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Hannah Waddingham

Acting

Born July 28, 1974 · Wandsworth, London, England, UK

Also known as Χάννα Ουαντινγκαμ · Ганна Ваддінгем · 漢娜·沃丁厄姆

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.

Awards & recognition

  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series · 2021

Filmography43 titles

Michael Bublé's Christmas in the City

2022as Self

Into the Woods

2011as Witch

Game of Thrones

2011as Septa Unella

Ted Lasso

2020as Rebecca Welton

Sex Education

2019as Sofia Marchetti

QI

2003as Self

Coupling

2000as Jenny Turbot

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004as Lola Brewster

Benidorm

2007as Tonya

Midsomer Murders

1997as Mimi Dagmar

12 Monkeys

2015as Magdalena

Not Going Out

2006as Jane

Krapopolis

2023as Deliria (voice)

Les Misérables

2012as Factory Woman 2

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

2025as Admiral Neely

Lilo & Stitch

2025as Grand Councilwoman (voice)

Hocus Pocus 2

2022as The Witch Mother

RuPaul's Drag Race UK

2019as Self - Guest Judge

Krypton

2018as Jax-Ur

Partners in Crime

2015as Blonde Assassin

The Garfield Movie

2024as Jinx (voice)

The Fall Guy

2024as Gail Meyer

Bad Education

2012as Loretta

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019as Self

The Woman in Cabin 10

2025as Heidi Heatherley

The Hustle

2019as Shiraz

The Gatehouse

2016as The Agent

Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas

2023as Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015as Self

M.I. High

as Allanah Sucrose

Tom Jones

2023as Lady Bellaston

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

2008as Elizabeth Maddox

Smurfs

2025as Jezebeth (voice)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014as Self

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014as Self

Winter Ridge

2018as Joanne Hill

Saturday Night Live UK

2026as Self - Host

The One Show

as Self

Willow: Behind the Magic

2023as Self - 'Hubert'

The Entire Universe

2016as Time and Space

Sherri

2022as Self - Guest