Hannah Waddingham

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…

Filmography

• Hocus Pocus 2 as The Witch Mother
• Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning as Admiral Neely
• Les Misérables as Factory Woman 2
• The Garfield Movie as Jinx (voice)
• The Fall Guy as Gail Meyer
• Lilo & Stitch as Grand Councilwoman (voice)
• An Audience with Adele as Self
• Michael Bublé's Christmas in the City as Self
• Willow: Behind the Magic as Self - 'Hubert'
• How to Lose Friends & Alienate People as Elizabeth Maddox

TV

• Agatha Christie's Marple as Lola Brewster
• Coupling as Jenny Turbot
• Game of Thrones as Septa Unella
• Sex Education as Sofia Marchetti
• QI as Self
• Ted Lasso as Rebecca Welton
• Midsomer Murders as Mimi Dagmar
• Eurovision Song Contest as Self - Host
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
• Krapopolis as Deliria (voice)