Killing Eve
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- femme fatale
- In femme fatale
…British dark comedy television series Killing Eve (2018–22), is an assassin who stalks another woman. The female grifters in the true-life crime film Hustlers (2019), starring Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu, form a sisterly bond while working in a strip club and enacting a plan to fleece their wealthy Wall…
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contribution by
- Fennell
- In Emerald Fennell: Writing career
…for the award-winning drama series Killing Eve. That year Fennell was nominated for two Emmys for her work on the show, in the categories of outstanding writing in a drama series and outstanding drama series.
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- Waller-Bridge
- In Phoebe Waller-Bridge: Killing Eve and later projects
…write the BBC America series Killing Eve (2018−22), which she adapted from Codename Villanelle, a collection of novellas by British author Luke Jennings. Starring Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh, Killing Eve follows an assassin and a security operative who become obsessed with each other in a cat-and-mouse chase around the…
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role of
- Comer
- In Jodie Comer: Television
…as Russian assassin Villanelle in Killing Eve (2018–22). In the series, created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Villanelle is hunted by British intelligence agent Eve Polastri (played by Sandra Oh). Each woman becomes fascinated, and eventually obsessed, with the other. Comer’s performance was notable for her numerous accents and multilingual dialogue as…
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- Oh
- In Sandra Oh
…the BBC America spy series Killing Eve, created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Critics praised Oh’s portrayal of an intelligence agent who becomes obsessed with a female assassin (played by Jodie Comer). Oh won several awards for her role, including a Golden Globe in 2019 for best actress in a television drama…
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