Ellie Haddington
Born: 1955-01-01 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
A trainee at the Bristol Old Vic in the 1970s, Ellie Haddington is an actress who has become more prolific and more in demand with each passing year. She first came to attention playing Josie Clarke in Coronation Street from 1995-1996 and played governor Joy Masterton in Bad Girls a decade later. She was Professor Docherty in the 2007 Doctor Who episode Last of the Timelords and played Carol Porter in Sky's sitcom The Cafe in 2011-2013. She memorably played Hilda Pierce in several episodes of Foyle's War from 2003 to 2015 and Fanny Biggetywitch in the BBC's Dickensian in 2016. Most recently she is the long suffering mother to Anna Maxwell Martin's character in Motherland and played Agatha Chudleigh in Ripper Street, as well as Mrs Esposito in 2016's Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them.
Filmography
2025
- The Rumour
- Revert as Mum
2022
- Operation Mincemeat as Hilda Georgina Cholmondeley
- Plebs: Soldiers of Rome as Phaedra
- Motherland: Last Christmas as Marion
2021
- Crime as Avril Lennox
2020
- Enola Holmes as Miss Gregory
- Surge as Joyce
- Limbo as Beatrice
2019
- Guilt as Sheila Gemmell
- Years and Years as Dr. Moss
2017
- Motherland as Marion
- Their Finest as Catrin's Landlady
2016
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them as Mrs. Esposito
2014
- The Musketeers as Josette
2013
- Shetland as Lana Mair
2012
- Ripper Street as Agatha Chudleigh
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood as Princess Puffer
2011
- Death in Paradise as Barbara Michell
- The Café as Carol Porter
2010
- Luther as DCS Linda Carroway
- Little Crackers as Nellie
- Mo as Jean
2009
- Gracie! as Jenny Stansfield
2005
- Doctor Who as Professor Docherty
2004
- New Tricks as Jean Bennett
- Life Begins as Kathleen
- Denial as Sandy
2003
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Florrie Bradley
2002
- Foyle's War as Hilda Pierce
- Cutting It as Lo Ferris
- Lawless Heart as Judy
2000
- Beautiful Creatures as Maureen
- Breathtaking as DCI Matthews
- The Wyvern Mystery as Mrs. Tarnley
1999
- Bad Girls as Joy Masterton
- Killing Joe
- Life Support as Fiona Drummond
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Joan Farley
1996
- Silent Witness as Meg McGrath
1994
- Wycliffe as Katherine Geach
1993
- Cracker as Mrs Barnes
1992
- Heartbeat as Joan Braithwaite
1990
- The Lorelei as Helen
1989
- Loving Hazel as WPC