# Ellie Haddington
**Ellie Haddington** (born 1955) is a Scottish actress from Aberdeen whose career spans television, theater, film, and radio, with recurring television parts in *Bad Girls*, *Foyle's War*, and *Motherland* and film appearances in *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them*, *Enola Holmes*, and *Operation Mincemeat*.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/ellie-haddington) • [2](https://todaysmagazine.co.uk/who-is-ellie-haddington/) • [3](https://www.conwayvangeldergrant.com/actors/ellie-haddington/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1955, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/ellie-haddington) |
| Training | Trainee at the Bristol Old Vic in the 1970s[4](https://flicklist.tv/people/ellie-haddington) |
| Signature TV roles | Josie Clarke in *Coronation Street*; governor Joy Masterton in *Bad Girls* (regular, two series); Hilda Pierce in *Foyle's War*; Marion in *Motherland*[4](https://flicklist.tv/people/ellie-haddington) • [3](https://www.conwayvangeldergrant.com/actors/ellie-haddington/) |
| Known films | Mrs. Esposito in *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them* (2016); Miss Gregory in *Enola Holmes* (2020); a role in *Operation Mincemeat* (2021)[3](https://www.conwayvangeldergrant.com/actors/ellie-haddington/) |
| Screen credit count | IMDb lists 79 actress credits; FlickList counts 51 acting credits across 21 movies and 30 shows[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0352705/fullcredits) • [4](https://flicklist.tv/people/ellie-haddington) |
| Representation | Conway van Gelder Grant, listed under agent Alice Smith[3](https://www.conwayvangeldergrant.com/actors/ellie-haddington/) |
## Background and training
Haddington was born in 1955 in Aberdeen, Scotland, a birthplace and nationality corroborated by Rotten Tomatoes, IMDb, and other biographical databases.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/ellie-haddington) She trained as a [Bristol Old Vic](https://www.edgepedia.org/bristol-old-vic) trainee in the 1970s, and FlickList's biography describes her as an actress who "has become more prolific and more in demand with each passing year."[4](https://flicklist.tv/people/ellie-haddington)
## Television career
**Early soap and series work.** FlickList's biography records that she first came to attention playing Josie Clarke in *Coronation Street* from 1995 to 1996, and a decade later played governor Joy Masterton in the prison drama *[Bad Girls](https://www.edgepedia.org/bad-girls-tv-series)*; her agency CV lists the role as a regular across two series for Shed Productions.[4](https://flicklist.tv/people/ellie-haddington) • [3](https://www.conwayvangeldergrant.com/actors/ellie-haddington/) Her other recurring television parts include Hilda Pierce in ITV's *Foyle's War*, which she played across series 3, 6, 8, and 9, and Carol, a regular role in Sky Television's sitcom *The Cafe* across both of its series.[3](https://www.conwayvangeldergrant.com/actors/ellie-haddington/) • [6](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-144326/filmographie/)
**Guest parts in British drama.** Her credits also name Marion in the BBC sitcom *Motherland* from the pilot through series 3 and a Christmas special, Sheila in the Scottish black-comedy series *[Guilt](https://www.edgepedia.org/guilt-british-tv-series)*, Avril Lennox in [Irvine Welsh](https://www.edgepedia.org/irvine-welsh)'s *[Crime](https://www.edgepedia.org/crime-2021-tv-series)*, Dr Moss in *Years and Years*, Barbara in *Death in Paradise*, Meg in series 28 of *Silent Witness*, Lana in series 10 of *Shetland*, and Rose Gough in series 3 of *Granite Harbour*.[3](https://www.conwayvangeldergrant.com/actors/ellie-haddington/) Single-episode appearances include Professor Docherty in the 2007 *Doctor Who* episode "Last of the Timelords", DCS Linda Carroway in *Luther*, Madame Dupin in the BBC4 miniseries *The Spies of Warsaw*, Princess Puffer in *The Mystery of Edwin Drood*, and roles in *Midsomer Murders*, *Endeavour*, *Ripper Street*, *Dickensian*, and *Casualty*.[4](https://flicklist.tv/people/ellie-haddington) • [3](https://www.conwayvangeldergrant.com/actors/ellie-haddington/) • [7](https://www.metacritic.com/person/ellie-haddington/)
## Stage career
Haddington's stage work listed by her agency includes *Richard III* and *The Sea* at the [Royal National Theatre](https://www.edgepedia.org/royal-national-theatre) and [Royal Shakespeare Company](https://www.edgepedia.org/royal-shakespeare-company) under director [Sam Mendes](https://www.edgepedia.org/sam-mendes), *Mother Courage and Her Children* at the National Theatre and at the Manchester Royal Exchange, *Death of a Salesman* at the West Yorkshire Playhouse directed by Mathew Warchus, and title roles in *The Duchess of Malfi* and *Anna Christie* at the Manchester Royal Exchange.[3](https://www.conwayvangeldergrant.com/actors/ellie-haddington/) More recent stage credits include *Oil* at the Almeida Theatre and *Bingo* at the Chichester Festival Theatre and Young Vic.[3](https://www.conwayvangeldergrant.com/actors/ellie-haddington/)
## Film
Her film credits include Mrs. Esposito in *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them* (2016), Miss Gregory in *Enola Holmes* (2020), Judy in *The Lawless Heart* (2001), Nanny Brodie in *Creation* (2009), Florrie Bradley in *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (2003), and roles in *Surge* (2020), *Their Finest* (2017), and *Plebs: Soldiers of Rome* (2022).[3](https://www.conwayvangeldergrant.com/actors/ellie-haddington/) • [4](https://flicklist.tv/people/ellie-haddington) In John Madden's *[Operation Mincemeat](https://www.edgepedia.org/operation-mincemeat-film)* (released in France as *La Ruse* in 2022), AlloCine and FlickList credit her as Hilda Georgina Cholmondeley, while her agency CV lists the role as Nellie.[6](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-144326/filmographie/) • [4](https://flicklist.tv/people/ellie-haddington) • [3](https://www.conwayvangeldergrant.com/actors/ellie-haddington/) On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, her highest-rated film is *The Lawless Heart* at 87 percent and her lowest is *The Wyvern Mystery* at 18 percent.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/ellie-haddington)
## Recent work
Her agency CV shows continued work into the mid-2020s, including *The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies* for Sister Pictures, *Beep* for the BBC, and *The Rumour* (as Liz) for Channel 4 and [Clapperboard](https://www.edgepedia.org/clapperboard).[3](https://www.conwayvangeldergrant.com/actors/ellie-haddington/) Metacritic records her television work as scoring between 53 (*Atlantis*) and 80 (*Endeavour*) on its critic scale, with 80 percent of her scored TV shows rated positive.[7](https://www.metacritic.com/person/ellie-haddington/)
## References
1. [Ellie Haddington, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/ellie-haddington)
2. [Ellie Haddington: Biography, Lifestyle, Net Worth, Family Tree and Success Story, Today's Magazine](https://todaysmagazine.co.uk/who-is-ellie-haddington/)
3. [Ellie Haddington CV, Conway van Gelder Grant](https://www.conwayvangeldergrant.com/actors/ellie-haddington/)
4. [Ellie Haddington, FlickList.tv](https://flicklist.tv/people/ellie-haddington)
5. [Ellie Haddington full credits, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0352705/fullcredits)
6. [Ellie Haddington: Filmographie, AlloCine](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-144326/filmographie/)
7. [Ellie Haddington, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/person/ellie-haddington/)
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