Laura Haddock

Laura Haddock Biography

Laura Jane Haddock (born 21 August 1985) is an English actress. She is best known for portraying Kacie Carter in Honest, Lucrezia in Da Vinci's Demons, Meredith Quill in Guardians of the Galaxy and its sequel Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Alison in The Inbetweeners Movie and Viviane Wembly in Transformers: The Last Knight.

Early life

Born in Enfield, London and raised in Harpenden, Hertfordshire (where she attended St. George's School), Haddock left school at the age of 17 and moved to London to study drama. She trained at Arts Educational School in Chiswick.

Career

Haddock made her television debut in the television pilot Plus One, part of the Comedy Showcase 2008. Her other television credits include The Palace, My Family, The Colour of Magic, Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye and Honest, playing the lead role of Kacie Carter. She also appeared in the pilot episode of Life Is Wild, the American version of Wild at Heart. She also starred in adverts for dot tel. Haddock played the lead role of Natasha in the ITV1 comedy drama Monday Monday, and appears in series two and three of How Not to Live Your Life, replacing previous female lead Sinad Moynihan.

In 2011, she appeared in the Cinemax/Sky TV drama Strike Back: Project Dawn for two episodes playing the kidnapped daughter of an illegal arms dealer. She starred as Lucrezia Donati, the mistress of Lorenzo de' Medici and lover of Leonardo da Vinci in the 2013 series Da Vinci's Demons. Haddock's theatre credits include Famous Last, which formed part of the 2009 Sky Arts Theatre Live! project, and Rutherford & Son at Northern Stage. 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 Michael Bay film Transformers: The Last Knight, which was released on 21 June 2017.

Personal life

Haddock married actor Sam Claflin in July 2013 after dating for two years. On 5 November 2015, at The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 London premiere, it was revealed that Claflin and Haddock were expecting their first child. Haddock gave birth to their child, a son, on 10 December 2015.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Captain America: The First Avenger	Fangirl	Credit as Autograph Seeker
2011	The Inbetweeners Movie	Alison	Nominated - Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer
2012	Storage 24	Nikki
2012	House Cocktail	The Beautiful	Short film
2014	Guardians of the Galaxy	Meredith Quill
2014	A Wonderful Christmas Time	Cherie
2015	Superbob	June
2017	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2	Meredith Quill
2017	Transformers: The Last Knight	Viviane Wembly

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	My Family	Melanie	Episode: "Life Begins at Fifty"
2007	Comedy Showcase	Nicky	Episode: "Plus One"
2007	The Colour of Magic	Bethan	Television film
2008	Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye	Miss Grosvenor	Television film
2008	Honest	Kacie Carter
2008	The Palace	Lady Arabella Worthesley Wolsey	2 episodes
2009	Monday Monday	Natasha
2009-2011	How Not to Live Your Life	Samantha
2011	Strike Back: Project Dawn	Dr. Clare Somersby	2 episodes
2011	Rage of the Yeti	Ashley	Television film
2012	Upstairs Downstairs	Beryl Ballard
2012	Missing	Susan Grantham	2 episodes
2013	Dancing on the Edge	Josephine	Episode: "Interviewing Louis"
2014	Ripper Street	Lady Vera	Episode 6: "The Incontrovertible Truth"
2013-2015	Da Vinci's Demons	Lucrezia Donati
2015	Luther	Megan Cantor	2 episodes
2016	The Musketeers	Pauline
2016	The Level	Hayley Svrcek

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Famous Last	Treena	Orange Tree Theatre
2009	Rutherford and Son	Mary	Northern Stage
2010	Old Jimmy's Daughter	Billy	The Great Theatre of Holland

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Work
2012	Empire Awards	Best Female Newcomer	The Inbetweeners Movie
2014	Detroit Film Critics Society	Best Ensemble	Guardians of the Galaxy
2014	Nevada Film Critics Society	Best Ensemble Cast	Guardians of the Galaxy
2014	Phoenix Film Critics Society	Best Ensemble Acting	Guardians of the Galaxy
2015	Central Ohio Film Critics Association	Best Ensemble	Guardians of the Galaxy
2016	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries	Luther

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