Hannah Waddingham

Hannah Waddingham

Known for
Acting
Born
July 28, 1974 (age 52)
Birthplace
Wandsworth, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Hannah Waddingham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

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Mr. Sunny Sky

Mr. Sunny Sky

Movie

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The Teller

The Teller

Movie

2027
High in the Clouds poster

High in the Clouds

Movie · as Gretsch (voice)

2027
Jason Statham Stole My Bike poster

Jason Statham Stole My Bike

Movie

2026
Variety’s Power of Women London poster

Variety’s Power of Women London

Movie · as Self

2026
Ride or Die poster

Ride or Die

TV · as Judith Burton

2026
Saturday Night Live UK poster

Saturday Night Live UK

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

2025
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning poster

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

Movie · as Admiral Neely

2025
Smurfs poster

Smurfs

Movie · as Jezebeth (voice)

2025
Lilo & Stitch poster

Lilo & Stitch

Movie · as Grand Councilwoman (voice)

2025
The Woman in Cabin 10 poster

The Woman in Cabin 10

Movie · as Heidi Heatherley

2024
The Garfield Movie poster

The Garfield Movie

Movie · as Jinx (voice)

2024
The Fall Guy poster

The Fall Guy

Movie · as Gail Meyer

2024
Tiddler poster

Tiddler

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2023
Willow: Behind the Magic poster

Willow: Behind the Magic

Movie · as Self - 'Hubert'

2023
Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas poster

Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas

Movie · as Self

2023
Krapopolis poster

Krapopolis

TV · as Deliria (voice) · 58 eps

2023
Tom Jones poster

Tom Jones

TV · as Lady Bellaston · 4 eps

2022
Hocus Pocus 2 poster

Hocus Pocus 2

Movie · as The Witch Mother

2022
Michael Bublé's Christmas in the City poster

Michael Bublé's Christmas in the City

Movie · as Self

2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps

2022
Sherri poster

Sherri

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2022
Willow poster

Willow

TV · as Hubert · 1 ep

2021
An Audience with Adele poster

An Audience with Adele

Movie · as Self

2021
Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep

2020
West End Unplugged Vol.2 poster

West End Unplugged Vol.2

Movie

2020
Ted Lasso poster

Ted Lasso

TV · as Rebecca Welton · 44 eps

2019
The Hustle poster

The Hustle

Movie · as Shiraz

2019
Great in Britain: The Movie poster

Great in Britain: The Movie

Movie · as The PA

2019
The Ranganation poster

The Ranganation

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2019
Sex Education poster

Sex Education

TV · as Sofia Marchetti · 14 eps

2019
RuPaul's Drag Race UK poster

RuPaul's Drag Race UK

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2018
Winter Ridge poster

Winter Ridge

Movie · as Joanne Hill

2018
Krypton poster

Krypton

TV · as Jax-Ur · 13 eps

2016
The Entire Universe poster

The Entire Universe

Movie · as Time and Space

2016
The Gatehouse poster

The Gatehouse

Movie · as The Agent

2015
12 Monkeys poster

12 Monkeys

TV · as Magdalena · 4 eps

2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2015
Partners in Crime poster

Partners in Crime

TV · as Blonde Assassin · 3 eps

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2013
The Last Leg poster

The Last Leg

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Les Misérables poster

Les Misérables

Movie · as Factory Woman 2

2012
Bad Education poster

Bad Education

TV · as Loretta · 1 ep

2012
The Voice UK poster

The Voice UK

TV · as Herself - Guest Mentor · 1 ep

2011
Into the Woods poster

Into the Woods

Movie · as Witch

2011
Game of Thrones poster

Game of Thrones

TV · as Septa Unella · 8 eps

2010
A League of Their Own poster

A League of Their Own

TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep

2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People poster

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

Movie · as Elizabeth Maddox

2007
Benidorm poster

Benidorm

TV · as Tonya · 7 eps

2007
M.I. High poster

M.I. High

TV · as Allanah Sucrose · 1 ep

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
The Only Boy for Me

The Only Boy for Me

Movie · as Melissa

2006
Not Going Out poster

Not Going Out

TV · as Jane · 1 ep

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV · as Lola Brewster · 1 ep

2003
QI poster

QI

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2002
Footballers' Wives poster

Footballers' Wives

TV · as Jools · 1 ep

2000
Coupling poster

Coupling

TV · as Jenny Turbot · 1 ep

2000
My Hero poster

My Hero

TV · as Miranda, Lula · 1 ep

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Mimi Dagmar · 1 ep

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
Olivier Awards poster

Olivier Awards

TV · as Self - Host · 4 eps

1956
Eurovision Song Contest poster

Eurovision Song Contest

TV · as Self - Host · 3 eps