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Casey Cooper-Fiske

Phoebe Waller-Bridge dons dark sunglasses for Wild Horse Nine red carpet

Phoebe Waller-Bridge and director Martin McDonagh pose for photographers on the red carpet in Venice (Alessandra Tarantino/AP) - (AP)

British actress and writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge donned dark sunglasses with her partner Martin McDonagh as they attended the Venice Film Festival world premiere of his movie Wild Horse Nine.

The 41-year-old Fleabag star wore a flowing white top with a white scarf, and baggy black trousers, while director McDonagh, 56, wore an all black suit and similar trousers.

The couple have reportedly been in a relationship since 2017, with the two attending the premiere of his film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri at the BFI London Film Festival in October that year.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge with Martin McDonagh (Alessandra Tarantino/AP) (AP)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge with Martin McDonagh (Alessandra Tarantino/AP) (AP)

Wild Horse Nine follows CIA officers Chris and Lee, shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, as they are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, where they wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies.

Waller-Bridge wrote and starred in the BBC comedy Fleabag, which follows a free-spirited but confused woman living in London, from 2016 to 2019, and also wrote and produced spy thriller Killing Eve, which ran from 2018 to 2022.

Fleabag won her three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Bafta for best female performance in a comedy, while Waller-Bridge was also a co-writer on 2021 James Bond film No Time To Die.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge poses on the red carpet (Alessandra Tarantino/AP) (AP)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge poses on the red carpet (Alessandra Tarantino/AP) (AP)

McDonagh has previously directed films including The Banshees Of Inisherin (2022), Seven Psychopaths (2012) and In Bruges (2008).

Wild Horse Nine will be released in UK cinemas on November 6, with screenings at the London Film Festival planned for October 9, 10 and 11.

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