Hannah Waddingham slays at SAG Awards with homemade cardboard bag
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Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesHanna Waddingham isn’t afraid to make a statement on the red carpet.
The Ted Lasso The 49-year-old star walked the red carpet at the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday, February 24, in a deep red, off-the-shoulder Tony Ward Couture gown, complete with train and thigh-high slit. The showstopper of the outfit, however, was the colorful cardboard handbag, specially designed for Waddingham by her 9-year-old daughter.
The cardboard clutch was decorated with a hand-drawn rainbow design and the handwritten word ‘Epic’ on it.
“My daughter wanted to contribute, so she made me a bag,” Waddingham said during the Netflix red carpet pre-show. She added that attending the red carpet is “absolutely amazing, but this [being a mom] is the most important.”
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Her own words of wisdom inspired her little one. “She said to me, ‘Mama, it goes with everything and nothing, as you say.’ That’s one well-trained baby,” Waddingham said Entertainment tonight while on the SAG Awards red carpet.
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VALERIE MACON / AFP) (Photo by VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty ImagesShe later swapped the cardboard creation for a bejeweled football bag at the official afterparty where she and the Ted Lasso cast rocked matching tracksuits from AFC Richmond.
Waddingham’s style of mixing red carpet looks with down-to-earth details isn’t new. While walking the red carpet at the 2022 Emmy Awards, Waddingham paired her pink princess-inspired Dolce & Gabbana dress with a pair of white high-top sneakers studded with crystals.
“I just thought, ‘Let’s go girls… let’s wear sneakers underneath,'” Waddingham told Variety at the time, before joking, “It’s not like I’m not tall enough.”
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In 2021, Waddingham won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her portrayal of Rebecca in AppleTV+’s Ted Lasso. In her acceptance speech, the Game of Thrones alum acknowledged the impact the role has had not only on her own life, but on her daughter’s as well.
“Jason, you have changed my life, and more importantly, my daughter’s life,” Waddingham said, praising her Ted Lasso costar and executive producer Jason Sudeikis. “I’m honestly so privileged to be working with you. I’m real.”
Both Waddingham and Sudeikis, 48, appeared at the 2024 Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 7. Waddingham looked striking in a sheer black dress, while Sudeikis opted for comfort in a purple sweater paired with a brown jacket.
This year, Ted Lasso was nominated for Best Television Series, while Waddingham and Sudeikis received nominations for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy and Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television, respectively.
Ted Lasso premiered on AppleTV+ in 2020 with series co-creator Sudeikis starring as the titular American football coach who moves his life across the pond to coach a football team. The season 3 finale of Ted Lasso aired in May 2023 and there is no confirmation that this was intended to mark the show’s official end. However, Sudeikis has insisted that season 3 should serve as a conclusion.
“This story is done,” Sudeikis said in May 2023 when he appeared on the “Fly on the Wall” podcast. “It sounds like a political answer, but it is the truth. We only came up with these three [seasons]then this thing became a big old thing.