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. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Hannah Waddingham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 28, 1974 (52)
- Wandsworth, London, England, UK
- Actor, also producer
- 32 on MovieCove · 42 credits in all
What are Hannah Waddingham's films like?
Across their 15 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 9
Light 6 · Serious 5 · Dark 0
Grounded 2 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 2
Gentle 5 · Charged 6 · Intense 0
Steady 5 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 5
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 1
Casual 8 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 7 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 0
Resolved 10 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Shapeshifter: 2 of 5 analyzed roles.
- Shapeshifteras Rebecca Welton in Ted Lasso (2020)
- Tricksteras Deliria in Krapopolis (2023)
- Heraldas Gail Meyer in The Fall Guy (2024)
- Shadowas Jinx in The Garfield Movie (2024)
- Shapeshifteras Judith in Ride or Die (2026)
Moods and endings
- Happy9
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Hannah Waddingham's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 26 of their 32 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (10).
- Coupling (2000) · actor
- Midsomer Murders (1997) · actor · free
- Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) · actor
- 12 Monkeys (2015) · actor
- Benidorm (2007) · actor
- Ride or Die (2026) · actor, producer
- Bad Education (2012) · actor
- M.I.High (2007) · actor
- The Gatehouse (2016) · actor
- Smurfs (2025) · actor
- BritBox
Subscription and free streaming for Hannah Waddingham's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
42 credits, 32 with a MovieCove page; 25 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
High in the Clouds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
Jason Statham Stole My Bike (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
Ride or Die(2026)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
The Woman in Cabin 10(2025)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Smurfs(2025)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Lilo & Stitch(2025)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Tiddler(2024)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
The Garfield Movie(2024)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
The Fall Guy(2024)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Krapopolis(2023)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
Tom Jones(2023)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows
Willow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Hocus Pocus 2(2022)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
West End Unplugged Vol.2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Ted Lasso(2020)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Great in Britain: The Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
The Hustle(2019)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Sex Education(2019)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Winter Ridge(2018)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Krypton(2018)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
The Entire Universe(2016)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
The Gatehouse(2016)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Partners in Crime(2015)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
12 Monkeys(2015)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Les Misérables(2012)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Bad Education(2012)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
Game of Thrones(2011)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Into the Woods(2011)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Benidorm(2007)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
M.I.High(2007)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows
Not Going Out(2006)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all showsThe Only Boy for Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Agatha Christie's Marple(2004)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Footballers' Wives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Coupling(2000)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
My Hero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Midsomer Murders(1997)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all showsMr. Sunny Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Teller (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 42 titles, 38 of them dated from 1997 to 2026; peak year 2025.
Film career
Peak 2025 · their film career is on the way up. Top draw in 4 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2007Screen debut· Benidorm
- 2018First film· Winter Ridge
- 2020Primetime Emmy win· Ted Lasso
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
Awards
a Primetime Emmy, a Screen Actors Guild Award and 2 other major awards from 15 major nominations, 2021–2024.
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Entertainment Performance
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Entertainment Programme
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role on Television
- Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
+1 other major body · 1 win
- Critics Choice Award, won · Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
+1 other major body · 1 win
- Critics Choice Award, won · Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Hannah Waddingham's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 49th percentile, the median of all 16; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 37th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up14
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th7
- Below 25th6
Shape of the crowd
13 of their 32 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved6
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser11
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed13
Reviewers score the acting 62/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 35. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Hannah Waddingham's work okay for kids?
Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, every category sits near the median of all films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Hannah Waddingham work with?
People who share at least 2 of Hannah Waddingham's MovieCove titles; Brett Goldstein shares the most, 2.
- Brett GoldsteinShared titles: The Garfield Movie (2024), Ted Lasso (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Brett Goldstein
