Hannah Waddingham is a well-known actress and an opera singer. She is popularly known for her role in the comedy series Ted Lasso (2020 – 2023). She played the role of Rebecca Welton. She has even won the Primetime Emmy Award in 2021 for acting as a supporting actress in a comedy series. She had an outstanding performance. She even won the Critics’ Choice Television Award for playing an outstanding role in a comedy series in 2021 and 2022. She has also contributed to the renowned musical theatre. She is among one of the finest actresses in Hollywood.
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Biography
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Hannah Waddingham was born on 28th July in the year 1974. She is 49 years old, according to the year 2023. Her hometown is Wandsworth, London, United Kingdom. The nationality of Hannah is British, and her religion is Christianity. Her grandparents, as well as her mother, were well-known opera singers. Her mother’s name is Melodie Kelly. She is a singer as well as an English actress.
She has appeared in a couple of West End shows, such as:
- Spamalot
- The 2010 Regent’s Park revival of Into the Woods
- The Wizard of Oz performing as the Wicked Witch of the West
She has even received Olivier Award nominations three times for her mesmerizing performances.
Early Life and Education
Hannah Waddingham was born in the south district of London, named Wandsworth. Melodie Kelly, the mother of Hannah, was an opera singer. Even Hannah’s grandparents were into opera singing. Her father is a businessman by profession. When she was eight years old, her mother joined the English National Opera. She was brought up around the atmosphere of the theatre.
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She did her schooling from Streatham and Clapham High School which is an all-girls private school located in the south London. She graduated in the field of Academy of Live and Recorded Arts. Her vocal range is of four-octave vocal range. She began her acting career while acting in theatres. She performed in the interactive dinner theatre comedy named Joni and Gina’s Wedding.
Personal Life
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Hannah is the only child of her parents. Her parents have played a great role to inspire Hannah and pursue her career in acting. She can fluently speak other languages like French and Italian. She is unmarried. She is in a relationship with her current partner, Gianluca Cugnetto. They both are staying together for a decade. She gave birth to her first child in the year 2014. While she was giving the audition for Games of Thrones, she was eight months pregnant. When her baby daughter was only 10 weeks old, she went to Croatia for the shoot of her role in Games of Thrones. The name of her daughter is Kitty.
| Name | Hannah Waddingham |
| Date of birth | 28th July, 1974 |
| Place of birth | Wandsworth, London, United Kingdom |
| Parents | Mother’s name: Melodie KellyFather’s name: not known but denoted as Mr. Waddingham |
| Education | School: Streatham and Clapham High School which is an all-girls private school. It is located in the south of London. College: Academy of Live and Recorded Arts from a British University in London. |
| Nationality | British |
| Ethnicity | White British Descent |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Age | 49 years old |
| Profession | ActressSingerTheatre Artist Model |
| Zodiac Sign | Leo |
| Current Address | Wandsworth, London, United Kingdom |
| Debut | TV Series: Coupling (2002)Film: How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) |
| Years Active | 2000 – Present |
| Famous Role | Joanne Hill in the Film Winter Ridge (2018) |
| Marital Status | Unmarried |
| Boyfriend | Gianluca Cugnetto |
| Children | One daughter named as Kitty |
Physical Appearance
Hannah has a charming personality with a beautiful physique. She has a balanced figure. The height of Hannah is 5 feet and 11 inches. She weighs around 65 kg. Her hair colour is brown and her eyes are green in colour.
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| Height | Centimetres: 185cmMetres: 1.85m Feet and inches: 5’11’’ |
| Weight | Kilograms: 65 kgPounds: 145 lbs |
| Hair Colour | Brown |
| Eye Colour | Green |
Career
She pursued her career in singing and acting beginning from the West End Musical Theatre, London. She has had a bright career as she portrayed the Lady of the Lake in Spamalot both in the London product and also on Broadway. She was largely praised for her depiction of Desiree Arm Feldt in Trevor Nunn’s reanimation of A Little Night Music.
In mid-2010, she played the role of the Witch in “Into the Woods at London’s OpenAir Theatre”.
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Hannah began her acting journey with the part of The Wicked Witch of the West in the West End product of The Wizard of Oz, which opened on 1st March 2011 at the London Palladium. On 4th of September,2011 she left the production. In 2012, she again began with her career and starred in Chichester Festival Theatre’s reanimation of Kiss Me, Kate. Presently, she’s appearing in the popular Apple TV comedy series Ted Lasso.
Stage Career
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She made her West End debut in Lautrec by Charles Aznavour in March 2000, also created the part of Christine Warner in Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton’s The Beautiful Game, staying with the show for the time-long run at the Cambridge Theatre from September 2000. Further stage places included Starbird in Space Family Robinson (Julian & Stephen Butler, 2002) and Satan in Tonight’s the Night the Rod Stewart Musical at the Victoria Palace Theatre in 2003.
She entered outstanding reviews for her depiction of Desirée arm Feldt in Trevor Nunn’s reanimation of A Little Night Music, including being described by one critic as the” Joanna Lumley of musical theatre“.
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In mid-2010, she played the role of the Witch in “Into the Woods at London’s Open-Air Theatre.” She began the part of The Wicked Witch of the West in the West End product of The Wizard of Oz, which opened on 1 March 2011 at the London precinct, and was the first to perform the new Lloyd Webber and Rice song” Red Shoes Blues”. On 4th of September, 2011, she left the production. Waddingham won thewhatsonstage.com Theatregoers Choice Award for Stylish Supporting Actress in a Musical for her performance.
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In 2012, Waddingham starred in Chichester Festival Theatre’s reanimation of Kiss Me, Kate.
On 25 August 2023, Waddingham was blazoned as the host of the Fantasy, Myths and Legends Prom as part of that time’s BBC hops.
Screen Career
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Hannah played the role of the “Shame Nun”, Septa Unella, in the 5th and 6th seasons of Game of Thrones. She started rephotographing nine weeks after giving birth to her son, and was waterboarded during filming of a scene where she’s tortured by Cersei. She was left with moping aquaphobia and claustrophobia as a result. She was given the part’s iconic “shame bell” as a parting gift. She also has a recurring part on the Netflix series Sex Education as Jackson’s mother, Sophia Marchetti.
From 2020 to 2023, Waddingham portrayed Rebecca Welton, the proprietor of AFC Richmond, on the Apple TV series Ted Lasso.
She also appears as the character mama Witch in Hocus Pocus 2, Disney’s effect to Hocus Pocus released on Disney on 30 September 2022.
She has even played the role of Lady Bellaston in the ITV drama miniseries Tom Jones, which is based on Henry Fielding’s 1749 novel.
In March 2023, Waddingham was blazoned as part of the cast for the unidentified eighth charge insolvable film.
In May 2023, she co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, alongside Alesha Dixon and Ukrainian songster Julia Sanina, with Graham Norton joining them for the final. She gained wide praise, with The Guardian styling her a “late public treasure”.
Recordings
In the year 2000, Hannah played the role of Christine in The Beautiful Game in London’s West End. In October 2000, she released her first single named as “Our Kind of Love”. The single peaked at number 41 in the UK charts.
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She later sang the part of Starbird on the soundtrack recording of Space Family Robinson (melodists Julian Butler & Stephen Butler), released by Pop. It was recorded in the month of May, 2002. It had a star appearance. At London’s Pleasance Theatre, it was a hit and continued to showcase for three weeks.
Awards and Nominations
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In the years of 2007, 2010 and 2013 Hannah Waddingham entered Laurence Olivier Award nomination for the order ‘Stylish Actress in a Musical’ for her part in Spamalot, A Little Night Music and Kiss Me, Kate, respectively.
She won the Critics’ Choice Television Awards and International Online Cinema Awards for her part in Ted Lasso in 2021 with the order ‘Stylish Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.’
Net Worth
Hannah being a successful actress, model, singer, and theatre artist, has a net worth of $5 million.
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Social Media
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She stays active on her social media accounts. She also has a huge fan following in her social media accounts.
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Hannah speaking about her career in an interview with “Interview” in 2021
In her exclusive interview, she discussed her role in Ted Lasso, which was popular in the Apple TV shows.
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Hannah Waddingham even says that she has faced plenty of difficulties during her acting career, such as she has faced moments of “pinch me” situations. She didn’t lose hope and was focused on building her career.
Hannah recalled, in particular, one scene where she had to acclimatize to Sudeikis’ uproarious extemporization.
She was largely complementary of Sudeikis as a co-star, saying, “In the scenes where Ted and Rebecca really engage, Jason knew how to push my buttons and me to where I demanded to be emotionally, and so I felt a real honor being easy with a fellow actor, not just a film star, who wanted the stylish out of his co-star.”
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Ted Lasso follows the trip of an American football trainer (played by Sudeikis), taking on the operation of a European football club.
The interview link: https://youtu.be/aF8KunuKWBQ?si=GL3lu6fVYWRbrBJM
