Eve Polastri | |
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Killing Eve character | |
![]() Sandra Oh as Eve Polastri | |
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Created by | Luke Jennings |
Adapted by | Phoebe Waller-Bridge |
Portrayed by | Sandra Oh |
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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.