Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 28, 1974
Place of Birth:
Wandsworth, London, England, UK
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Hannah Waddingham
Biography
Hannah Waddingham (born 28 July 1974) is an English actress, singer and television presenter. She is known for playing businesswoman Rebecca Welton in Ted Lasso (2020–2023), for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2021 and the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in both 2021 and 2022.
She has also appeared in several West End shows, including Spamalot, the 2010 Regent's Park revival of Into the Woods and The Wizard of Oz as the Wicked Witch of the West. She has received three Olivier Award nominations for her work.
Waddingham's film work includes the film adaptation of Les Misérables (2012), the psychological thriller Winter Ridge (2018) and the action comedy The Fall Guy (2024). Other notable television roles include playing Tonya Dyke in Benidorm (2014), Septa Unella in the fifth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones(2015–2016), Jax-Ur in Krypton (2018–2019) and Sofia Marchetti in Sex Education (2019–2023). In 2023, she co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest. Beginning in 2023, Waddingham began to expand into voice acting, portraying the snarky goddess Deliria in the animated series Krapopolis (2023-present) and earning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance nomination and Jinx in The Garfield Movie.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning | Admiral Neely |
| 2025 | Smurfs | (voice) |
| 2025 | Lilo & Stitch | Grand Councilwoman (voice) |
| 2024 | The Garfield Movie | Jinx (voice) |
| 2024 | The Fall Guy | Gail Meyer |
| 2024 | Tiddler | Narrator (voice) |
| 2023 | Willow: Behind the Magic | Self - 'Hubert' |
| 2023 | Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas | Self |
| 2022 | Hocus Pocus 2 | The Witch Mother |
| 2022 | Michael Bublé's Christmas in the City | Self |
| 2021 | An Audience with Adele | Self |
| 2020 | West End Unplugged Vol.2 | |
| 2019 | The Hustle | Shiraz |
| 2018 | Winter Ridge | Joanne Hill |
| 2016 | The Entire Universe | Time and Space |
| 2016 | The Gatehouse | The Agent |
| 2012 | Les Misérables | Factory Woman 2 |
| 2011 | Into the Woods | Witch |
| 2008 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | Elizabeth Maddox |
| 2006 | The Only Boy for Me | Melissa |
| The Woman in Cabin 10 | ||
| Mr. Sunny Sky | ||
| High in the Clouds | Gretsch (voice) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Krapopolis | Deliria (voice) |
| 2023 | Tom Jones | Lady Bellaston |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self |
| 2022 | Sherri | Self - Guest |
| 2022 | Willow | Hubert |
| 2021 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Self - Panellist |
| 2020 | Ted Lasso | Rebecca Welton |
| 2019 | The Ranganation | Self |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self |
| 2019 | Sex Education | Sofia Marchetti |
| 2019 | RuPaul's Drag Race UK | Self - Guest Judge |
| 2018 | Krypton | Jax-Ur |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | |
| 2015 | 12 Monkeys | Magdalena |
| 2015 | Partners in Crime | Blonde Assassin |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self |
| 2013 | The Last Leg | Self |
| 2012 | Bad Education | Loretta |
| 2012 | The Voice UK | Herself - Guest Mentor |
| 2011 | Game of Thrones | Septa Unella |
| 2010 | A League of Their Own | Themselves - Guest |
| 2007 | Benidorm | Tonya |
| 2006 | Not Going Out | Jane |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Lola Brewster |
| 2003 | QI | Self |
| 2002 | Footballers' Wives | Jools |
| 2000 | Coupling | Jenny Turbot |
| 2000 | My Hero | Miranda |
| 2000 | My Hero | Lula |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Mimi Dagmar |
| 1956 | Eurovision Song Contest | Self - Host |
| Ride or Die | Judith |