Age: 40
female
Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge (born 14 July 1985) is an English actress, screenwriter and producer. As the creator, head writer, and lead star of the comedy series Fleabag (2016–2019), she won various accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globes and a British Academy Television Award. She received further Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for writing and producing the spy thriller series Killing Eve (2018–2022). Waller-Bridge has also created, written, and starred in the comedy series Crashing (2016). She has also acted in the comedy series The Café (2011–2013), in the second season of Broadchurch (2015), and in the films Albert Nobbs (2011), The Iron Lady (2011), Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017), and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). She contributed to the screenplay of the James Bond film No Time to Die (2021). She starred in the adventure film Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Phoebe Waller-Bridge, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The story begins in the late 1930s, as Hedda (in her mid-50s) reinvents herself after a middling acting career. We follow her meteoric rise in the cutthroat world of tabloid journalism, where her razor-sharp wit, unapologetic ambition, and flair for drama catapult her to fame—and infamy. As Hedda becomes a gatekeeper of Hollywood morality, she navigates a world of stars and moguls, forming alliances and rivalries with figures like her arch-nemesis, Louella Parsons. Interwoven with her professional ascent are glimpses into her private life: her struggles as a single mother, her complex relationship with her son William Hopper, and the sacrifices she made to maintain her empire. The miniseries also examines her controversial role in the McCarthy era, where her staunch patriotism blurred into zealotry, as she turned her pen against suspected communists, shaping careers—and destroying them.
