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Hannah Waddingham

Hannah Waddingham

Acting1974Wandsworth, London, England, UK

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

Acting History

Future
High in the Clouds
as Gretsch (voice)
Ride or Die
TVas Judith
Ride or Die
TVExecutive Producer
2025
Smurfs
as Jezebeth (voice)
The Woman in Cabin 10
as Heidi Heatherley
Lilo & Stitch
as Grand Councilwoman (voice)
The One Show
TVas Self1 eps
2024
The Fall Guy
as Gail Meyer
The Garfield Movie
as Jinx (voice)
Tiddler
as Narrator (voice)
2023
Willow: Behind the Magic
as Self - 'Hubert'
Sherri
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
Krapopolis
TVas Deliria (voice)57 eps
Tom Jones
TVas Lady Bellaston
Eurovision Song Contest
TVas Self - Host3 eps
2022
Hocus Pocus 2
as The Witch Mother
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TVas Self3 eps
A League of Their Own
TVas Themselves - Guest1 eps
Willow
TVas Hubert1 eps
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
TVas Self - Guest Judge1 eps
The Last Leg
TVas Self1 eps
QI
TVas Self1 eps
2021
Midsomer Murders
TVas Mimi Dagmar1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TVas Self3 eps
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TVas Self - Panellist
2020
Ted Lasso
TVas Rebecca Welton34 eps
2019
The Hustle
as Shiraz
Sex Education
TVas Sofia Marchetti14 eps
2018
Winter Ridge
as Joanne Hill
Krypton
TVas Jax-Ur13 eps
2017
12 Monkeys
TVas Magdalena4 eps
2016
The Gatehouse
as The Agent
The Entire Universe
as Time and Space
2015
Partners in Crime
TVas Blonde Assassin
Game of Thrones
TVas Septa Unella8 eps
2012
Les Misérables
as Factory Woman 2
Bad Education
TVas Loretta
The Voice UK
TVas Herself - Guest Mentor
2011
Agatha Christie's Marple
TVas Lola Brewster1 eps
Not Going Out
TVas Jane1 eps
2007
M.I. High
TVas Allanah Sucrose
2006
My Hero
TVas Lula1 eps
2005
Footballers' Wives
TVas Jools1 eps
2003
2002
Coupling
TVas Jenny Turbot1 eps

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
7/28/1974(51 years old)
Place of Birth
Wandsworth, London, England, UK
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