Hannah Waddingham
Actress · Producer · Soundtrack
Born July 28, 1974 · Wandsworth, London, England, UK
Hannah Waddingham is an English actress who has appeared in various films including Lilo & Stitch, Les Misérables, and The Fall Guy. She also had notable roles in the TV series Ted Lasso and Game of Thrones, and voiced characters in animated series Krapopolis and The Garfield Movie.
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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Selected Filmography
- Lilo & Stitch(2025)
- Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning(2025)
- The Fall Guy(2024)
- The Garfield Movie(2024)
- The Woman in Cabin 10(2025)
- Smurfs(2025)
- Les Misérables(2012)
- The Hustle(2019)
- Hocus Pocus 2(2022)
- How to Lose Friends & Alienate People(2008)
- Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas(2023)
- Willow: Behind the Magic(2023)
- The Gatehouse(2016)
- Jason Statham Stole My Bike(2027)
- High in the Clouds(2027)
- An Audience with Adele(2021)
- Winter Ridge(2018)
- The Teller
- Variety’s Power of Women London(2026)
- Great in Britain: The Movie(2019)