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

Game of Thrones

Midsomer Murders

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Jennifer Hudson Show

All Movies (25)

• High in the Clouds2027 · as Gretsch (voice)
• The Woman in Cabin 102025 · as Heidi Heatherley
• Smurfs2025 · as Jezebeth (voice)
• Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning2025 · as Admiral Neely
• Lilo & Stitch2025 · as Grand Councilwoman (voice)
• Tiddler2024 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Garfield Movie2024 · as Jinx (voice)
• The Fall Guy2024 · as Gail Meyer
• Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas2023 · as Self
• Willow: Behind the Magic2023 · as Self - 'Hubert'
• Hocus Pocus 22022 · as The Witch Mother
• Michael Bublé's Christmas in the City2022 · as Self
• An Audience with Adele2021 · as Self
• West End Unplugged Vol.22020
• Great in Britain: The Movie2019 · as The PA
• The Hustle2019 · as Shiraz
• Winter Ridge2018 · as Joanne Hill
• The Entire Universe2016 · as Time and Space
• The Gatehouse2016 · as The Agent
• Les Misérables2012 · as Factory Woman 2
• Into the Woods2011 · as Witch
• How to Lose Friends & Alienate People2008 · as Elizabeth Maddox
• The Only Boy for Me2006 · as Melissa
• Mr. Sunny Sky—
• The Teller—

All TV Shows (40)

• Ride or Die2026 · as Judith Burton
• Saturday Night Live UK2026 · as Self - Host
• Krapopolis2023 · as Deliria (voice)
• Tom Jones2023 · as Lady Bellaston
• Willow2022 · as Hubert
• The Jennifer Hudson Show2022 · as Self
• Sherri2022 · as Self - Guest
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks2021 · as Self - Panellist
• Ted Lasso2020 · as Rebecca Welton
• RuPaul's Drag Race UK2019 · as Self - Guest Judge
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• The Ranganation2019 · as Self
• Sex Education2019 · as Sofia Marchetti
• Krypton2018 · as Jax-Ur
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• Partners in Crime2015 · as Blonde Assassin
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
• 12 Monkeys2015 · as Magdalena
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• The Last Leg2013 · as Self
• Bad Education2012 · as Loretta
• The Voice UK2012 · as Herself - Guest Mentor
• Game of Thrones2011 · as Septa Unella
• A League of Their Own2010 · as Themselves - Guest
• Benidorm2007 · as Tonya
• M.I. High2007 · as Allanah Sucrose
• Not Going Out2006 · as Jane
• The One Show2006 · as Self
• Agatha Christie's Marple2004 · as Lola Brewster
• QI2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Footballers' Wives2002 · as Jools
• Coupling2000 · as Jenny Turbot
• My Hero2000 · as Miranda
• My Hero2000 · as Lula
• Midsomer Murders1997 · as Mimi Dagmar
• Olivier Awards1981 · as Self - Host
• Eurovision Song Contest1956 · as Self - Host