Acting
Ellie Haddington
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
Revert
Film · 2025
The Rumour
Series · 2025
Operation Mincemeat
Film · 2022
Plebs: Soldiers of Rome
Film · 2022
Motherland: Last Christmas
Film · 2022
Granite Harbour
Series · 2022
Crime
Series · 2021
Limbo
Film · 2020
Surge
Film · 2020
Enola Holmes
Film · 2020
Mairi
Film · 2020
Guilt
Series · 2019
Years and Years
Series · 2019
Their Finest
Film · 2017
Motherland
Series · 2017
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Film · 2016
The Musketeers
Series · 2014
Shetland
Series · 2013
Ripper Street
Series · 2012
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Series · 2012
The Café
Series · 2011
Death in Paradise
Series · 2011
Mo
Film · 2010
Luther
Series · 2010
Little Crackers
Series · 2010
Gracie!
Film · 2009
Doctor Who
Series · 2005
Denial
Film · 2004
Life Begins
Series · 2004
New Tricks
Series · 2004
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Film · 2003
Lawless Heart
Film · 2002
Cutting It
Series · 2002
Foyle's War
Series · 2002
Beautiful Creatures
Film · 2000
The Wyvern Mystery
Film · 2000
Breathtaking
Film · 2000
Killing Joe
Film · 1999
Bad Girls
Series · 1999
Life Support
Series · 1999
Midsomer Murders
Series · 1997
Midsomer Murders
Series · 1997
Silent Witness
Series · 1996
Wycliffe
Series · 1994
Cracker
Series · 1993
Heartbeat
Series · 1992
In Suspicious Circumstances
Series · 1991
The Lorelei
Film · 1990
Loving Hazel
Film · 1989
Unnatural Causes
Series · 1986
Screen Two
Series · 1985
Coronation Street
Series · 1960