Born 1974 (age 51) · Wandsworth, London, England, UK
Appears in 63 titles

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.

Filmography

Les Misérables
7.3
Les Misérables
2012
as Factory Woman 2
The Fall Guy
7.0
The Fall Guy
2024
as Gail Meyer
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
The Hustle
6.2
The Hustle
2019
as Shiraz
Lilo & Stitch
7.2
Lilo & Stitch
2025
as Grand Councilwoman (voice)
Hocus Pocus 2
7.2
Hocus Pocus 2
2022
as The Witch Mother
The Garfield Movie
7.0
The Garfield Movie
2024
as Jinx (voice)
The Woman in Cabin 10
6.2
The Woman in Cabin 10
2025
as Heidi Heatherley
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
6.0
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008
as Elizabeth Maddox
Smurfs
5.8
Smurfs
2025
as Jezebeth (voice)
An Audience with Adele
8.4
An Audience with Adele
2021
as Self
Winter Ridge
5.1
Winter Ridge
2018
as Joanne Hill
Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas
Willow: Behind the Magic
4.3
Willow: Behind the Magic
2023
as Self - 'Hubert'
The Gatehouse
6.2
The Gatehouse
2016
as The Agent
Tiddler
6.6
Tiddler
2024
as Narrator (voice)
The Entire Universe
3.5
The Entire Universe
2016
as Time and Space
Into the Woods
8.8
Into the Woods
2011
as Witch
Michael Bublé's Christmas in the City
4.0
The Only Boy for Me
2006
as Melissa