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Hannah Waddingham’s appearances in several Christmas commercials this festive season have already made her the breakout star of 2023.The multi-talented British artist and Ted Lasso The actor is currently battling Mariah Carey for her self-proclaimed title of “Queen of Christmas.”Not only does she appear in adverts for the celebratory drink Baileys (and the controversial Marks &amp; Spencer offering), but Waddingham also releases her own musical extravaganza, filmed at the London Coliseum. Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmasarrives on Apple TV+ later this month.For Waddingham it is a fitting end to a brilliant year. The 49-year-old hosted the most glamorous events of 2023, from the Olivier Awards to the Eurovision Song Contest.And now, adding to her already impressive year, she has been pictured hosting the Earthshot Awards with Prince William, just as she enters the bookmakers’ race to succeed Holly Willoughby This morning.But while Waddingham’s career rise has been branded “a powerful mid-life success story”, the actress worked in the London theater scene for decades before breaking into the mainstream.As her mother was a member of the English National Opera, Waddingham grew up in the theater and made her West End debut in 2000 at the age of 26. She subsequently performed throughout the United Kingdom and on Broadway in New York, one of her most notable roles being Lady of the Lake Spamalot (a role she also reprized on Broadway), Desirée Armfeldt in A little Night Musicand Kate in Kiss me, Kate. She was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical at all three Oscars, but was denied the post each time.Along the way, Waddingham made sporadic appearances on screen. There were roles in Brookside, Hollyoaks And doctors – the most reliable employers of British working actors in the 2000s – and small parts of it How to lose friends and alienate people and Tom Hoopers Les Miserables Movie.However, to non-thespels she was best known as game of Thronesis Septa Unella, also known as the bell ringer and “shame crier” from Cersei Lannister’s (Lena Headey) reconciliation march. Although she only appeared in eight episodes in the HBO drama’s later seasons, her character went through a lot, and Waddingham retained the “shame bell” after the series ended.Access unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows with Amazon Prime Video Sign up now for a 30-day free trialLog inAccess unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows with Amazon Prime Video Sign up now for a 30-day free trialLog inMore TV roles came in the late 2010s, when Waddingham took on a recurring role as one of Jackson’s (Kedar Williams-Stirling) mothers in the Netflix series Enlightenment lessons. But it was Ted LassoApple TV+’s feel-good football comedy, which ran for three seasons from 2020 to earlier this year and catapulted Waddingham into the spotlight.She won international praise and an Emmy in 2021 as Rebecca Welton, the owner of soccer club AFC Richmond. In her acceptance speech, she urged the entertainment industry not to neglect stage stars: “Musical theater artists in the West End need to be seen more on screen.” Please give them a chance because we will not let you down.”Rebecca occasionally sings a melody Ted LassoSoon, fans became aware of Waddingham’s theater background and she appeared as a judge RuPaul’s Drag Race UK for the musical episode.Then, in February, news broke that she would be one of the presenters at the Eurovision homecoming in Liverpool, alongside singer Alesha Dixon, Ukrainian musician Julia Sanina and commentator Graham Norton. Although her name was a surprise to Eurovision fans, Waddingham was “shocked” to also be asked, “because I’m by no means a presenter and that’s not my job.”A month before the final, Waddingham was given a trial run as host of the Olivier Awards, the annual celebration of London’s theater scene, at the Royal Albert Hall in April. The attempt proved successful. She won over the audience with her fiery, flirtatious and entertaining delivery, joking in her opening speech that she would “like to be beaten to death” by Jodie Comer before speaking to Rose Ayling-Ellis in British Sign Language. The audience and those watching at home were thrilled.The magic mission continued in the Eurovision semi-finals and grand final in May. Waddingham steered the chaotic ship Eurovision, showcasing her personality by singing and speaking in French and Ukrainian.Registered mail The IndependentJessie Thompson described Waddingham’s selection for the Eurovision Song Contest as a “stroke of genius”. “After Eurovision it would be a joy to see her move on to more performances that are pure Waddingham,” she wrote. “Or, better yet, seeing her on stage again.”Luckily for fans, there’s more. Next year she will star in a star-studded cast alongside Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt and Aaron Taylor-Johnson in the action comedy The Guy caseas well as providing a voice for The Garfield movie starring Chris Pratt. She will then enter the Cruise universe in 2025 with a currently unknown role in the eighth film “Mission: Impossible.” This is Waddingham’s world; we all just live in it.

Hannah Waddingham’s appearances in several Christmas commercials this festive season have already made her the breakout star of 2023.The multi-talented British artist and Ted Lasso The actor is currently battling Mariah Carey for her self-proclaimed title of “Queen of Christmas.”Not only does she appear in adverts for the celebratory drink Baileys (and the controversial Marks &amp; Spencer offering), but Waddingham also releases her own musical extravaganza, filmed at the London Coliseum. Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmasarrives on Apple TV+ later this month.For Waddingham it is a...

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