Cast & creator
Ellie Haddington
Best known for Midsomer Murders, Midsomer Murders, Coronation Street
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.
21
film credits
31
television credits
52
1960–2025 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (52)
Showing 52 of 52 credits
Midsomer Murders
Joan Farley
1997Midsomer Murders
Ginny Welton
1997
Coronation Street
Josie Clarke
1960
Doctor Who
Professor Docherty
2005
Death in Paradise
Barbara Michell
2011
Silent Witness
Meg McGrath
1996
Heartbeat
Joan Braithwaite
1992
Screen Two
Helen
1985
Shetland
Lana Mair
2013
New Tricks
Jean Bennett
2004
Foyle's War
Hilda Pierce
2002
Ripper Street
Agatha Chudleigh
2012
Luther
DCS Linda Carroway
2010
The Musketeers
Josette
2014
Wycliffe
Katherine Geach
1994
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Mrs. Esposito
2016
Bad Girls
Joy Masterton
1999
Cracker
Mrs Barnes
1993
Enola Holmes
Miss Gregory
2020
In Suspicious Circumstances
Evelyn Goslett
1991
Years and Years
Dr. Moss
2019
Motherland
Marion
2017
Crime
Avril Lennox
2021
Cutting It
Lo Ferris
2002
Operation Mincemeat
Hilda Georgina Cholmondeley
2022
Unnatural Causes
Female Interviewee
1986
Little Crackers
Nellie
2010
Guilt
Sheila Gemmell
2019
Granite Harbour
Rose Gough
2022
Their Finest
Catrin's Landlady
2017
Life Support
Fiona Drummond
1999
Life Begins
Kathleen
2004
The Café
Carol Porter
2011
The Rumour
2025
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Princess Puffer
2012
Mairi
Fiona
2020Killing Joe
1999
Surge
Joyce
2020
Plebs: Soldiers of Rome
Phaedra
2022
Beautiful Creatures
Maureen
2000
The Wyvern Mystery
Mrs. Tarnley
2000
Limbo
Beatrice
2020
The Lorelei
Helen
1990
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Florrie Bradley
2003
Mo
Jean
2010
Breathtaking
DCI Matthews
2000
Revert
Mum
2025
Gracie!
Jenny Stansfield
2009
Lawless Heart
Judy
2002
Motherland: Last Christmas
Marion
2022
Loving Hazel
WPC
1989
Denial
Sandy
2004