Today marks the birthday of actor, singer, performer and, I suppose, presenter, Hannah Waddingham.
Eagle-eyed readers, followers of my socials and fans of the podcast will note I became a fan of Waddingham while watching Ted Lasso, and I continue to enjoy her work and joie de vivre.
This year, Waddingham completed Season 3 of Ted Lasso where she played the complex and often very funny owner of Richmond AFC, Rebecca Welton. She also co-starred in a BBC/ PBS version of Tom Jones, where she played the manipulative but vivacious Lady Bellaston (and more or less stole the show). She's been Emmy nominated for both parts.
Last Fall she had a key but small part in Hocus Pocus 2, and a cameo role that was maybe the best part of the Disney+ Willow series.
Waddingham also hosted the Oliviers (the British Tonys) and Eurovision 2023. This Christmas, she has a holiday special coming to Apple+ that was recorded a while back, and, according to those who were there, is pretty great. So keep your eyes open for that. She's also leant her voice to the upcoming cartoon, Krapopolis, from Dan Harmon. She mentioned a possible album this year as well. We'll see. Oh, and she'll be in the next Mission Impossible movie and The Fall Guy next year.
She's selling Pepperidge Farm cookies (they're pretty good, y'all), and has been part of a collab between Johnnie Walker, the Women's Sports Foundation and Justwomenssports.com to encourage people to watch women's sports. And drink Johnnie Walker, presumably. Done and done. And, she's out there on the SAG-AFTRA picket lines.
Anyway, busy year for Waddingham, but all good stuff. Not bad for someone you didn't hear of before 2020 unless you were hitting a lot of West End shows (I was not).
I have no idea what she'll be up to next, if Ted Lasso is truly over, etc... But we'll keep tuning in.
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