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Hannah Waddingham

Hannah Waddingham

Known For Acting
Birthday Jul 28, 1974 (51)
Birthplace Wandsworth, London, England, UK
Popularity 6 (history)
Updated Jun 23, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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.

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Lilo & Stitch

Lilo & Stitch

2025

as Grand Councilwoman (voice)

Smurfs

Smurfs

2025

as Jezebeth (voice)

Tiddler

Tiddler

2024

as Narrator (voice)

The Garfield Movie

The Garfield Movie

2024

as Jinx (voice)

The Fall Guy

The Fall Guy

2024

as Gail Meyer

Hocus Pocus 2

Hocus Pocus 2

2022

as The Witch Mother

The Hustle

The Hustle

2019

as Shiraz

Winter Ridge

Winter Ridge

2018

as Joanne Hill

The Entire Universe

The Entire Universe

2016

as Time and Space

The Gatehouse

The Gatehouse

2016

as The Agent

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

2012

as Factory Woman 2

Into the Woods

Into the Woods

2011

as Witch

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

2008

as Elizabeth Maddox

The Only Boy for Me

The Only Boy for Me

2006

as Melissa

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Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas

Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas

2023

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Organization Category Movie
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Ted Lasso

as Rebecca Welton

Episodes: 34

First Aired: Aug 14, 2020

Krapopolis

as Deliria (voice)

Episodes: 33

First Aired: Sep 24, 2023

Sex Education

as Sofia Marchetti

Episodes: 14

First Aired: Jan 11, 2019

Krypton

as Jax-Ur

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Mar 21, 2018

Game of Thrones

as Septa Unella

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Apr 17, 2011

Benidorm

as Tonya

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Feb 01, 2007

Partners in Crime

as Blonde Assassin

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Jul 26, 2015

12 Monkeys

as Magdalena

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jan 16, 2015

Tom Jones

as Lady Bellaston

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Apr 30, 2023

Midsomer Murders

as Mimi Dagmar

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 23, 1997

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Lola Brewster

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 12, 2004

Coupling

as Jenny Turbot

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 12, 2000

Untitled Tessa Coates Action-Adventure Series

as Judith

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Unknown

My Hero

as Miranda

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 04, 2000

My Hero

as Lula

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 04, 2000

Willow

as Hubert

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 30, 2022

Bad Education

as Loretta

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 14, 2012

Footballers' Wives

as Jools

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 08, 2002

Not Going Out

as Jane

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 06, 2006

Eurovision Song Contest

as Self - Host

Episodes: 3

First Aired: May 24, 1956

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 12, 2022

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 09, 2019

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 25, 2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 17, 2014

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 2015

The Ranganation

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 19, 2019

A League of Their Own

as Themselves - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 11, 2010

Sherri

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 2022

RuPaul's Drag Race UK

as Self - Guest Judge

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 2019

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 2015

QI

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 11, 2003

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

as Self - Panellist

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 2021

The Voice UK

as Herself - Guest Mentor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 24, 2012

The Last Leg

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 25, 2013

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