{"id":13939,"date":"2026-07-18T05:40:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T05:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/07\/18\/an-overnight-success-after-25-years-delicious-ted-lassos-hannah-waddingham-on-sexism-stunts-and-stardom-at-51-culture-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T05:40:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T05:40:25","slug":"an-overnight-success-after-25-years-delicious-ted-lassos-hannah-waddingham-on-sexism-stunts-and-stardom-at-51-culture-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/07\/18\/an-overnight-success-after-25-years-delicious-ted-lassos-hannah-waddingham-on-sexism-stunts-and-stardom-at-51-culture-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018An overnight success after 25 years? Delicious\u2019: Ted Lasso\u2019s Hannah Waddingham on sexism, stunts and stardom at 51 Culture | The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The actor seemed destined for a long but unflashy career in musical theatre \u2013 until a role as a football club owner in the TV hit changed everything. She talks about her new Hollywood era, calling out misogyny and why she\u2019s \u2018more than just camp\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Hannah Waddingham clears her throat. Her voice is a little scratchy. Two days before we meet, the star of Ted Lasso hosted the TV comedy show Saturday Night Live UK. She took part in almost all of the sketches that night, from a skit about \u201ctwo top-heavy, Reading-based drama teachers\u201d called Janet, to a musical number about how many glasses of wine to drink at a bar, to a bit in which she played the stern northern leader of a speed awareness course. In her opening monologue, she zipped through a variety of accents and impressions. \u201cYou see?\u201d she told the cheering crowd. \u201cRange! <em>Range.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I should have remembered this line when making small talk. We are tucked away in the hidden private dining room of a hotel in London, the city where the actor was born and raised and where she still lives with her young daughter, Kitty. When Waddingham walks through the lobby, people notice her. She is tall, striking, and wearing the pulled-down baseball cap that is an actor\u2019s day-off uniform. During lockdown, Ted Lasso \u2013 the amiable football series in which she plays Rebecca Welton, the owner of a fictional team called AFC\u00a0Richmond \u2013 made her famous on both sides of the Atlantic. In 2021, it won her an Emmy award for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series. At\u00a047, after a long but unflashy career on stage and screen, there was a sense that her time had come.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2026\/jul\/18\/an-overnight-success-after-25-years-delicious-ted-lassos-hannah-waddingham-on-sexism-stunts-and-stardom-at-51\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2026\/jul\/18\/an-overnight-success-after-25-years-delicious-ted-lassos-hannah-waddingham-on-sexism-stunts-and-stardom-at-51\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\">Read More<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b022cd8b7da821624103c507ff846d906391566c\/0_1527_7760_6205\/master\/7760.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=e9e3da9cc5f5d141f7723387e8b9c81a\" title=\"\u2018An overnight success after 25 years? 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