Hannah Waddingham
Acting
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.
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Movies (27)
- Jason Statham Stole My Bike2027
High in the Clouds2027Gretsch (voice)
Variety’s Power of Women London2026Self
The Woman in Cabin 102025Heidi Heatherley
Smurfs2025Jezebeth (voice)
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning2025Admiral Neely
Lilo & Stitch2025Grand Councilwoman (voice)
Tiddler2024Narrator (voice)
The Garfield Movie2024Jinx (voice)
The Fall Guy2024Gail Meyer
Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas2023Self
Willow: Behind the Magic2023Self - 'Hubert'
Hocus Pocus 22022The Witch Mother
Michael Bublé's Christmas in the City2022Self
An Audience with Adele2021Self
West End Unplugged Vol.22020
Great in Britain: The Movie2019The PA
The Hustle2019Shiraz
Winter Ridge2018Joanne Hill
The Entire Universe2016Time and Space
The Gatehouse2016The Agent
Les Misérables2012Factory Woman 2
Into the Woods2011Witch
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People2008Elizabeth Maddox- The Only Boy for Me2006Melissa
- The Teller
- Mr. Sunny Sky
Shows (38)
Ride or Die2026Judith Burton
Saturday Night Live UK2026Self - Host
Krapopolis2023Deliria (voice)
Tom Jones2023Lady Bellaston
Willow2022Hubert
The Jennifer Hudson Show2022Self
Sherri2022Self - Guest
Never Mind the Buzzcocks2021Self - Panellist
Ted Lasso2020Rebecca Welton
RuPaul's Drag Race UK2019Self - Guest Judge
The Kelly Clarkson Show2019Self
The Ranganation2019Self
Sex Education2019Sofia Marchetti
Krypton2018Jax-Ur
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015Self - Guest
Partners in Crime2015Blonde Assassin
The Late Late Show with James Corden2015Self - Guest
12 Monkeys2015Magdalena
Late Night with Seth Meyers2014Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014Self
The Last Leg2013Self
Bad Education2012Loretta
The Voice UK2012Herself - Guest Mentor
Game of Thrones2011Septa Unella
A League of Their Own2010Themselves - Guest
Benidorm2007Tonya
M.I. High2007Allanah Sucrose
Not Going Out2006Jane
The One Show2006Self
Agatha Christie's Marple2004Lola Brewster