Hannah Waddingham

Hannah Waddingham (born 28 July 1974) is a British actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Rebecca Welton in the comedy series Ted Lasso, which has been airing since 2020. For this role, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 2021 and received the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in both 2021 and 2022. Additionally, she has appeared in numerous West End productions, including Spamalot, Into the Woods (in its 2010 Regent's Park revival), and as the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz, earning three Olivier Award nominations for her performances. Her other works include playing a member of the community in the 2012 film Les Misérables and joining the cast of HBO's Game of Thrones in season five (2015) as Septa Unella. In 2018, she starred in the British psychological thriller Winter Ridge, and since 2019, she has played a supporting role in the series Sex Education. The above description is taken from the Wikipedia article on Hannah Waddingham under the CC-BY-SA license; the full list of contributors is available on Wikipedia.