Isobel Waller-Bridge


Isobel Noeline Waller-Bridge is a British composer, known for her scores for film, television and the theatre, alongside her work in jazz, electronic music and contemporary classical music.

Life and career

Waller-Bridge studied for a bachelor's degree in music at Edinburgh University and a master's degree at King's College London. She was then awarded a scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music, where she achieved a diploma.
Waller-Bridge is known for being the composer of BBC comedy-drama series Fleabag, written by and starring her sister, Phoebe Waller-Bridge. She also wrote the score for the feature film Vita and Virginia.
She has performed in concert venues in London, such as at the St James Theatre and Union Chapel. In 2016, her music appeared on albums with the Icelandic composers Ólafur Arnalds and Jóhann Jóhannsson.

Personal life

Waller-Bridge is the daughter of Theresa Mary Waller-Bridge and Michael Cyprian Waller-Bridge. Her father founded the electronic trading platform Tradepoint, while her mother works for the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers. Her parents are divorced.
The Waller-Bridge family were landed gentry of Cuckfield, Sussex. On her father's side, she is also a descendant of The Rev. Sir Egerton Leigh, 2nd Baronet, Conservative MP for Mid Cheshire from 1873 to his death in 1876. Her maternal grandfather was Sir John Edward Longueville Clerke, 12th baronet, of Hitcham, Buckinghamshire.
Waller-Bridge has two younger siblings: Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Jasper Waller-Bridge.

Works

;Television
;Film