Age: 51
female
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.
Hannah Waddingham
Esme Squalor
for Esme Squalor in A Series Of Unfortunate Events
Suggested by filmandthespian
If you are looking for a tale of joy, warmth, and happy endings, I regret to inform you that A Series of Unfortunate Events is not the book for you. It follows the woeful lives of the Baudelaire orphans—Violet, Klaus, and Sunny—who, after the tragic demise of their parents in a mysterious fire, are thrust into a relentless series of misfortunes. Hounded by the villainous Count Olaf, a man so despicable that merely describing him could ruin your day, the Baudelaires must rely on their wits, inventions, and a considerable amount of luck to escape his clutches. Along the way, they encounter peculiar guardians, secret organizations, and mysteries so tangled that even reading about them may cause you great distress. Despite their intelligence and bravery, their story is one of sorrow, deception, and an utter lack of happy endings, so it is not too late to set this summary aside and seek something more cheerful—perhaps a book about kittens or birthday parties.
