Hannah Waddingham

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1974-07-28 (50 years old)

Place of Birth Wandsworth, London, England, UK

Also Known As Χάννα Ουαντινγκαμ, Ганна Ваддінгем, 漢娜·沃丁厄姆, هانا وادینگهام

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Hannah Waddingham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

2025
Smurfs

as (voice)

2024
Tiddler

as Narrator (voice)

2024
The Garfield Movie

as Jinx (voice)

2024
The Fall Guy

as Gail Meyer

2023
Willow: Behind the Magic

as Self - 'Hubert'

2023
Krapopolis

as Deliria (voice)

2023
Tom Jones

as Lady Bellaston

2022
Hocus Pocus 2

as The Witch Mother

2022
Willow

as Hubert

2022
Sherri

as Self - Guest

2021
Never Mind the Buzzcocks

as Self - Panellist

2020
Ted Lasso

as Rebecca Welton

2019
The Hustle

as Shiraz

2019
RuPaul's Drag Race UK

as Self - Guest Judge

2019
2019
Sex Education

as Sofia Marchetti

2018
Winter Ridge

as Joanne Hill

2018
Krypton

as Jax-Ur

2016
The Entire Universe

as Time and Space

2016
The Gatehouse

as The Agent

2015
Partners in Crime

as Blonde Assassin

2015
12 Monkeys

as Magdalena

2013
The Last Leg

as Self

2012
Les Misérables

as Factory Woman 2

2012
Bad Education

as Loretta

2012
The Voice UK

as Herself - Guest Mentor

2011
2011
Game of Thrones

as Septa Unella

2010
A League of Their Own

as Themselves - Guest

2007
Benidorm

as Tonya

2006
2006
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple

as Lola Brewster

2003
QI

as Self

2002
2000
Coupling

as Jenny Turbot

2000
My Hero

as Lula

2000
My Hero

as Miranda

1997
Midsomer Murders

as Mimi Dagmar

1956

Producer