Acting · Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK · Born January 1, 1955
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.
TVThe Rumour
2025
MovieRevert
2025
as Mum
MovieMotherland: Last Christmas
2022
as Marion
MoviePlebs: Soldiers of Rome
2022
as Phaedra
TVGranite Harbour
2022
as Rose Gough
MovieOperation Mincemeat
2022
as Hilda Georgina Cholmondeley
TVCrime
2021
as Avril Lennox
MovieLimbo
2020
as Beatrice
MovieEnola Holmes
2020
as Miss Gregory
MovieSurge
2020
as Joyce
TVGuilt
2019
as Sheila Gemmell
TVYears and Years
2019
as Dr. Moss
TVMotherland
2017
as Marion
MovieTheir Finest
2017
as Catrin's Landlady
MovieFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016
as Mrs. Esposito
TVThe Musketeers
2014
as Josette
TVShetland
2013
as Lana Mair
TVRipper Street
2012
as Agatha Chudleigh
TVThe Mystery of Edwin Drood
2012
as Princess Puffer
TVThe Café
2011
as Carol Porter
TVDeath in Paradise
2011
as Barbara Michell
TVLittle Crackers
2010
as Nellie
TVLuther
2010
as DCS Linda Carroway
MovieMo
2010
as Jean
MovieGracie!
2009
as Jenny Stansfield
TVDoctor Who
2005
as Professor Docherty
MovieDenial
2004
as Sandy
TVLife Begins
2004
as Kathleen
TVNew Tricks
2004
as Jean Bennett
MovieDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2003
as Florrie Bradley
TVFoyle's War
2002
as Hilda Pierce
MovieLawless Heart
2002
as Judy
TVCutting It
2002
as Lo Ferris
MovieBreathtaking
2000
as DCI Matthews
MovieThe Wyvern Mystery
2000
as Mrs. Tarnley
MovieBeautiful Creatures
2000
as Maureen
TVLife Support
1999
as Fiona Drummond
Killing Joe
1999
TVBad Girls
1999
as Joy Masterton
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Joan Farley
TVSilent Witness
1996
as Meg McGrath
TVWycliffe
1994
as Katherine Geach
TVCracker
1993
as Mrs Barnes
TVHeartbeat
1992
as Joan Braithwaite
TVIn Suspicious Circumstances
1991
as Evelyn Goslett
MovieThe Lorelei
1990
as Helen
MovieLoving Hazel
1989
as WPC
TVUnnatural Causes
1986
as Female Interviewee
TVScreen Two
1985
as Helen
TVCoronation Street
1960
as Josie Clarke
