Hannah Waddingham

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Hannah Waddingham
File:Hannah Waddingham 2010.jpg
Waddingham in 2010
Born (1974-07-28) 28 July 1974 (age 49)
Wandsworth, London, England
Education Academy of Live and Recorded Arts
Occupation
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active 2000–present
Children 1

Hannah Waddingham (born 28 July 1974)[1] is a British actress and singer. She is best known for playing Rebecca Welton in the comedy series Ted Lasso (2020–present), for which she won the 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 2021 and 2022.[2] She has also appeared in a number of 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; and has received three Olivier Award nominations for her work.

Her other work includes appearing as an ensemble member in the 2012 film adaptation of Les Misérables, and joining the cast of the fifth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones as Septa Unella in 2015.[3] She co-starred in the 2018 British psychological thriller Winter Ridge, and has had a supporting role on the series Sex Education since 2019.

Early life and education

Waddingham was born in Wandsworth in London. Her mother, Melodie Kelly, was an opera singer, as were both her maternal grandparents.[4] Her mother joined the English National Opera when Waddingham was eight years old, and she grew up around the theatre.[4][5]

Waddingham is a graduate of the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts.[6] She has a four octave vocal range.[7] She started out in dinner theatre, performing in the interactive comedy Joni and Gina's Wedding.[4][8]

Career

Stage career

Waddingham has been a stage actress on both London's West End and New York's Broadway.[4] She performed as Starbird in Space Family Robinson (Julian & Stephen Butler, 2002)[6] and Suzanne Valadon in Lautrec.[9]

Waddingham portrayed the Lady of the Lake in Spamalot, both in the London production and then on Broadway. She received an Olivier Award nomination for the role.[4] She received outstanding reviews for her portrayal of Desirée Armfeldt in Trevor Nunn's revival of A Little Night Music, including being described by one critic as the "Joanna Lumley of musical theatre".[10] Waddingham subsequently received a further Olivier Award nomination in 2010 for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in Night Music.[11]

In mid-2010, Waddingham played the Witch in the production of Into the Woods at London's Open Air Theatre.[12][13] She originated the role of The Wicked Witch of the West in the West End production of The Wizard of Oz, which opened on 1 March 2011 at the London Palladium[14] and was the first to perform the new Lloyd Webber and Rice song "Red Shoes Blues".[4][15] She left the production on 4 September 2011.[16] Waddingham won the whatsonstage.com Theatergoers Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for her performance.[17]

Waddingham appeared in the concert premiere of Styles and Drew's Soho Cinders at the Queens Theatre, London in 2011, and was replaced by Jenna Russell for the show's first fully staged production in 2012.[citation needed]

In 2012, Waddingham starred in Chichester Festival Theatre's revival of Kiss Me, Kate.[18] The show transferred to the Old Vic Theatre on London's South Bank in November 2012.[19]

Screen career

In 2011, Waddingham appeared in Season 4, Episode 3 of the hit BBC sitcom, Not Going Out. She played the role of Jane, an actress in an adult film being recorded in the show.[20]

She had a small role in the 2012 film Les Misérables,[4] and in 2014, starred on the ITV comedy Benidorm.[7]

Waddingham portrayed the "Shame Nun", Septa Unella, in season 5 and 6 of Game of Thrones. She started filming nine weeks after giving birth to her daughter, and did her own stunts for a scene in which she is waterboarded.[4][8][21] She was given the role's iconic "shame bell" as a parting gift.[4][22] She also has a recurring role on the Netflix series Sex Education as Jackson's overbearing mother, Sophia Marchetti.[4][23]

Since 2020, Waddingham has portrayed Rebecca Welton, the owner of AFC Richmond on the Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso.[5] The show has been praised for its "refreshing" portrayal of a supportive female friendship between Rebecca and Juno Temple's character, Keeley.[5][24][25][26] She does her own singing in the season one episode "Make Rebecca Great Again" and the season two episodes "Carol of the Bells" and "No Weddings and a Funeral".[27] In 2021, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for the role.[2]

Waddingham also appears as the character Mother Witch in Hocus Pocus 2, Disney's sequel to Hocus Pocus released on Disney+ on September 30, 2022.[28] The actor's time on screen has been described as an "Oscar-worthy performance" and "[F]rom the moment she enters, she commands the screen with unquestionable authority."[29]

She will portray Lady Bellaston in the ITV drama miniseries Tom Jones, based on Henry Fielding's 1749 novel.[30][23]

Recordings

In 2000, Waddingham played the role of Christine in the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton musical The Beautiful Game in London's West End. In October 2000, Waddingham (billed simply as "Hannah"), released a single of the song "Our Kind of Love" from the production. The single peaked at No. 41 in the UK charts.[31]

She later sang the role of Starbird on the soundtrack recording of Space Family Robinson (composers: Julian Butler[32] & Stephen Butler), released by Pop! Records in May 2002, coinciding with the stage production (also featuring Waddingham as Starbird) which ran for three weeks at London's Pleasance Theatre.[33]

Personal life

Waddingham was in a relationship with Italian businessman Gianluca Cugnetto.[citation needed] Their daughter (born 2014)[citation needed] has an autoimmune disease, Henoch–Schönlein purpura.[4][34] She keeps her Emmy award in her daughter's bedroom to remind her that "mummy will only ever be away when it's for a really, blooming good reason."[4]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2008 How to Lose Friends & Alienate People Elizabeth Maddox
2012 Les Misérables Factory Worker
2018 Winter Ridge Joanne Hill
2019 The Hustle Shiraz
2022 Hocus Pocus 2 Mother Witch
2024 The Fall Guy Not yet released Filming
Key
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Coupling Jenny Turbot
2002 Brookside Georgina Savage 1 episode
2003, 2006 My Hero Lula / Miranda / Thermowoman
2005 William and Mary Penelope
Footballers' Wives Jools
Hollyoaks: Let Loose Mrs. Robertson
2006 The Only Boy for Me Melissa Television film
2008 Doctors Dixie Deadman
2009 M.I. High Alannah Sucrose 1 episode
2010 Marple Lola Brewster 1 episode
2010–2011 My Family Katie 3 episodes
2011 Agatha Christie's Marple Lola Brewster 1 episode
Not Going Out Jane 1 episode
2012 Bad Education Loretta 1 episode
2014 Our Gay Wedding: The Musical Herself
2014 Benidorm Tonya Dyke Main role, 7 episodes (Season 6)
2015 Partners in Crime Blonde Assassin 3 episodes; miniseries
2015–2016 Game of Thrones Septa Unella 8 episodes
2016 The Entire Universe Herself
Josh Phillipa
2017 12 Monkeys Magdalena
2018–2019 Krypton Jax-Ur / Sela-Sonn Recurring (season 1); starring (season 2)
2019–present Sex Education Sofía Marchetti Recurring role, 11 episodes
2020–present Ted Lasso Rebecca Welton Main role
2021 Midsomer Murders Mimi Dagmar 1 episode
2022 RuPaul's Drag Race UK Guest judge Series 4
2022 Willow Hubert 1 episode
2023 Tom Jones Not yet released Lady Bellaston 4 episodes; completed
Key
Television series that have not yet been released Denotes television series that have not yet been released

Theatre

Year Title Role Theatre Location
2000–2001 The Beautiful Game Christine Cambridge Theatre West End
2002 Space Family Robinson Starbird Pleasance Theatre Islington London
2006 Bad Girls: The Musical Nikki Wade West Yorkshire Playhouse Leeds
2006–2007
2008		 Spamalot Lady of the Lake Palace Theatre, West End
Shubert Theatre		 Broadway
2009 A Little Night Music Desirée Armfeldt Garrick Theatre West End
2010 Into the Woods The Witch Regent's Park Open Air Theatre London
2011 The Wizard of Oz Miss Gulch / Wicked Witch London Palladium West End
2012 Kiss Me, Kate Lilli Vanessi / Katharina Minola The Old Vic Off-West End

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Refs.
2007 WhatsOnStage Awards Best Actress in a Musical Spamalot Nominated [35]
Laurence Olivier Awards Best Actress in a Musical Nominated [36]
2010 WhatsOnStage Awards Best Actress in a Musical A Little Night Music Nominated [37]
Laurence Olivier Awards Best Actress in a Musical Nominated [38]
2013 Kiss Me, Kate Nominated [39]
WhatsOnStage Awards Best Actress in a Musical Nominated [40]
2021 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Ted Lasso Nominated [41]
Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Won [42]
Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Series, Comedy Won [43]
International Online Cinema Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Won
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Won [44]
Television Critics Association Awards Individual Achievement in Comedy Nominated [45]
Golden Globes Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated
2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated [46]
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Won
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated [47]

References

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