Laura Haddock

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Laura Haddock
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Haddock in 2015.
Born (1985-08-21) 21 August 1985 (age 39)
Enfield, London, England,
United Kingdom
Citizenship British
Occupation Actress
Years active 2007–present
Spouse(s) Sam Claflin (m. 2013)
Children 1

Laura Jane Haddock (born 21 August 1985) is an English actress. She is best known for portraying Kacie Carter in Honest, Lucrezia in Da Vinci's Demons, Meredith Quill in Guardians of the Galaxy and Alison in The Inbetweeners Movie.

Early life

Born in Enfield, London and raised in Harpenden, Hertfordshire (where she attended St. George's School),[1] Haddock left school at the age of 17 and moved to London to study drama.[2] She trained at Arts Educational School in Chiswick.[3]

Career

Haddock made her television debut in the television pilot Plus One, part of the Comedy Showcase 2008.[2] Her other television credits include The Palace, My Family, The Colour of Magic, Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye and Honest, playing the lead role of Kacie Carter. She also appeared in the pilot episode of Life Is Wild, the American version of Wild at Heart.[4] She also starred in adverts for dot tel. Haddock played the lead role of Natasha in the ITV1 comedy drama Monday Monday, and appears in series two and three of How Not to Live Your Life, replacing previous female lead Sinéad Moynihan.[4]

In 2011, she appeared in the Cinemax/Sky TV drama Strike Back: Project Dawn for two episodes playing the kidnapped daughter of an illegal arms dealer. She starred as Lucrezia Donati,[5] the mistress of Lorenzo de' Medici and lover of Leonardo da Vinci in the 2013 series Da Vinci's Demons.[6] Haddock's theatre credits include Famous Last, which formed part of the 2009 Sky Arts Theatre Live! project,[7] and Rutherford & Son at Northern Stage.[8]

Personal life

Haddock formerly dated actor Richard Fleeshman.[9] She married actor Sam Claflin in July 2013 after dating for 2 years.[10] On 5 November 2015, at the The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 London premiere, it was revealed that Claflin and Haddock are expecting their first child.[11]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2007 The Colour of Magic Bethan Television film
2008 Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye Miss Grosvenor Television film
2011 Captain America: The First Avenger Autograph Seeker
2011 The Inbetweeners Movie Alison Nominated – Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer
2011 Rage of the Yeti Ashley Television film
2012 Storage 24 Nikki
2012 House Cocktail The Beautiful Short film
2014 Guardians of the Galaxy Meredith Quill[12]
2015 Superbob June[13]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2007 My Family Melanie Episode: "Life Begins at Fifty"
2007 Comedy Showcase Nicky Episode: "Plus One"
2008 Honest Kacie Carter
2008 The Palace Lady Arabella Worthesley Wolsey 2 episodes
2009 Monday Monday Natasha
2009–2011 How Not to Live Your Life Samantha
2011 Strike Back: Project Dawn Dr. Clare Somersby 2 episodes
2012 Upstairs Downstairs Beryl Ballard
2012 Missing Susan Grantham 2 episodes
2013 Dancing on the Edge Josephine Episode: "Interviewing Louis"
2014 Ripper Street Lady Vera Episode 6: "The Incontrovertible Truth"
2013–2015 Da Vinci's Demons Lucrezia Donati
2015 Luther Megan Cantor 2 episodes

Stage

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Famous Last Treena Orange Tree Theatre[7]
2009 Rutherford and Son Mary Northern Stage
2010 Old Jimmy's daughter Billy The Great Theatre of Holland

References

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