Fictional character from the 2018 novel Codename Villanelle
Fictional character
Eve Polastri
Killing Eve character
Sandra Oh as Eve Polastri
First appearance
Novel series:
Codename Villanelle (2014)
Television series:
"Nice Face" (2018)
Last appearance
Novel series:
Killing Eve: Die for Me (2020)
Television series:
"Hello, Losers" (2022)
Created by
Luke Jennings
Adapted by
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Portrayed by
Sandra Oh
In-universe information
Gender
Female
Occupation
Intelligence officer, agent
Affiliation
British intelligence (MI5, later MI6)[1]
Spouse
Niko Polastri (estranged)
Significant other
Villanelle
Nationality
British (novels) American (television series)
Eve Polastri is a fictional agent working for British intelligence, and the titular character of the novel and television series Killing Eve.
British author Luke Jennings originally created Polastri's character in an e-book novella series whose segments were published from 2014 through 2016, the series being compiled into the 2018 novel Codename Villanelle, which was followed by a 2019 sequel, Killing Eve: No Tomorrow.
In the novel's BBC America television series adaptation Killing Eve (2018—2022), the character is portrayed by actress Sandra Oh.
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EvePolastri is a fictional agent working for British intelligence, and the titular character of the novel and television series Killing Eve. British author...
by Sid Gentle Films for BBC America and BBC Three. The series follows EvePolastri (Sandra Oh), a British intelligence investigator tasked with capturing...
is based on the Villanelle novel series by Luke Jennings, and follows EvePolastri (Sandra Oh), a British intelligence investigator tasked with capturing...
Villanelle against "dowdy but dogged MI5 agent" EvePolastri, the two women "battling it out at a distance" as Polastri seeks clues at a series of killing sites...
drama series Grey's Anatomy (2005–2014), and EvePolastri in the BBC America spy thriller series Killing Eve (2018–2022). She has received two Golden Globe...
the complex relationship of EvePolastri and Villanelle through dialogue and a brief interaction. It follows both EvePolastri (Sandra Oh) and Villanelle...
thriller series Killing Eve as Villanelle, a sociopathic Russian assassin who develops a mutual obsession with EvePolastri (played by Sandra Oh), the...
Haleton (Darren Boyd), Villanelle (Jodie Comer) confronts EvePolastri (Sandra Oh) at her house. Eve has taken info from Frank, and Villanelle learns Nadia...
including “Homecoming” by Luke Jennings. EvePolastri Villanelle (character) Hodges, Michael (20 August 2018). "Killing Eve author: 'I want people to be appalled...
in either drama or comedy series receiving nominations and awards. While Eve Arden was the first winner in the female acting category, Loretta Young was...
the 2019 British Academy Television Craft Awards. The inclusion of Killing Eve attracted some controversy as BAFTA rules state that a programme must have...
of the British spy thriller television series Killing Eve, Sandra Oh's character, EvePolastri, is living and working in a Korean restaurant located in...
In 2018, McDonnell first appeared as Niko Polastri, husband to Sandra Oh's title character in Killing Eve. Upon meeting him at the first script read-throughs...
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