Waller-Bridge has said that her role on “Fleabag” — a mixed-up young woman with booze, sex and family issues — is a bit of an alter-ego. As with the character, she lost a female friend to suicide.
https://nypost.com/2019/10/05/how-fleabag-star-phoebe-waller-bridge-and-her-boyfriend-got-so-hot/

