
Hannah Waddingham
Known for Acting · 62 credits
- Born
- 1974-07-28 (age 51)
- Place of birth
- Wandsworth, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Χάννα Ουαντινγκαμ · Ганна Ваддінгем · 漢娜·沃丁厄姆 · هانا وادینگهام
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (38)

Game of Thrones
2011
as Septa Unella

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self

Midsomer Murders
1997
as Mimi Dagmar

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self

The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self

The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self

The One Show
2006
as Self

Sherri
2022
as Self - Guest

QI
2003
as Self

Sex Education
2019
as Sofia Marchetti

Ted Lasso
2020
as Rebecca Welton

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Lola Brewster

Eurovision Song Contest
1956
as Self - Host

The Last Leg
2013
as Self

12 Monkeys
2015
as Magdalena

Benidorm
2007
as Tonya

Krapopolis
2023
as Deliria (voice)

A League of Their Own
2010
as Themselves - Guest

Not Going Out
2006
as Jane

Krypton
2018
as Jax-Ur

RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019
as Self - Guest Judge

Coupling
2000
as Jenny Turbot

M.I. High
2007
as Allanah Sucrose

The Voice UK
2012
as Herself - Guest Mentor

My Hero
2000
as Miranda / Lula

Footballers' Wives
2002
as Jools

Willow
2022
as Hubert

Bad Education
2012
as Loretta

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
2021
as Self - Panellist

Tom Jones
2023
as Lady Bellaston

Saturday Night Live UK
2026
as Self - Host

Partners in Crime
2015
as Blonde Assassin

The Ranganation
2019
as Self
Ride or Die
2026
as Judith Burton

Olivier Awards
1981
as Self - Host
Movies (24)

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025
as Admiral Neely

Lilo & Stitch
2025
as Grand Councilwoman (voice)

The Fall Guy
2024
as Gail Meyer

The Garfield Movie
2024
as Jinx (voice)

Smurfs
2025
as Jezebeth (voice)

Les Misérables
2012
as Factory Woman 2

Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas
2023
as Self

The Woman in Cabin 10
2025
as Heidi Heatherley

The Hustle
2019
as Shiraz

Hocus Pocus 2
2022
as The Witch Mother

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008
as Elizabeth Maddox

High in the Clouds
2027
as Gretsch (voice)

Willow: Behind the Magic
2023
as Self - 'Hubert'

The Entire Universe
2016
as Time and Space

Tiddler
2024
as Narrator (voice)

An Audience with Adele
2021
as Self

Into the Woods
2011
as Witch

Michael Bublé's Christmas in the City
2022
as Self
Mr. Sunny Sky

Winter Ridge
2018
as Joanne Hill

The Gatehouse
2016
as The Agent
The Only Boy for Me
2006
as Melissa
The Teller

West End Unplugged Vol.2
2020
About Hannah Waddingham
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… With 62 credits spanning from 1956 to 2027, Hannah Waddingham has appeared in 24 films and 38 TV shows.
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- Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) — as Admiral Neely
- Lilo & Stitch (2025) — as Grand Councilwoman (voice)
- The Fall Guy (2024) — as Gail Meyer
- The Garfield Movie (2024) — as Jinx (voice)
- Smurfs (2025) — as Jezebeth (voice)
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