon"). She was pushed towards a career in modeling but she decided that she would rather pursue a career in acting. She was discovered by an agent in a pizza parlor at the age of 11. She graduated with honors, and her academic achievements allowed her to attend Harvard University. After a few more moves, her family finally settled in New York, where she still lives to this day. Natalie's family left Israel for Washington, D.C., when she was still very young. Her parents are both of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. She is the only child of Avner Hershlag, an Israeli-born doctor, and Shelley Stevens, an American-born artist (from Cincinnati, Ohio), who also acts as Natalie's agent. Natalie was born Natalie Hershlag on June 9, 1981, in Jerusalem, Israel. Natalie Portman is the first person born in the 1980s to have won the Academy Award for Best Actress (for Black Swan (2010)).
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