{"id":239716,"date":"2026-05-12T01:45:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T01:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/hannah-waddingham-ted-lasso-casting-changed-my-life\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T01:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T01:45:07","slug":"hannah-waddingham-ted-lasso-casting-changed-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/hannah-waddingham-ted-lasso-casting-changed-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Hannah Waddingham: Ted Lasso casting changed my life"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Hannah Waddingham says that being cast in Ted Lasso was transformative for her career in several different ways.<\/p>\n

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Hannah Waddingham covers Women’s Health UK \u00a9 David Venni \/ Women\u2019s Health UK<\/p>\n

The 51-year-old actress plays AFC Richmond owner Rebecca Welton in the hit Apple TV series and explained how getting the part changed perceptions of her and gave her the chance to provide for her daughter Kitty, 12, whom she has with her ex-partner Gianluca Cugnetto.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Women’s Health UK magazine, Hannah said: “It was a turning point in terms of being seen for the first time as not just a tall, bigger woman, but someone who has the same foibles, insecurities, vulnerabilities as anyone. But also the financial support I received in that moment\u2026being able to stand on my own two feet with my daughter.”<\/p>\n

Ted Lasso – which centres on Jason Sudeikis<\/a>‘ titular American coach and his attempts to lead an English football club to glory – is returning for a fourth season in August and Hannah hopes that viewers embrace the new episodes that centre on AFC Richmond’s women’s team.<\/p>\n

The Emmy Award-winner said: “I hope people take [this season] to their hearts as much as the first three seasons because the women in this season deserve people to lean in. The cast are fabulous, too \u2013 they walked in and owned it immediately \u2013 so I\u2019m very reassured by the younger generation of female actors coming up; they\u2019ve got it and then some.”<\/p>\n

\nHannah became a single mother to Kitty when her daughter was only two years of age and she considers her child’s upbringing to be the “greatest achievement” of her life.<\/p>\n

\nShe said: “In that moment, your career could falter because you\u2019re left holding the baby. [But] I found in myself a strength. I thought, ‘No, I\u2019m not going to sit in the corner with a duvet over my head and think, Oh, poor me.’ I\u2019m going to come out fighting because I know that I have so much to give in my career\u2026I talk about [single motherhood] all the time because it\u2019s not the same as two parents. I know that sounds ridiculous and obvious, but I think people forget it. People go, ‘Oh yes, I\u2019m by myself most of the time.’ But that\u2019s not the same as being sole provider. She is undoubtedly my greatest achievement because of that.”<\/p>\n

\nThe full interview is in the June issue of Women\u2019s Health UK, on sale now, and can also be read at https:\/\/www.womenshealthmag.com\/uk\/health\/a71228039\/hannah-waddingham-womens-health\/<\/p>\n

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