Hannah Waddingham
Sign in to saveHannah Waddingham is an English actress, singer, and television presenter. She is known for her roles on stage and screen and has received various accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award, two Critics' Choice Television Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for two BAFTA TV Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and three Laurence Olivier Awards.
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Hannah Waddingham is a British singer, stage actor, film actor, and television presenter. Born in Wandsworth, London, England, in 1974, she works in the fields of acting and music. Her professional career began in 2000. She performs using her voice as an instrument.
Waddingham holds United Kingdom citizenship and speaks English, French, and Italian. Her native language is English. She has received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She is a mother of one child.
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Wandsworth, London, England, UK
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…
Known for
- High in the Clouds — Gretsch (voice)2027
- Jason Statham Stole My Bike2027
- Variety’s Power of Women London — Self2026
- Ride or Die — Judith Burton2026
- Saturday Night Live UK — Self - Host2026
- Ride or Die — Judith2026
- Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning — Admiral Neely2025
- Smurfs — Jezebeth (voice)2025
- Lilo & Stitch — Grand Councilwoman (voice)2025
- The Woman in Cabin 10 — Heidi Heatherley2025
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- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1974
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- Born
- ( 1974-07-28 ) 28 July 1974 (age 51) , Wandsworth , London, England
- Education
- Academy of Live and Recorded Arts
- Occupations
- Actress singer television presenter
- Years active
- 1997–present
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- Awards
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- Given name
- Hannah
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- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Wandsworth
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- music
- Instrument
- voice
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- Hannah Waddingham-2795.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
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- 1974-01-01
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- 2000-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Hannah Waddingham (born 28 July 1974) is an English actress, singer, and television presenter. She is known for her roles on stage and screen and has received various accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award, two Critics' Choice Television Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for two BAFTA TV Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and three Laurence Olivier Awards.
She gained stardom playing Rebecca Welton in the Apple TV+ comedy series Ted Lasso (2020–present), for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Other notable television roles include playing Tonya Dyke in Benidorm (2014), Septa Unella in Game of Thrones (2015–2016), Jax-Ur in Krypton (2018–2019), and Sofia Marchetti in Sex Education (2019–2023). Furthermore, she voices Deliria in the animated series Krapopolis (2023-present), for which she earned an Emmy Award nomination. On film, she has acted in the musical Les Misérables (2012), the thriller Winter Ridge (2018), the animated film The Garfield Movie (2024), the action comedy The Fall Guy (2024), and the action film Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025).
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