Hannah Waddingham says she has “no time” for Tom Cruise critics

on her BBC podcast “Rule Breakers.” “I thought, I will do. Come hell or high water, I will work on screen,” she told Visage, 55, who had asked Waddingham what was the biggest rule she had ever broken. The British actress said the harsh words “gave me a complex for years.” According to Waddingham, who won an Emmy award for her role as Richmond FC owner Rebecca Welton in the Apple TV+ series in 2021, she used her teacher’s words as an influence in her acceptance speech.

Ellise Shafer Hannah Waddingham may have won an Emmy in 2021 for her starring role in “Ted Lasso,” but the actor revealed that her drama teacher once told her she would “never work on screen.” During an interview on the BBC Radio 2 podcast “Michelle Visage’s Rule Breakers,” Waddingham recalled a time when her teacher made fun of her appearance in front of her classmates. “I had one drama teacher that said to the whole class: ‘Oh, Hannah will never work on screen because she looks like one side of her face has had a stroke,'” Waddingham said. But the insult didn’t deter her.

Hannah Waddingham, the Emmy-winning Ted Lasso star, says the words of a teacher helped fuel her ambition to become a star of the screen.

Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham had a bit of a moment at the Emmys when a red carpet host got her name wrong. Stars including Hannah, Selena Gomez, pregnant Suki Waterhouse and Joan Collins all stunned in their finest gowns at the awards in LA on Monday night, 15 January. Despite being on a comedy show, Hannah wasn't too pleased when E! presenter Laverne Cox called her 'Hannah Waddington.' She quickly corrected the Orange Is The New Black actress, saying it was "ham" as in "Waddingham" – not "ton".

The cast of the Apple TV+ comedy series was together at an awards show one final time at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards!

Emmys 2024 red carpet after the “Hamilton” star’s singing ability was shaded at the Critics Choice Awards. Fellow theater actress Waddingham, 49, appeared to give DeBose, 32, a pep talk Monday night as the pair held hands and engaged in a close conversation. One night earlier, the “Last of Us” star Bella Ramsey included DeBose, a Tony-nominated Broadway star, in the list of “actors who also think they are singers” while reading off a teleprompter at the Critics Choice ceremony.DeBose’s song “This Wish” from the Disney movie “Wish” was nominated at the show, but ultimately went to “I’m Just Ken”from “Barbie”.

Glamour and Tory Burch hosted their annual for the women changing the face of television. A record number of those nominated for the 75th Emmy Awards attended, including Elizabeth Debicki, plus , Jessica Williams, Padma Lakshmi, Hannah Waddingham and more.The annual celebration of women in TV took place at Soho House Holloway in West Hollywood with guests wearing a gorgeous array of .

Netflix‘s Stranger Things, has revealed that he will not return for season five.While appearing on the Steve Varley Show on YouTube for an interview, Franco was asked why he had not been involved in the cast photo to kick off filming of the hit sci-fi series’ fifth and final season.Franco was then asked if Argyle will return for season five, to which he replied: “It’s nice to hear that there’s, there’s some sort of, you know, concern or something, you know what I mean? But I never got a phone call, so I think that’s it.”The character of Argyle was introduced in season four of the Netflix series, where he provided the role of comedic relief during more tense moments alongside the rest of the show’s cast.It is currently unclear if Franco’s absence from Stranger Things season five will last its entire production process, or if he just hasn’t been brought back yet as he isn’t scheduled to shoot for the time being. Netflix has yet to confirm Franco’s claims.A release date for Stranger Things‘ fifth season has yet to be announced.

There aren’t many true movie stars in Hollywood anymore. Sure, there are A-listers, but there aren’t many people who actually can lend their name to a film and watch it become a hit just based on name recognition alone.

the hours after her Oscars 2003 win, which weren’t pleasant.The 56-year-old actress won her first Academy Award for her role as Virginia Woolf in “The Hours” opposite Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore in 2003, but despite taking home the statuette for “Best Actress,” Kidman felt at her worst.At the time, Kidman had recently finalized her divorce from Hollywood’s titular leading man, Tom Cruise, after 11 years of marriage. During her acceptance speech, she appeared so distraught that she couldn’t hold back tears.“I was struggling with things in my personal life, yet my professional life was going so well,” she told author Dave Karger in his new book “50 Oscar Nights.” “That’s what happens, right?” she went on.“Russell Crowe said don’t cry when you get up there and now I’m crying,” she recalled of the moment that should have been a highlight of her career.

Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham may remain tight-lipped about the actual plot of the upcoming Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning – Part Two, but she is happy to reiterate her previous kind words about co-star Tom Cruise.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Hannah Waddingham revealed during the official Golden Globes pre-show presented by Variety and Entertainment Tonight that she was accompanied by 4,500 active members of the military when she first flew onto the set of the upcoming “Mission: Impossible 8.” It was announced last March that the “Ted Lasso” Emmy winner was joining Cruise and the “Mission: Impossible” gang in the highly-anticipated eighth installment of the action series. Waddingham’s role in the film is not yet known. “He’s lovely and fabulous to work for and that’s it,” Waddingham said about working with Tom Cruise.

during a live Q&A session on Friday with the film’s cast. According to the actress, they also were not given any food. “You corrected it for us,” Brooks told Winfrey, 69, who said she heard about the situation from Henson, 53.

Victoria Monét has revealed that she owns two of Ariana Grande‘s famous seven rings.The singer-songwriter – who was one of the writers on Grande’s 2019 single of the same name – said in a new interview, the pop star gifted her a second matching ring after she lost the first one. She was one of six women who Grande gifted rings to that same year.Monét told PEOPLE: “I have two of them, because at one point I had lost one, and I was so devastated because I’m sometimes a bit irresponsible.

Nigel Lythgoe is addressing the sexual assault accusations aimed at him by Paula Abdul.

Saturday Morning,” she said, “I have to say… I’ve got a real problem with anyone that goes at him now.“Having spent five days with him intensely on the [ship USS George H.W. Bush], no fineries, all this mucking in… he is without doubt one of the most lovely, encouraging, positive, inspiring human beings I have ever met.

Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham has “no time” for those who would denigrate Tom Cruise.

Hannah Waddingham is set to share the screen with Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible 8, and filming with him left her with a new perspective of the movie star.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Hannah Waddingham appeared on the Christmas episode of ITV’s “James Martin’s Saturday Morning” (via The Independent) and revealed she’s ready to defend Tom Cruise against his critics after working with the Oscar nominee on the upcoming “Mission: Impossible 8.” It was announced in March that the “Ted Lasso” Emmy winner was joining Cruise and the “Mission: Impossible” gang in the eighth installment, which was originally designed as the second part to “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.” Waddingham’s “Mission: Impossible 8” character has not yet been revealed, but she said she spent five intense days with Cruise filming the action tentpole on the USS George H.W. Bush fighter carrier.

Sofia Coppola is speaking out about gender inequality in filmmaking.