Hannah Waddingham is an acclaimed British star of both stage and screen.
Hannah Waddingham is a three-time Olivier Award nominee and Primetime Emmy winner for her role in hit Apple TV series Ted Lasso. She has also been seen on screen in Hocus Pocus 2 on Disney+, Sex Education on Netflix, and in the movie The Fall Guy.
Hannah Waddingham hosted the Olivier Awards at the Royal Albert Hall in 2023 and 2024.
Waddingham’s extensive work in the theatre includes playing Desiree in A Little Night Music (Garrick Theatre and Menier Chocolate Factory), The Lady of the Lake in Spamalot, a role she originated in the West End, and played on Broadway, Into The Woods as the Witch (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Bad Girls The Musical (West Yorkshire Playhouse), A Chorus of Disapproval (Theatr Clywd), Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Likes of Us (Sydmonton Festival), Christine Warner in The Beautiful Game (Cambridge Theatre), Suzanne Valadon in Lautrec (Shaftesbury Theatre), Satan in Rod Stewart’s Tonight’s The Night, and Rizzo in Grease (Victoria Palace Theatre).
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