Acting credits
46
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Ellie Haddington
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.8
Low visibility
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Movies: 20Series: 26
TMDB ID: 1228995
IMDb ID: nm0352705
Known for: Acting
Born: January 1, 1955
Age: 71
Place of birth: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1960 - 2025
Years active: 66
Average TMDB rating: 6.93
Wikidata: Q5365343
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Ellie Haddington.
Revert
as Mum
2025 Movie
Motherland: Last Christmas
as Marion
2022 Movie
6.2
Plebs: Soldiers of Rome
as Phaedra
2022 Movie
6.5
Operation Mincemeat
as Hilda Georgina Cholmondeley
2022 Movie
6.9
Limbo
as Beatrice
2020 Movie
7.2
Enola Holmes
as Miss Gregory
2020 Movie
5.4
Surge
as Joyce
2020 Movie
6.6
Their Finest
as Catrin's Landlady
2017 Movie
7.3
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
as Mrs. Esposito
2016 Movie
5.7
Mo
as Jean
2010 Movie
5.5
Gracie!
as Jenny Stansfield
2009 Movie
Denial
as Sandy
2004 Movie
5.4
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Florrie Bradley
2003 Movie
4.9
Lawless Heart
as Judy
2002 Movie
2.7
Breathtaking
as DCI Matthews
2000 Movie
4.8
The Wyvern Mystery
as Mrs. Tarnley
2000 Movie
5.6
Beautiful Creatures
as Maureen
2000 Movie
Killing Joe
1999 Movie
1.0
The Lorelei
as Helen
1990 Movie
Loving Hazel
as WPC
1989 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ellie Haddington.
3.2
The Rumour
5 eps
2025 Series
6.5
Crime
as Avril Lennox • 3 eps
2021 Series
6.6
Guilt
as Sheila Gemmell • 6 eps
2019 Series
7.6
Years and Years
as Dr. Moss • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.1
Motherland
as Marion • 11 eps
2017 Series
7.0
The Musketeers
as Josette • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.5
Shetland
as Lana Mair • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.4
Ripper Street
as Agatha Chudleigh • 5 eps
2012 Series
5.9
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
as Princess Puffer • 2 eps
2012 Series
6.8
The Café
as Carol Porter • 14 eps
2011 Series
7.5
Death in Paradise
as Barbara Michell • 1 eps
2011 Series
6.8
Little Crackers
as Nellie • 1 eps
2010 Series
7.9
Luther
as DCS Linda Carroway • 1 eps
2010 Series
7.6
Doctor Who
as Professor Docherty • 1 eps
2005 Series
Life Begins
as Kathleen • 14 eps
2004 Series
7.4
New Tricks
as Jean Bennett • 1 eps
2004 Series
7.9
Foyle's War
as Hilda Pierce • 9 eps
2002 Series
6.7
Cutting It
as Lo Ferris • 1 eps
2002 Series
Life Support
as Fiona Drummond • 5 eps
1999 Series
7.5
Bad Girls
as Joy Masterton • 4 eps
1999 Series
7.5
Midsomer Murders
as Joan Farley • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.5
Silent Witness
as Meg McGrath • 2 eps
1996 Series
6.0
Wycliffe
as Katherine Geach • 1 eps
1994 Series
6.6
Cracker
as Mrs Barnes • 2 eps
1993 Series