Hannah Waddingham

Hannah Waddingham

Born 1974-07-28 (age 51) Wandsworth, London, England, UK
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Biography

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 MisĂ©rables (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

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Lilo & Stitch
Lilo & Stitch

2025

as Grand Councilwoman (voice)

The Fall Guy
The Fall Guy

2024

as Gail Meyer

The Garfield Movie
The Garfield Movie

2024

as Jinx (voice)

Smurfs
Smurfs

2025

as Jezebeth (voice)

Les Misérables
Les Misérables

2012

as Factory Woman 2

The Woman in Cabin 10
The Woman in Cabin 10

2025

as Heidi Heatherley

The Hustle
The Hustle

2019

as Shiraz

Hocus Pocus 2
Hocus Pocus 2

2022

as The Witch Mother

Willow: Behind the Magic
Willow: Behind the Magic

2023

as Self - 'Hubert'

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
High in the Clouds
High in the Clouds

2027

as Gretsch (voice)

An Audience with Adele
Tiddler
Tiddler

2024

as Narrator (voice)

The Entire Universe
The Entire Universe

2016

as Time and Space

Into the Woods
Into the Woods

2011

as Witch

Winter Ridge
Winter Ridge

2018

as Joanne Hill