From gaining fans like Brad Pitt and Barack Obama to her big new role in Quiz, Sian Clifford reveals how Fleabag changed her life forever It is hard to talk about the phenomenon of Fleabag without employing language that sounds close to hyperbole.
Since its launch in 2016, it’s become the most talked-about TV show in recent memory. With Barack Obama, Taylor Swift and Brad Pitt among its fans, it has won Emmys, Golden Globes and a Bafta, and done more for the image of the clergy than any Vatican PR campaign.
For Sian Clifford, 37, who played Fleabag’s sister, Claire, in both series – high-powered, highly strung, and endlessly exasperated by her sibling – it was the turning point in a career that had not so much stalled as, until four