Hannah Waddingham

28 Jul 1974 (50 years old) in Wandsworth, London, England, UK

Hannah Waddingham (born 28 July 1974) is a British actress and singer. She is best known for playing Rebecca Welton in the comedy series Ted Lasso (2020–present), for which she won the 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 2021 and 2022. She has also appeared in a number of 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; and has received three Olivier Award nominations for her work. Her other work includes appearing as an ensemble member in the 2012 film adaptation of Les Misérables, and joining the cast of the fifth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones as Septa Unella in 2015. She co-starred in the 2018 British psychological thriller Winter Ridge, and has had a supporting role on the series Sex Education since 2019. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hannah Waddingham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Credits

  • 2025 · Lilo & Stitch as
  • 2025 · Mission: Impossible 8 as
  • 2025 · The Smurfs Movie as (voice)
  • 2024 · Tiddler as Narrator
  • 2024 · Hocus Pocus 2 as The Witch Mother
  • 2024 · The Garfield Movie as Jinx (voice)
  • 2024 · The Fall Guy as Gail Meyer
  • 2023 · Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas as Self
  • 2023 · Krapopolis as Deliria (voice)
  • 2023 · Tom Jones as Lady Bellaston
  • 2023 · Willow: Behind the Magic as Self - 'Hubert'
  • 2022 · Willow as Hubert
  • 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
  • 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
  • 2022 · Michael Bublé's Christmas in the City as Self
  • 2021 · An Audience with Adele as Self
  • 2021 · Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self - Panelist
  • 2020 · West End Unplugged Vol.2 as
  • 2020 · Ted Lasso as Rebecca Welton
  • 2019 · RuPaul's Drag Race UK as Self - Judge
  • 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
  • 2019 · The Ranganation as Self
  • 2019 · The Hustle as Shiraz
  • 2019 · Sex Education as Sofia Marchetti
  • 2018 · Winter Ridge as Joanne Hill
  • 2018 · Krypton as Jax-Ur
  • 2016 · The Entire Universe as Time and Space
  • 2016 · The Gatehouse as The Agent
  • 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as
  • 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
  • 2015 · Partners in Crime as Blonde Assassin
  • 2015 · 12 Monkeys as Magdalena
  • 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
  • 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
  • 2012 · Les Misérables as Factory Woman 2
  • 2012 · Bad Education as Loretta
  • 2012 · The Voice UK as Herself - Guest Mentor
  • 2011 · Game of Thrones as Septa Unella
  • 2011 · Into the Woods as Witch
  • 2010 · A League of Their Own as Themselves - Guest
  • 2008 · How to Lose Friends & Alienate People as Elizabeth Maddox
  • 2007 · Benidorm as Tonya
  • 2006 · Not Going Out as Jane
  • 2006 · The Only Boy for Me as Melissa
  • 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Lola Brewster
  • 2003 · QI as Self
  • 2002 · Footballers' Wives as Jools
  • 2000 · Coupling as Jenny Turbot
  • 2000 · My Hero as Lula
  • 2000 · My Hero as Miranda
  • 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Mimi Dagmar
  • 1956 · Eurovision Song Contest as Self - Host
  • 2024 · The Woman in Cabin 10 as
  • 2024 · Untitled Tessa Coates Action-Adventure Series as Judith