Hannah Waddingham

Hannah Waddingham

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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Filmography

2025

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Movie - Released: 5/17/2025
Smurfs
Smurfs
as (voice)
Movie - Released: 7/10/2025
Lilo & Stitch
Lilo & Stitch
as Grand Councilwoman (voice)
Movie - Released: 5/21/2025

2024

The Garfield Movie
The Garfield Movie
as Jinx (voice)
Movie - Released: 4/30/2024
The Fall Guy
The Fall Guy
as Gail Meyer
Movie - Released: 4/24/2024
Tiddler
Tiddler
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/25/2024

2023

Willow: Behind the Magic
Willow: Behind the Magic
as Self - 'Hubert'
Movie - Released: 1/25/2023
Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas
Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/21/2023
Krapopolis
Krapopolis
as Deliria (voice)
TV - Released: 9/24/2023
Tom Jones
Tom Jones
as Lady Bellaston
TV - Released: 4/30/2023

2022

Hocus Pocus 2
Hocus Pocus 2
as The Witch Mother
Movie - Released: 9/27/2022
Michael Bublé's Christmas in the City
Michael Bublé's Christmas in the City
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/5/2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
TV - Released: 9/12/2022
Sherri
Sherri
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 9/12/2022
Willow
Willow
as Hubert
TV - Released: 11/30/2022

2021

An Audience with Adele
An Audience with Adele
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/21/2021
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self - Panellist
TV - Released: 9/21/2021

2020

West End Unplugged Vol.2
West End Unplugged Vol.2
Movie - Released: 11/20/2020
Ted Lasso
Ted Lasso
as Rebecca Welton
TV - Released: 8/14/2020

2019

The Hustle
The Hustle
as Shiraz
Movie - Released: 5/9/2019
The Ranganation
The Ranganation
as Self
TV - Released: 5/19/2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
TV - Released: 9/9/2019
Sex Education
Sex Education
as Sofia Marchetti
TV - Released: 1/11/2019
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
as Self - Guest Judge
TV - Released: 10/3/2019

2018

Winter Ridge
Winter Ridge
as Joanne Hill
Movie - Released: 9/18/2018
Krypton
Krypton
as Jax-Ur
TV - Released: 3/21/2018

2016

The Entire Universe
The Entire Universe
as Time and Space
Movie - Released: 12/26/2016
The Gatehouse
The Gatehouse
as The Agent
Movie - Released: 10/1/2016

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV - Released: 9/8/2015
12 Monkeys
12 Monkeys
as Magdalena
TV - Released: 1/16/2015
Partners in Crime
Partners in Crime
as Blonde Assassin
TV - Released: 7/26/2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
TV - Released: 9/8/2015

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
TV - Released: 2/25/2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
TV - Released: 2/17/2014

2013

The Last Leg
The Last Leg
as Self
TV - Released: 1/25/2013

2012

Les Misérables
Les Misérables
as Factory Woman 2
Movie - Released: 12/18/2012
Bad Education
Bad Education
as Loretta
TV - Released: 8/14/2012
The Voice UK
The Voice UK
as Herself - Guest Mentor
TV - Released: 3/24/2012

2011

Into the Woods
Into the Woods
as Witch
Movie - Released: 3/31/2011
Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones
as Septa Unella
TV - Released: 4/17/2011

2010

A League of Their Own
A League of Their Own
as Themselves - Guest
TV - Released: 3/11/2010

2008

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
as Elizabeth Maddox
Movie - Released: 10/2/2008

2007

Benidorm
Benidorm
as Tonya
TV - Released: 2/1/2007

2006

Movie
The Only Boy for Me
as Melissa
Movie - Released: 9/6/2006
Not Going Out
Not Going Out
as Jane
TV - Released: 10/6/2006

2004

Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Lola Brewster
TV - Released: 12/12/2004

2003

QI
QI
as Self
TV - Released: 9/11/2003

2002

Footballers' Wives
Footballers' Wives
as Jools
TV - Released: 1/8/2002

2000

Coupling
Coupling
as Jenny Turbot
TV - Released: 5/12/2000
My Hero
My Hero
as Miranda
TV - Released: 2/4/2000
My Hero
My Hero
as Lula
TV - Released: 2/4/2000

1997

Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders
as Mimi Dagmar
TV - Released: 3/23/1997

1956

Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
as Self - Host
TV - Released: 5/24/1956

Unknown

Movie
TV
Ride or Die
as Judith
TV