Laura Haddock
Haddock in February 2015
Born	Laura Jane Haddock (1985-08-21) 21 August 1985 (age 40) Enfield, London, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2007–present
Spouse	Sam Claflin ​ ​ (m. 2013; sep. 2019)​
Children	2

Laura Jane Haddock (born 21 August 1985) is a British actress. She is known for portraying Alison in The Inbetweeners Movie, 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

Laura Jane Haddock was born on 21 August 1985^[1] 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] She played Alison, Will McKenzie's love interest, in The Inbetweeners Movie (2011),^[9] for which she was nominated for the Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer.^[10]

Haddock's theatre credits include Famous Last, which formed part of the 2009 Sky Arts Theatre Live! project,^[11] and Rutherford & Son at Northern Stage.^[12] 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.^[13]

In 2021, Haddock starred in a Christmas marketing campaign for British furniture and home accessories retailer OKA.^[14] 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.^[15] They have a son and a daughter.^[16] On 20 August 2019, Haddock and Claflin announced their legal separation.^[17][18]

Filmography

Awards and nominations

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References

External links

• Laura Haddock at IMDb 
• Laura Haddock discography at Discogs
• Laura Haddock on Instagram

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