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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Smurfs
Jezebeth (voice)
2025
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Admiral Neely
2025
Lilo & Stitch
Grand Councilwoman (voice)
2025
Tiddler
Narrator (voice)
2024
The Garfield Movie
Jinx (voice)
2024
The Fall Guy
Gail Meyer
2024
Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas
Self
2023
Krapopolis
Deliria (voice) · (45 episodes)
2023
Tom Jones
Lady Bellaston · (4 episodes)
2023
Willow: Behind the Magic
Self - 'Hubert'
2023
Willow
Hubert · (1 episode)
2022
Hocus Pocus 2
The Witch Mother
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self · (3 episodes)
2022
Sherri
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2022
Michael Bublé's Christmas in the City
Self
2022
An Audience with Adele
Self
2021
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self - Panellist · (1 episode)
2021
West End Unplugged Vol.2
2020
Ted Lasso
Rebecca Welton · (34 episodes)
2020
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Self - Guest Judge · (1 episode)
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · (3 episodes)
2019
The Ranganation
Self · (1 episode)
2019
The Hustle
Shiraz
2019
Sex Education
Sofia Marchetti · (14 episodes)
2019
Winter Ridge
Joanne Hill
2018
Krypton
Jax-Ur · (13 episodes)
2018
The Entire Universe
Time and Space
2016
The Gatehouse
The Agent
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(1 episode)
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Partners in Crime
Blonde Assassin · (6 episodes)
2015
Les Misérables
Factory Woman 2
2012
Into the Woods
Witch
2011
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Elizabeth Maddox
2008
The Only Boy for Me
Melissa
2006
The Woman in Cabin 10
Mr. Sunny Sky
High in the Clouds
Gretsch (voice)
12 Monkeys
Magdalena · (4 episodes)
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (2 episodes)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (2 episodes)
2014
The Last Leg
Self · (1 episode)
2013
Bad Education
Loretta · (1 episode)
2012
The Voice UK
Herself - Guest Mentor · (1 episode)
2012
Game of Thrones
Septa Unella · (8 episodes)
2011
A League of Their Own
Themselves - Guest · (1 episode)
2010
Benidorm
Tonya · (7 episodes)
2007
Not Going Out
Jane · (1 episode)
2006
The One Show
Self · (1 episode)
2006
Agatha Christie's Marple
Lola Brewster · (1 episode)
2004
QI
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Footballers' Wives
Jools · (1 episode)
2002
Coupling
Jenny Turbot · (1 episode)
2000
My Hero
Lula · (1 episode)
2000
My Hero
Miranda · (1 episode)
2000
Midsomer Murders
Mimi Dagmar · (1 episode)
1997
Eurovision Song Contest
Self - Host · (3 episodes)
1956
Ride or Die
Judith · (2 episodes)