LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who will be seen in 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny', started dating her ex-husband, Conor Woodman, after he saw her disrobe in a play, per Vogue. The 37-year-old 'Fleabag' actress got hitched to the documentary filmmaker and presenter from Ireland in 2014. The couple split up and divorced in 2017. She has been dating British-Irish playwright and filmmaker Martin McDonagh since.
The actress portrays Helena Shaw, Indiana Jones' goddaughter, in the fifth installment of the 'Indiana Jones' franchise. The actress had "machine-gun" language and was described by the directors as "slippery, charming, the girl next door, a grifter." She exudes friendliness and a girl-next-door aura even in real life too. In the interview, she did not say much about her relationship with Woodman. The filmmaker reportedly saw her strip as part of a play that was "all legs and labia."
Who is Conor Woodman?
Irish novelist and broadcaster, Woodman is known as the host of the television shows 'Scam City' and 'Around the World in 80 Trades'. He is a former financial analyst who later became an investigative journalist, author and filmmaker. His first book, 'Call to Kill', portraying SAS trooper Matt Mason, was released in May 2021. In June 2022, the second book, 'Survive to Fight', was published.
Woodman has also published three non-fiction books, 'The Adventure Capitalist', 'Unfair Trade', which was longlisted for an Orwell Prize, and 'The Scam Hunter'. His most recent work, 'The Meth Road' will be released in 2023. The filmmaker's first full-length documentary, 'True Appaloosa', which is available on Amazon Prime Video, was critically acclaimed when it debuted at the Sun Valley Film Festival in 2015 and was shown on BBC4 as 'The Secret Horse', as per his website.
How did Conor Woodman and Phoebe Waller-Bridge meet?
Waller-Bridge and Woodman had an odd encounter in 2012. He found her on Facebook and asked her out on a date after watching her strip as part of her performance in the play 'Mydidae'. Waller-Bridge, well-known to millions for her appearances in 'Broadchurch' and 'Fleabag', earlier stated of their meeting after the play, "He saw way more than you normally would before introducing yourself. It took the pressure off," per the Evening Standard.