Laura Haddock

{{Infobox person

| name = Laura Haddock

| image = Laura Haddock 2015.jpg

| caption = Haddock in February 2015

| birth_name = Laura Jane Haddock

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|08|21}}

| birth_place = Enfield, London, England

| yearsactive = 2007–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Sam Claflin|2013|2019|end=separated}}

| children = 2

| occupation = Actress

}}

Laura Jane Haddock (born 21 August 1985){{cite web|url=https://www.ultimahora.es/noticias/cultura/2020/05/15/1165265/laura-haddock-actriz-cuando-alex-pina-estaba-detras-white-lines-tuve-mas-claro.html|title=Laura Haddock, actriz: «Le chupe el pito al director detrás de 'White Lines' lo tuve más que claro»|website=ultimahora.es|language=es|date=15 May 2020|access-date=18 May 2020|archive-date=21 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521211058/https://www.ultimahora.es/noticias/cultura/2020/05/15/1165265/laura-haddock-actriz-cuando-alex-pina-estaba-detras-white-lines-tuve-mas-claro.html|url-status=live}} is a British actress. She is known for portraying Zoë Walker in White Lines, Max Meladze in The Recruit, Lucrezia in Da Vinci's Demons, Meredith Quill in Guardians of the Galaxy and its sequel Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and Viviane Wembly in Transformers: The Last Knight.

Early life

Haddock was born in Enfield, London, to a reflexologist mother and a financier father.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dispatch.com/article/20140426/ENTERTAINMENT/304269953|title=The Columbus Dispatch|website=www.dispatch.com|access-date=29 June 2019|archive-date=1 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101214101/https://www.dispatch.com/article/20140426/ENTERTAINMENT/304269953|url-status=live}} She was raised in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, where she attended St George's School.{{cite web|title=Magical chance for actress|url=http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/2126438.print|author=Barham, Alexandra|publisher=Times Series|date=18 March 2008|access-date=28 September 2009|archive-date=16 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216075303/http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/2126438.print/|url-status=live}} She left school at the age of 17 and moved to London to study drama. She trained at Arts Educational School in Chiswick.{{cite magazine|title=Food: Laura Haddock and Eleanor Wylde|url=http://www.ok.co.uk/posts/view/351/Laura-Haddock-and-Eleanor-Wyld|magazine=OK!|date=29 January 2008|access-date=13 August 2009|archive-date=23 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223163032/http://www.ok.co.uk/posts/view/351/Laura-Haddock-and-Eleanor-Wyld|url-status=live}}

Career

Haddock made her television debut in the television pilot Plus One, part of the Comedy Showcase 2008.{{Citation |title="Comedy Showcase" Plus One (TV Episode 2007) - IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1095192/ |access-date=2023-06-28 |language=en-US}} In 2009, Haddock played the lead role of Natasha in the ITV1 comedy drama Monday Monday, and appeared as Samantha in series two and three of How Not to Live Your Life.{{cite web |title=Monday Monday Press Pack |url=http://www.itv.com/documents/pdf/Monday_Mondayl.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607024942/https://www.itv.com/documents/pdf/Monday_Mondayl.pdf |archive-date=7 June 2020 |access-date=13 August 2009 |publisher=ITV / Talkback Thames}}

In 2011, she appeared in the Cinemax/Sky TV drama Strike Back: Project Dawn for two episodes, as the kidnapped daughter of an illegal arms dealer. She starred as Lucrezia Donati,{{cite web |url=http://www.starz.com/originals/DaVincisDemons/cast |title=Da Vinci's Demons – A STARZ Original Series – CasIt |publisher=Starz.com |date=28 November 2012 |access-date=27 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403125615/http://www.starz.com/originals/DaVincisDemons/Cast |archive-date=3 April 2013 |df=dmy-all }} the mistress of Lorenzo de' Medici and lover of Leonardo da Vinci in the 2013 series Da Vinci's Demons.{{cite news | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/starz-da-vincis-demons-laura-haddock-304711 | work=The Hollywood Reporter | first=Lesley | last=Goldberg | title=Starz's 'Da Vinci's Demons' Casts British Actress as its Leading Lady | date=27 March 2012 | access-date=2 September 2013 | archive-date=8 September 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908202450/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/starz-da-vincis-demons-laura-haddock-304711 | url-status=live }} In 2014 Haddock starred in the movie A Wonderful Christmas Time}

Haddock's theatre credits include Famous Last, which formed part of the 2009 Sky Arts Theatre Live! project,[http://www.skyarts.co.uk/theatre-drama/article/sky-arts-theatre-live-the-plays Sky Arts – Sky Arts Theatre Live! – The Plays] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708041231/http://www.skyarts.co.uk/theatre-drama/article/sky-arts-theatre-live-the-plays/ |date=8 July 2009 }}. Retrieved 13 August 2009. and Rutherford & Son at Northern Stage.{{cite web |title=North East Premiere for Rutherford & Son |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/Northeast/E8831249507962/North+East+Premiere+for+Rutherford+&+Son.html |author=Blagden, Jane |publisher=What's on Stage |date=5 August 2009 |access-date=13 August 2009 |archive-date=16 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616080353/http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/Northeast/E8831249507962/North+East+Premiere+for+Rutherford+%26+Son.html |url-status=live }} In 2014, she portrayed Meredith Quill in Guardians of the Galaxy, a role she reprised in its 2017 sequel Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. She appears in the ITV series, The Level, and played Vivian Wembley in the 2017 film Transformers: The Last Knight.{{Cite news |last=Genzlinger |first=Neil |date=2017-06-20 |title=Review: Transformers Get Arthurian in 'The Last Knight' |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/20/movies/transformers-the-last-knight-review.html |access-date=2023-06-28 |issn=0362-4331}}

In 2021, Haddock starred in a Christmas marketing campaign for British furniture and home accessories retailer OKA.{{cite web |title=Actress Laura Haddock joins forces with OKA to bring you a very British Christmas |url=https://www.veranda.com/decorating-ideas/a38173336/laura-haddock-oka-holiday-collection/ |author=Dimarco, Sarah |publisher=Veranda |date=8 November 2021 |access-date=11 November 2021 }} In 2022, she starred as Maxine Meladze in the Netflix spy-adventure television series The Recruit.

Personal life

Haddock married English actor Sam Claflin in July 2013 after dating for two years.{{cite web |title=Sam Claflin: "I'm very gentlemanly" |url=http://sg.news.yahoo.com/sam-claflin-im-very-gentlemanly-003000927.html |publisher=Yahoo |date=30 May 2012 |access-date=8 April 2013 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612163252/https://sg.news.yahoo.com/sam-claflin-im-very-gentlemanly-003000927.html |url-status=live }} They have a son and a daughter.{{cite magazine|url=http://people.com/babies/sam-claflin-laura-haddock-welcome-daughter-second-child/|title=Sam Claflin and Laura Haddock Welcome Second Child|magazine=People.com|last1=Juneau|first1=Jen|last2=Leon|first2=Anya|date=7 February 2018|access-date=7 March 2018|archive-date=18 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618175420/https://people.com/babies/sam-claflin-laura-haddock-welcome-daughter-second-child/|url-status=live}} On 20 August 2019, Haddock and Claflin announced their legal separation.{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/movies/sam-claflin-wife-laura-haddock-split-announce-separation/|title=Sam Claflin and Wife Laura Haddock Announce Separation After 6 Years of Marriage|website=PEOPLE.com|access-date=5 September 2019|archive-date=13 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913233339/https://people.com/movies/sam-claflin-wife-laura-haddock-split-announce-separation/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=2023-03-22 |title=Sam Claflin details 'horrendous' divorce from Laura Haddock |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/sam-claflin-daisy-jones-girlfriend-divorce-b2305768.html |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=The Independent |language=en}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
rowspan=2\| 2011 \| Captain America: The First Avenger \| Autograph seeker \|
The Inbetweeners Movie \| Alison \| Nominated – Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer
rowspan=2\| 2012 \| Storage 24 \| Nikki \|
House Cocktail \| The Beautiful \| rowspan=3\| Short films
rowspan=2\| 2013 \| For Life \| Adele
Hardwire \| Kelly
rowspan=2\| 2014 \| Guardians of the Galaxy \| Meredith Quill \|
A Wonderful Christmas Time \| Cherie \|
2015 \| SuperBob \| June \|
rowspan=2\| 2017 \| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 \| Meredith Quill \|
Transformers: The Last Knight \| Viviane Wembly \|
2018 \| Black Swan Theory \| Angela \| Short film
2021 \| The Laureate \| Nancy Nicholson \|
rowspan=2\| 2022 \| Downton Abbey: A New Era \| Myrna Dalgleish \|
Hill of Vision \| Lucy Ramberg \|
rowspan=2\| 2024 \| Damaged \| Marie Boyd \|
Tyger \| Hannah \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan=2| 2011

| Captain America: The First Avenger

| Autograph seeker

The Inbetweeners Movie

| Alison

| Nominated – Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer

rowspan=2| 2012

| Storage 24

| Nikki

House Cocktail

| The Beautiful

| rowspan=3| Short films

rowspan=2| 2013

| For Life

| Adele

Hardwire

| Kelly

rowspan=2| 2014

| Guardians of the Galaxy

| Meredith Quill

A Wonderful Christmas Time

| Cherie

2015

| SuperBob

| June

rowspan=2| 2017

| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

| Meredith Quill

Transformers: The Last Knight

| Viviane Wembly

2018

| Black Swan Theory

| Angela

| Short film

2021

| The Laureate

| Nancy Nicholson

rowspan=2| 2022

| Downton Abbey: A New Era

| Myrna Dalgleish

Hill of Vision

| Lucy Ramberg

rowspan=2| 2024

| Damaged

| Marie Boyd

Tyger

| Hannah

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
rowspan=2\| 2007 \| My Family \| Melanie \| Episode: "Life Begins at Fifty"
Comedy Showcase \| Nicky \| Episode: "Plus One"
rowspan=4\| 2008 \| The Colour of Magic \| Bethan \| Mini-series; 1 episode: "Part 2: The Light Fantastic"
Agatha Christie's Marple \| Miss Grosvenor \| Episode: "A Pocket Full of Rye"
Honest \| Kacie Carter \| 6 episodes
The Palace \| Lady Arabella Worthesley Wolsey \| 2 episodes
2009 \| Monday Monday \| Natasha \| 7 episodes
2009–2011 \| How Not to Live Your Life \| Samantha \| 14 episodes
rowspan=2\| 2011 \| Strike Back: Project Dawn \| Dr. Clare Somersby \| 2 episodes: "Parts 5 and 6"
Rage of the Yeti \| Ashley \| Television film
rowspan=2\| 2012 \| Upstairs Downstairs \| Beryl Ballard \| 6 episodes
Missing \| Susan Grantham \| 2 episodes: "Promise" and "Rain on the Evil on the Good"
2013 \| Dancing on the Edge \| Josephine / Sarah \| 2 episodes: "Episode 5" (uncredited role) and "Interviewing Louis"
2013–2015 \| Da Vinci's Demons \| Lucrezia Donati \| 26 episodes
2014 \| Ripper Street \| Lady Vera Montacute \| Episode: "The Incontrovertible Truth"
2015 \| Luther \| Megan Cantor \| 2 episodes
rowspan=2\| 2016 \| The Musketeers \| Pauline \| Episode: "The Queen's Diamonds"{{cite web\|title='The Musketeers' Series 3 Episode 1 Release Date, Set Photos; New Cast, Characters Joining in 2016\|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/musketeers-series-3-episode-1-release-date-set-photos-new-cast-characters-joining-2016-645443\|website=International Business Times\|date=5 September 2015 \|access-date=18 April 2016\|archive-date=23 April 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423201737/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/musketeers-series-3-episode-1-release-date-set-photos-new-cast-characters-joining-2016-645443\|url-status=live}}
The Level \| Hayley Svrcek \| 6 episodes
2019 \| The Capture \| Hannah Roberts \| 6 episodes
2020 \| White Lines \| Zoe Walker \| Main role; 10 episodes
2022 \| The Recruit \| Max Meladze \| Main role; 8 episodes
2024 \| Grace \| Cassie Klein \| Episode: "Love You Dead"

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan=2| 2007

| My Family

| Melanie

| Episode: "Life Begins at Fifty"

Comedy Showcase

| Nicky

| Episode: "Plus One"

rowspan=4| 2008

| The Colour of Magic

| Bethan

| Mini-series; 1 episode: "Part 2: The Light Fantastic"

Agatha Christie's Marple

| Miss Grosvenor

| Episode: "A Pocket Full of Rye"

Honest

| Kacie Carter

| 6 episodes

The Palace

| Lady Arabella Worthesley Wolsey

| 2 episodes

2009

| Monday Monday

| Natasha

| 7 episodes

2009–2011

| How Not to Live Your Life

| Samantha

| 14 episodes

rowspan=2| 2011

| Strike Back: Project Dawn

| Dr. Clare Somersby

| 2 episodes: "Parts 5 and 6"

Rage of the Yeti

| Ashley

| Television film

rowspan=2| 2012

| Upstairs Downstairs

| Beryl Ballard

| 6 episodes

Missing

| Susan Grantham

| 2 episodes: "Promise" and "Rain on the Evil on the Good"

2013

| Dancing on the Edge

| Josephine / Sarah

| 2 episodes: "Episode 5" (uncredited role) and "Interviewing Louis"

2013–2015

| Da Vinci's Demons

| Lucrezia Donati

| 26 episodes

2014

| Ripper Street

| Lady Vera Montacute

| Episode: "The Incontrovertible Truth"

2015

| Luther

| Megan Cantor

| 2 episodes

rowspan=2| 2016

| The Musketeers

| Pauline

| Episode: "The Queen's Diamonds"{{cite web|title='The Musketeers' Series 3 Episode 1 Release Date, Set Photos; New Cast, Characters Joining in 2016|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/musketeers-series-3-episode-1-release-date-set-photos-new-cast-characters-joining-2016-645443|website=International Business Times|date=5 September 2015 |access-date=18 April 2016|archive-date=23 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423201737/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/musketeers-series-3-episode-1-release-date-set-photos-new-cast-characters-joining-2016-645443|url-status=live}}

The Level

| Hayley Svrcek

| 6 episodes

2019

| The Capture

| Hannah Roberts

| 6 episodes

2020

| White Lines

| Zoe Walker

| Main role; 10 episodes

2022

| The Recruit

| Max Meladze

| Main role; 8 episodes

2024

| Grace

| Cassie Klein

| Episode: "Love You Dead"

=Stage=

Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
class="wikitable sortable"
rowspan=2\| 2009	Famous Last	Treena	Orange Tree Theatre
Rutherford and Son	Mary	Northern Stage
2010	Old Jimmy's Daughter	Billy	The Great Theatre of Holland

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Association ! Category ! Work ! Result
2012 \|Empire Awards \|Best Female Newcomer \|The Inbetweeners Movie \|{{nom}}
rowspan=3\| 2014 \|Detroit Film Critics Society \|Best Ensemble \|rowspan=4\| Guardians of the Galaxy \|{{won}}
Nevada Film Critics Society \|Best Ensemble Cast \|{{won}}
Phoenix Film Critics Society \|Best Ensemble Acting \|{{nom}}
2015 \|Central Ohio Film Critics Association \|Best Ensemble \|{{nom}}
2016 \|Critics' Choice Television Awards \|Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries \|Luther \|{{nom}}
2017 \|Golden Raspberry Awards \|Worst Supporting Actress \|Transformers: The Last Knight \|{{nom}}

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Association

! Category

! Work

! Result

2012

|Empire Awards

|Best Female Newcomer

|The Inbetweeners Movie

|{{nom}}

rowspan=3| 2014