Personal Info
Birth date
1955-01-01 (70 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
Also known as
-Ellie Haddington
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.
Filmography
Midsomer Murders
7.514
Overview:
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.Death in Paradise
7.449
Overview:
A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint-Marie.Doctor Who
7.556
Overview:
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.Silent Witness
7.6
Overview:
A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.Foyle's War
7.907
Overview:
As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.The Musketeers
7
Overview:
Set in 17th century Paris, musketeers Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan are members of an elite band of soldiers who fight for what is just. They are heroes in the truest and most abiding sense – men that can be trusted and believed in to do the right thing, regardless of personal risk.Luther
7.86
Overview:
A dark psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as Luther, a man struggling with his own terrible demons, who might be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.Ripper Street
7.417
Overview:
A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The action centres around the notorious H Division – the police precinct from hell – which is charged with keeping order in the chaotic streets of Whitechapel. Ripper Street explores the lives of characters trying to recover from the Ripper's legacy, from crimes that have not only irretrievably altered their lives, but the very fabric of their city. At the drama's heart our detectives try to bring a little light into the dark world they inhabit.Years and Years
7.587
Overview:
As Britain is rocked by unstable political, economic and technological advances, members of the Lyons family converge on one crucial night in 2019. Over the next 15 years, the twists and turns of their everyday lives are explored as we find out if this ordinary family could change the world.Wycliffe
6
Overview:
Wycliffe is a British television series, based on W. J. Burley's novels about Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe. It was produced by HTV and broadcast on the ITV Network, following a pilot episode on 7 August 1993, between 24 July 1994 and 5 July 1998. The series was filmed in Cornwall, with a production office in Truro. Music for the series was composed by Nigel Hess and was awarded the Royal Television Society award for the best television theme. Wycliffe is played by Jack Shepherd, assisted by DI Doug Kersey and DI Lucy Lane. Each episode deals with a murder investigation. In the early series, the stories are adapted from Burley's books and are in classic whodunit style, often with quirky characters and plot elements. In later seasons, the tone becomes more naturalistic and there is more emphasis on internal politics within the police.Cracker
6.622
Overview:
The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight into the criminal mind.Spies of Warsaw
6.603
Overview:
A military attaché at the French embassy is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of Warsaw. A classic tale of spying, intrigue, and romance, based on the novels of Alan Furst and adapted by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.Heartbeat
7.125
Overview:
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.Cutting It
6.714
Overview:
Allie Henshall and Gavin Ferraday are partners in love and business. They own Henshall Ferraday hair salon, where Allie's sisters Darcey and Sydney work alongside them. As Allie and Gavin consider taking over a vacant property across the road, they are rocked by the news that a rival hairdresser has bought it. To make matters worse, Allie discovers that the new salon, Blade Runner, is run by her ex, Finn, and his wife, Mia Bevan. Finn fathered the child Allie claimed to have aborted. He left her when he found out she was pregnant, but he's back in town to try and woo Allie.Crime
6.4
Overview:
Detective Inspector Ray Lennox investigates the disappearance of a schoolgirl while battling cocaine addiction and a mental breakdown.The Café
6.8
Overview:
A family-owned seaside café in Weston-super-Mare hosts some colorful customers in this warm comedy series.Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
7.314
Overview:
In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt, and threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations.Guilt
6.705
Overview:
Two brothers seem to get away with a crime - but soon discover they can trust no-one, including each other, in a pitch-black, contemporary thriller.Motherland
7.085
Overview:
Sitcom about navigating the trials and traumas of middle-class motherhood, looking at the competitive and unromantic side of parenting.Little Crackers
6.8
Overview:
Little Crackers is a series of Christmas short films featuring stars of British and Irish comedy.New Tricks
7.357
Overview:
New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes.Bad Girls
7.716
Overview:
Bad Girls is a British television drama series that was broadcast on ITV from 1 June 1999 to 20 December 2006 and starred Simone Lahbib, Mandana Jones, Debra Stephenson, Linda Henry, Jack Ellis and many more throughout the eight-year run. The series was broadcast in 17 countries and was produced by Shed Productions, the company which later produced Footballers' Wives and Waterloo Road. It is set in the fictional women's prison of Larkhall, and features a mixture of serious and light storylines focusing on the prisoners and staff of G Wing. From 2010, the UK broadcast rights were bought by CBS Drama, and is repeated regularly – as of September 2012, the channel is re-running the series again in a late-night time slot.Enola Holmes
7.254
Overview:
While searching for her missing mother, intrepid teen Enola Holmes uses her sleuthing skills to outsmart big brother Sherlock and help a runaway lord.Operation Mincemeat
6.511
Overview:
In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece rather than Sicily.Their Finest
6.638
Overview:
During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters who undertook their own maritime mission to rescue wounded soldiers are met with mixed feelings by a dismissive all-male staff.Life Begins
NYR
Overview:
Life Begins is a British television drama first broadcast on ITV between February 2004 and October 2006, starring Caroline Quentin and Alexander Armstrong, Anne Reid and Frank Finlay.Limbo
6.95
Overview:
An offbeat observation of refugees waiting to be granted asylum on a fictional remote Scottish island. It focuses on Omar, a young Syrian musician who is burdened by the weight of his grandfather’s oud, which he has carried all the way from his homeland.The Mystery of Edwin Drood
5.8
Overview:
Choirmaster John Jasper is obsessed with his nephew's fiancé. Will he take his opportunity to get rid of Edwin Drood?Acting
2022Plebs: Soldiers of Rome as Phaedra
2022Operation Mincemeat as Hilda Georgina Cholmondeley
2021Crime (3 Episodes) as Avril Lennox
2020Limbo as Beatrice
2020Enola Holmes as Miss Gregory
2020Surge as Joyce
2019Guilt (6 Episodes) as Sheila Gemmell
2019Years and Years (1 Episode) as Dr. Moss
2017Motherland (11 Episodes) as Marion
2017Their Finest as Catrin's Landlady
2016Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them as Mrs. Esposito
2014The Musketeers (1 Episode) as Josette
2013Spies of Warsaw (2 Episodes) as Madame Dupin
2012Ripper Street (5 Episodes) as Agatha Chudleigh
2012The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2 Episodes) as Princess Puffer
2011The Café (14 Episodes) as Carol Porter
2011Death in Paradise (1 Episode) as Barbara Michell
2010Little Crackers (1 Episode) as Nellie
2010Luther (1 Episode) as DCS Linda Carroway
2010Mo as Jean
2009Gracie! as Jenny Stansfield
2005Doctor Who (1 Episode) as Professor Docherty
2004Denial as Sandy
2004Life Begins (14 Episodes) as Kathleen
2004New Tricks (1 Episode) as Jean Bennett
2003Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Florrie Bradley
2002Foyle's War (9 Episodes) as Hilda Pierce
2002Lawless Heart as Judy
2002Cutting It (1 Episode) as Lo Ferris
2000Breathtaking as DCI Matthews
2000The Wyvern Mystery as Mrs. Tarnley
2000Beautiful Creatures as Maureen
1999Life Support (6 Episodes) as Fiona Drummond
1999Killing Joe as Unknown
1999Bad Girls (4 Episodes) as Joy Masterton
1997Midsomer Murders (1, 1 Episode) as Joan Farley, Ginny Welton
1996Silent Witness (2 Episodes) as Meg McGrath
1994Wycliffe (1 Episode) as Katherine Geach
1993Cracker (2 Episodes) as Mrs Barnes
1992Heartbeat (1 Episode) as Joan Braithwaite
1990The Lorelei as Helen
1989Loving Hazel as WPC