Hannah Waddingham
Known For
Acting
Born
1974-07-28 in 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.
Most Known For
Game of Thrones
as Septa Unella
Midsomer Murders
as Mimi Dagmar
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
as Admiral Neely
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Lola Brewster
The One Show
as Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
Ted Lasso
as Rebecca Welton
Sex Education
as Sofia Marchetti
QI
as Self
Sherri
as Self - Guest
12 Monkeys
as Magdalena
Lilo & Stitch
as Grand Councilwoman (voice)
Eurovision Song Contest
as Self - Host