Ellie Haddington
Biography
Ellie Haddington is an actress who began her career as a trainee at the Bristol Old Vic in the 1970s. She gained early recognition for her role as Josie Clarke in Coronation Street, appearing on the program between 1995 and 1996. Her television credits include portraying governor Joy Masterton in Bad Girls and Professor Docherty in the 2007 Doctor Who episode Last of the Timelords. Between 2003 and 2015, she appeared as Hilda Pierce in Foyle's War. Haddington also played Carol Porter in the sitcom The Cafe from 2011 to 2013 and Fanny Biggetywitch in Dickensian in 2016. Her recent work includes the role of a mother in Motherland and the character Agatha C.
Career overview
Ellie Haddington began her acting training at the Bristol Old Vic during the 1970s, establishing a foundation that would support a steadily expanding career in British television. Her first notable screen appearance came as Josie Clarke in the long‑running soap Coronation Street, a role she inhabited from 1995 to 1996. A decade later she returned to the small screen as governor Joy Masterton in the prison drama Bad Girls, further demonstrating her versatility across genres.
Haddington’s subsequent work includes a guest appearance as Professor Docherty in the 2007 Doctor Who episode “Last of the Timelords.” She later portrayed Carol Porter in Sky’s sitcom The Cafe from 2011 to 2013, and she contributed to the World War II‑era series Foyle’s War, appearing as Hilda Pierce in several episodes spanning 2003 to 2015. In 2016 she took on the role of Fanny Biggetywitch in the BBC adaptation Dickensian. Most recently she has been seen as the long‑suffering mother of Anna Maxwell Martin’s character in the comedy series Motherland.
Born on 1 January 1955 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Haddington is a female actor whose credits total fifty entries in the TMDB database, reflecting a prolific and enduring presence in the industry.
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- The Rumour (2025)
- Revert (2025) as Mum
- Operation Mincemeat (2022) as Hilda Georgina Cholmondeley
- Granite Harbour (2022) as Rose Gough
- Motherland: Last Christmas (2022) as Marion
- Plebs: Soldiers of Rome (2022) as Phaedra
- Crime (2021) as Avril Lennox
- Enola Holmes (2020) as Miss Gregory
- Limbo (2020) as Beatrice
- Surge (2020) as Joyce
- Guilt (2019) as Sheila Gemmell
- Years and Years (2019) as Dr. Moss
- Motherland (2017) as Marion
- Their Finest (2017) as Catrin's Landlady
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) as Mrs. Esposito
- The Musketeers (2014) as Josette
- Shetland (2013) as Lana Mair
- Ripper Street (2012) as Agatha Chudleigh
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012) as Princess Puffer
- Death in Paradise (2011) as Barbara Michell
- The Café (2011) as Carol Porter
- Luther (2010) as DCS Linda Carroway
- Little Crackers (2010) as Nellie
- Mo (2010) as Jean
- Gracie! (2009) as Jenny Stansfield
- Doctor Who (2005) as Professor Docherty
- New Tricks (2004) as Jean Bennett
- Life Begins (2004) as Kathleen
- Denial (2004) as Sandy
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2003) as Florrie Bradley
- Foyle's War (2002) as Hilda Pierce
- Cutting It (2002) as Lo Ferris
- Lawless Heart (2002) as Judy
- Beautiful Creatures (2000) as Maureen
- The Wyvern Mystery (2000) as Mrs. Tarnley
- Breathtaking (2000) as DCI Matthews
- Bad Girls (1999) as Joy Masterton
- Killing Joe (1999)
- Life Support (1999) as Fiona Drummond
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Joan Farley
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Ginny Welton
- Silent Witness (1996) as Meg McGrath
- Wycliffe (1994) as Katherine Geach
- Cracker (1993) as Mrs Barnes
- Heartbeat (1992) as Joan Braithwaite
- In Suspicious Circumstances (1991) as Evelyn Goslett
- The Lorelei (1990) as Helen
- Loving Hazel (1989) as WPC
- Unnatural Causes (1986) as Female Interviewee
- Screen Two (1985) as Helen
- Coronation Street (1960) as Josie Clarke