Is your jaw on the floor, or what?! Waddingham has had roles in films like Les Misérables and Into the Woods and most recently the BBC miniseries In the Club. In an interview with Yahoo last year, she described the way Septa Unella was originally supposed to look and how it takes confidence to go on TV without any makeup:
"I think they wanted a shorter, more heavyset older woman. In the character breakdown, she was described as a hulking brute of a woman, to which I thought, 'Well, they're clearly not going to pick me! I'm far too glamorous!' [Laughs] In all seriousness, it takes some getting used to to appear on international television without one scrap of makeup on. But once I got into her habit, it wouldn't have even crossed my mind to try and beautify her. She is who she is."
