24-25, Royal Victoria Patriotic Building, John Archer Way, London SW18 3SX, UK
Hannah Waddingham received her degree in performing arts from the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in Waddingham.
Career
Gallery of Hannah Waddingham
2008
5-6 Leicester Square, London WC2H 7NA, UK
Hannah Waddingham arrives at the UK film Premiere of 'How To Lose Friends And Alienate People' on September 24, 2008, at The Empire Leicester Square, in London.
(Source: Gareth Cattermole)
Gallery of Hannah Waddingham
2010
86-90 Park Ln, Mayfair, London W1K 7TN, UK
Hannah Waddingham attends the Laurence Olivier Awards at The Grosvenor House Hotel, on March 21, 2010, in London, England.
(March 20, 2010 - Source: Ian Gavan)
Gallery of Hannah Waddingham
2011
3-4 Coventry St, London W1D 6BL, UK
Hannah Waddingham (L) and Guest attend the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards' Press Launch and Nominations Announcement at Cafe de Paris on December 2, 2011, in London, England.
(Source: Ben Pruchnie)
Gallery of Hannah Waddingham
2011
3-4 Coventry St, London W1D 6BL, UK
Hannah Waddingham attends the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards' Press Launch and Nominations Announcement at Cafe de Paris on December 2, 2011, in London, England.
(Source: Ben Pruchnie)
Gallery of Hannah Waddingham
2014
Bow St, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, UK
Hannah Waddingham attends The Laurence Olivier Awards at the Royal Opera House on April 28, 2013, in London, England.
(April 27, 2013 - Source: Ben A. Pruchnie)
Gallery of Hannah Waddingham
2015
Peninsula Square, Greenwich Peninsula, London SE10 0DX, UK
Hannah Waddingham attends the National Television Awards at 02 Arena on January 21, 2015, in London, England.
(Source: Anthony Harvey)
Gallery of Hannah Waddingham
2017
Cavendish Square, Marylebone, London W1G 0AN, UK
Hannah Waddingham attends the UK premiere for the brand new Nick Jr. show 'Nella the Princess Knight' at 11 Cavendish Square on May 14, 2017, in London, England. The premiere airs on Nick Jr. at 5:30 pm on Monday 15th May.
(May 13, 2017 - Source: Eamonn M. McCormack)
Gallery of Hannah Waddingham
2017
Catherine St, Covent Garden, London WC2B 5JF, UK
Hannah Waddingham (C) attends the opening night of "42nd Street" at Theatre Royal on April 4, 2017, in London, England. The opening night is a fundraising event for the East Anglia Children's Hospice (EACH) of which the Duchess of Cambridge is Patron.
(April 3, 2017 - Source: Eamonn M. McCormack)
Gallery of Hannah Waddingham
2019
Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 2AP, UK
Hannah Waddingham (R) attends The Olivier Awards with Mastercard at the Royal Albert Hall on April 7, 2019, in London, England.
Gallery of Hannah Waddingham
2019
Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 2AP, UK
Hannah Waddingham attends The Olivier Awards 2019 with MasterCard at the Royal Albert Hall on April 7, 2019, in London, England.
Gallery of Hannah Waddingham
2019
Coventry St, London W1D 6AS, UK
Hannah Waddingham attends the WhatsOnStage Awards at Prince Of Wales Theatre on March 3, 2019, in London, England.
Hannah Waddingham arrives at the UK film Premiere of 'How To Lose Friends And Alienate People' on September 24, 2008, at The Empire Leicester Square, in London.
(Source: Gareth Cattermole)
Hannah Waddingham attends the Laurence Olivier Awards at The Grosvenor House Hotel, on March 21, 2010, in London, England.
(March 20, 2010 - Source: Ian Gavan)
Hannah Waddingham (L) and Guest attend the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards' Press Launch and Nominations Announcement at Cafe de Paris on December 2, 2011, in London, England.
(Source: Ben Pruchnie)
Hannah Waddingham attends the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards' Press Launch and Nominations Announcement at Cafe de Paris on December 2, 2011, in London, England.
(Source: Ben Pruchnie)
Hannah Waddingham attends The Laurence Olivier Awards at the Royal Opera House on April 28, 2013, in London, England.
(April 27, 2013 - Source: Ben A. Pruchnie)
Hannah Waddingham attends the UK premiere for the brand new Nick Jr. show 'Nella the Princess Knight' at 11 Cavendish Square on May 14, 2017, in London, England. The premiere airs on Nick Jr. at 5:30 pm on Monday 15th May.
(May 13, 2017 - Source: Eamonn M. McCormack)
Hannah Waddingham (C) attends the opening night of "42nd Street" at Theatre Royal on April 4, 2017, in London, England. The opening night is a fundraising event for the East Anglia Children's Hospice (EACH) of which the Duchess of Cambridge is Patron.
(April 3, 2017 - Source: Eamonn M. McCormack)
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Hannah Waddingham is an English actress and singer. She is best known for her contribution to West End musical theatre, particularly her performances in the original London production of Spamalot, the 2010 Regent's Park revival of Into the Woods, and most recently, The Wizard of Oz (as the Wicked Witch of the West).
Background
Waddingham was born on November 16, 1974, in Wandsworth in London. Her mother is Melodie Kelly. Hannah Waddingham family was involved in performing arts as her mother and both her maternal grandparents were opera singers. She was encouraged to pursue a career in arts since an early age.
Education
Hannah Waddingham received her degree in performing arts from the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in Waddingham.
Waddingham has had a successful career in the London theatre, including her performance as Starbird in Space Family Robinson (Julian & Stephen Butler, 2002); Suzanne Valadon in Lautrec.
However, it is for her portrayal of the Lady of the Lake in Spamalot (in the London production and then on Broadway), that she is best known; she received an Olivier Award nomination for her efforts. She received outstanding reviews for her portrayal of Desirée Armfeldt in Trevor Nunn's acclaimed revival of A Little Night Music, including being described by one critic as the "Joanna Lumley of musical theatre". Waddingham subsequently received a further Olivier Award nomination in 2010 for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in Night Music.
In mid-2010, Waddingham played the Witch in the critically acclaimed production of Into the Woods at London's Open Air Theatre. 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. She left the production on 4 September 2011. Waddingham won the whatsonstage.com Theatergoers Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for her performance. In 2012, Waddingham starred in Chichester Festival Theatre's 2012 revival of Kiss Me, Kate. The show transferred to the Old Vic Theatre on London's South Bank in November 2012.
Billed simply as Hannah, she placed "Our Kind of Love" in the UK Singles Chart in October 2000, where it peaked at No. 41. She later sang the role of Starbird on the soundtrack recording of Space Family Robinson, written by Julian and Stephen Butler and released by Pop! Records in May 2002 to coincide with the stage production (also featuring Hannah as Starbird) which ran for three weeks at London's Pleasance Theatre in May 2002.
In 2015 she joined the cast of the fifth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones as Septa Unella, as well as appearing in the 2012 feature film adaptation of Les Miserables and 2018 British psychological thriller Winter Ridge in a primary role.