Laura Haddock

British actress (born 1985)

Laura Haddock
Haddock in February 2015
Born	Laura Jane Haddock (1985-08-21) 21 August 1985 (age 38) Enfield, London, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2007–present
Spouse	Sam Claflin (2013-2019, separated)

Laura Jane Haddock (born 21 August 1985)^[1] 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.^[2] She was raised in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, where she attended St George's School.^[3] She left school at the age of 17 and moved to London to study drama. She trained at Arts Educational School in Chiswick.^[4]

Career

Haddock made her television debut in the television pilot Plus One, part of the Comedy Showcase 2008.^[5] 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.^[6]

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,^[7] the mistress of Lorenzo de' Medici and lover of Leonardo da Vinci in the 2013 series Da Vinci's Demons.^[8]

Haddock's theatre credits include Famous Last, which formed part of the 2009 Sky Arts Theatre Live! project,^[9] and Rutherford & Son at Northern Stage.^[10] 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.^[11]

In 2021, Haddock starred in a Christmas marketing campaign for British furniture and home accessories retailer OKA.^[12] 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.^[13] They have a son and a daughter.^[14] On 20 August 2019, Haddock and Claflin announced their legal separation.^[15]^[16]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Captain America: The First Avenger	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
2022	Downton Abbey: A New Era	Myrna Dalgleish
2024	Damaged (film)	Marie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	My Family	Melanie	Episode: "Life Begins at Fifty"
	Comedy Showcase	Nicky	Episode: "Plus One"
	The Colour of Magic	Bethan	Television film
2008	Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye	Miss Grosvenor	Television film
	Honest	Kacie Carter
	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"
2013–2015	Da Vinci's Demons	Lucrezia Donati
2014	Ripper Street	Lady Vera	Episode 6: "The Incontrovertible Truth"
2015	Luther	Megan Cantor	2 episodes
2016	The Musketeers	Pauline	^[17]
2016	The Level	Hayley Svrcek
2019	The Capture	Hannah Roberts
2020	White Lines	Zoe Walker	Main role
2022–present	The Recruit	Max Meladze	Main role

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Famous Last	Treena	Orange Tree Theatre^[9]
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	Result
2012	Empire Awards	Best Female Newcomer	The Inbetweeners Movie	Nominated
2014	Detroit Film Critics Society	Best Ensemble	Guardians of the Galaxy	Won
2014	Nevada Film Critics Society	Best Ensemble Cast	Guardians of the Galaxy	Won
2014	Phoenix Film Critics Society	Best Ensemble Acting	Guardians of the Galaxy	Nominated
2015	Central Ohio Film Critics Association	Best Ensemble	Guardians of the Galaxy	Nominated
2016	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries	Luther	Nominated
2017	Golden Raspberry Awards	Worst Supporting Actress	Transformers: The Last Knight	Nominated

References

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^ "Monday Monday Press Pack" (PDF). ITV / Talkback Thames. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
^ "Da Vinci's Demons – A STARZ Original Series – CasIt". Starz.com. 28 November 2012. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
^ Goldberg, Lesley (27 March 2012). "Starz's 'Da Vinci's Demons' Casts British Actress as its Leading Lady". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2013. In 2014 Haddock starred in the movie A Wonderful Christmas Time}
^ ^a ^b Sky Arts – Sky Arts Theatre Live! – The Plays Archived 8 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
^ Blagden, Jane (5 August 2009). "North East Premiere for Rutherford & Son". What's on Stage. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
^ Genzlinger, Neil (20 June 2017). "Review: Transformers Get Arthurian in 'The Last Knight'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
^ Dimarco, Sarah (8 November 2021). "Actress Laura Haddock joins forces with OKA to bring you a very British Christmas". Veranda. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
^ "Sam Claflin: "I'm very gentlemanly"". Yahoo. 30 May 2012. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
^ Juneau, Jen; Leon, Anya (7 February 2018). "Sam Claflin and Laura Haddock Welcome Second Child". People.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
^ "Sam Claflin and Wife Laura Haddock Announce Separation After 6 Years of Marriage". PEOPLE.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
^ "Sam Claflin details 'horrendous' divorce from Laura Haddock". The Independent. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
^ "'The Musketeers' Series 3 Episode 1 Release Date, Set Photos; New Cast, Characters Joining in 2016". International Business Times. 5 September 2015. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.