Hannah Waddingham

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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...

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Game of ThronesSeries • 2011Midsomer MurdersSeries • 1997Ted LassoSeries • 2020Sex EducationSeries • 2019Agatha Christie's MarpleSeries • 200412 MonkeysSeries • 2015Not Going OutSeries • 2006Mission: Impossible - The Final ReckoningMovie • 2025Lilo & StitchMovie • 2025The Fall GuyMovie • 2024KrapopolisSeries • 2023BenidormSeries • 2007KryptonSeries • 2018Ride or DieSeries • 2026The Garfield MovieMovie • 2024Hocus Pocus 2Movie • 2022WillowSeries • 2022Bad EducationSeries • 2012M.I. HighSeries • 2007Les MisérablesMovie • 2012SmurfsMovie • 2025CouplingSeries • 2000My HeroSeries • 2000Footballers' WivesSeries • 2002