Hannah Waddingham Trivia | 57 facts about the actress

Hannah Waddingham is a British actress and singer and she was recently revieled to be one of the hosts of Eurovision 2023.

Let’s find out some trivia and facts about the actress.

1. Hannah Waddingham was born on 28 of July 1974
2. She is a British actress and singer
3. She is best known for playing Rebecca Welton in the comedy series Ted Lasso (2020–present)
4. For the role she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2021
5. And the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2021 and 2022
6. She has also appeared in a number of 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
7. She has received three Olivier Award nominations for her work
8. Her other work includes appearing as an ensemble member in the 2012 film adaptation of Les Misérables
9. She was part of the cast of the fifth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones as Septa Unella in 2015
10. She co-starred in the 2018 British psychological thriller Winter Ridge
11. And has had a supporting role on the series Sex Education since 2019
12. Waddingham was born in Wandsworth in London
13. Her mother, Melodie Kelly, was an opera singer, as were both her maternal grandparents
14. Her mother joined the English National Opera when Waddingham was eight years old
15. She grew up around the theatre
16. Waddingham is a graduate of the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts
17. She has a four octave vocal range
18. She started out in dinner theatre, performing in the interactive comedy Joni and Gina’s Wedding
19. Waddingham is in a relationship with Italian businessman Gianluca Cugnetto
20. Their daughter was born in 2014
21. Her daughter has an autoimmune disease, Henoch–Schönlein purpura
22. She keeps her Emmy award in her daughter’s bedroom to remind her that “mummy will only ever be away when it’s for a really, blooming good reason”
23. Waddingham has been a stage actress on both London’s West End and New York’s Broadway
24. She performed as Starbird in Space Family Robinson (Julian & Stephen Butler, 2002) and Suzanne Valadon in Lautrec
25. Waddingham portrayed the Lady of the Lake in Spamalot, both in the London production and then on Broadway
26. She received an Olivier Award nomination for the role
27. She received outstanding reviews for her portrayal of Desirée Armfeldt in Trevor Nunn’s revival of A Little Night Music, including being described by one critic as the “Joanna Lumley of musical theatre”
28. Waddingham subsequently received a further Olivier Award nomination in 2010 for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in Night Music
29. In mid-2010, Waddingham played the Witch in the production of Into the Woods at London’s Open Air Theatre
30. She originated the role of The Wicked Witch of the West in the West End production of The Wizard of Oz, which opened on 1 March 2011 at the London Palladium
31. She was the first to perform the new Lloyd Webber and Rice song “Red Shoes Blues”
32. She left the production on 4 September 2011
33. Waddingham won the whatsonstage.com Theatergoers Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for her performance
34. Waddingham appeared in the concert premiere of Styles and Drew’s Soho Cinders at the Queens Theatre, London in 2011
35. She was replaced by Jenna Russell for the show’s first fully staged production in 2012
36. In 2012, Waddingham starred in Chichester Festival Theatre’s revival of Kiss Me, Kate
37. The show transferred to the Old Vic Theatre on London’s South Bank in November 2012
38. In 2011, Waddingham appeared in Season 4, Episode 3 of the hit BBC sitcom, Not Going Out. She played the role of Jane, an actress in an adult film being recorded in the show.[20]
39. She had a small role in the 2012 film Les Misérables,[4] and in 2014, starred on the ITV comedy Benidorm.[7]
40. Waddingham portrayed the “Shame Nun”, Septa Unella, in season 5 and 6 of Game of Thrones
41. She started filming nine weeks after giving birth to her daughter
42. She did her own stunts for a scene in which she is waterboarded
43. She was given the role’s iconic “shame bell” as a parting gift
44. She also has a recurring role on the Netflix series Sex Education as Jackson’s overbearing mother, Sophia Marchetti
45. Since 2020, Waddingham has portrayed Rebecca Welton, the owner of AFC Richmond on the Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso
46. The show has been praised for its “refreshing” portrayal of a supportive female friendship between Rebecca and Juno Temple’s character, Keeley
47. She does her own singing in the season one episode “Make Rebecca Great Again” and the season two episodes “Carol of the Bells” and “No Weddings and a Funeral”
48. In 2021, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for the role
49. Waddingham also appears as the character Mother Witch in Hocus Pocus 2, Disney’s sequel to Hocus Pocus released on Disney+ on 30 September 2022
50. The actor’s time on screen has been described as an “Oscar-worthy performance” and “from the moment she enters, she commands the screen with unquestionable authority”
51. She will portray Lady Bellaston in the ITV drama miniseries Tom Jones, based on Henry Fielding’s 1749 novel
52. In 2000, Waddingham played the role of Christine in the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton musical The Beautiful Game in London’s West End
53. In October 2000, Waddingham (billed simply as “Hannah”), released a single of the song “Our Kind of Love” from the production
54. The single peaked at No. 41 in the UK charts
55. She later sang the role of Starbird on the soundtrack recording of Space Family Robinson
56. It was released by Pop! Records in May 2002
57. Coinciding with the stage production (also featuring Waddingham as Starbird) which ran for three weeks at London’s Pleasance Theatre