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.

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Known For

Game of Thrones Not in library

Game of Thrones

2011

Sex Education Not in library

Sex Education

2019

Les Misérables Not in library

Les Misérables

2012

The Fall Guy Not in library

The Fall Guy

2024

The Hustle Not in library

The Hustle

2019

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

2025

Ted Lasso Not in library

Ted Lasso

2020

Lilo & Stitch Not in library

Lilo & Stitch

2025

Hocus Pocus 2 Not in library

Hocus Pocus 2

2022

The Garfield Movie Not in library

The Garfield Movie

2024

Acting

2027 High in the Clouds as Gretsch (voice)
2025 Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning as Admiral Neely In Library
2025 Smurfs as Jezebeth (voice)
2025 Lilo & Stitch as Grand Councilwoman (voice)
2025 The Woman in Cabin 10 as Heidi Heatherley
2024 The Garfield Movie as Jinx (voice)
2024 The Fall Guy as Gail Meyer
2024 Tiddler as Narrator (voice)
2023 Willow: Behind the Magic as Self - 'Hubert'
2023 Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas as Self
2023 Krapopolis as Deliria (voice) (58 episodes)
2023 Tom Jones as Lady Bellaston (4 episodes)
2022 Hocus Pocus 2 as The Witch Mother
2022 Michael Bublé's Christmas in the City as Self
2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self (3 episodes)
2022 Sherri as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2022 Willow as Hubert (1 episode)
2021 An Audience with Adele as Self
2021 Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self - Panellist (1 episode)
2020 West End Unplugged Vol.2
2020 Ted Lasso as Rebecca Welton (34 episodes)
2019 The Hustle as Shiraz
2019 The Ranganation as Self (1 episode)
2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self (3 episodes)
2019 Sex Education as Sofia Marchetti (14 episodes)
2019 RuPaul's Drag Race UK as Self - Guest Judge (1 episode)
2018 Winter Ridge as Joanne Hill
2018 Krypton as Jax-Ur (13 episodes)
2016 The Entire Universe as Time and Space
2016 The Gatehouse as The Agent
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 12 Monkeys as Magdalena (4 episodes)
2015 Partners in Crime as Blonde Assassin (6 episodes)
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self (1 episode)
2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self (2 episodes)
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self (2 episodes)
2013 The Last Leg as Self (1 episode)
2012 Les Misérables as Factory Woman 2
2012 Bad Education as Loretta (1 episode)
2012 The Voice UK as Herself - Guest Mentor (1 episode)
2011 Into the Woods as Witch
2011 Game of Thrones as Septa Unella (8 episodes)
2010 A League of Their Own as Themselves - Guest (1 episode)
2008 How to Lose Friends & Alienate People as Elizabeth Maddox
2007 Benidorm as Tonya (7 episodes)
2007 M.I. High as Allanah Sucrose (1 episode)
2006 The Only Boy for Me as Melissa
2006 Not Going Out as Jane (1 episode)
2006 The One Show as Self (1 episode)
2004 Agatha Christie's Marple as Lola Brewster (1 episode)
2003 QI as Self (1 episode)
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self (1 episode)
2002 Footballers' Wives as Jools (1 episode)
2000 Coupling as Jenny Turbot (1 episode)
2000 My Hero as Miranda (1 episode)
2000 My Hero as Lula (1 episode)
1997 Midsomer Murders as Mimi Dagmar (1 episode)
1956 Eurovision Song Contest as Self - Host (3 episodes)
Mr. Sunny Sky
Ride or Die as Judith (8 episodes)

Production

2023 Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas Executive Producer
Ride or Die Executive Producer