Laura Haddock - wikipedia Laura Haddock Laura Haddock Haddock in 2015. Laura Jane Haddock ( 1985 - 08 - 21 ) 21 August 1985 ( age 32 ) Enfield, London, England, United Kingdom Citizenship British Occupation Actress Years active 2007 -- present Spouse ( s ) Sam Claflin ( m. 2013 ) Children Laura Jane Haddock ( born 21 August 1985 ) is an English actress. She is best known for portraying Kacie Carter in Honest, Lucrezia in Da Vinci 's Demons, Meredith Quill in Guardians of the Galaxy and its sequel Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Alison in The Inbetweeners Movie and Viviane Wembly in Transformers : The Last Knight. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 5 Stage 6 Awards and nominations 7 References 8 External links Early Life Born in Enfield, London and raised in Harpenden, Hertfordshire ( where she attended St George 's School ), She left school at the age of 17 and moved to London to study drama. She trained at Arts Educational School in Chiswick. Career Haddock made her television debut in the television pilot Plus One, part of the Comedy Showcase 2008. Her other television credits include The Palace, My Family, The Colour of Magic, Marple : A Pocket Full of Rye and Honest, playing the lead role of Kacie Carter. She also appeared in the pilot episode of Life Is Wild, the American version of Wild at Heart. She also starred in adverts for dot tel. Haddock played the lead role of Natasha in the ITV1 comedy drama Monday Monday, and appears in series two and three of How Not to Live Your Life, replacing previous female lead Sinéad Moynihan. In 2011, she appeared in the Cinemax / Sky TV drama Strike Back : Project Dawn for two episodes playing the kidnapped daughter of an illegal arms dealer. She starred as Lucrezia Donati, the mistress of Lorenzo de ' Medici and lover of Leonardo da Vinci in the 2013 series Da Vinci 's Demons. Haddock 's theatre credits include Famous Last, which formed part of the 2009 Sky Arts Theatre Live ! project, and Rutherford & Son at Northern Stage. 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 Michael Bay film Transformers : The Last Knight, which was released on 21 June 2017. Personal Life Haddock married actor Sam Claflin in July 2013 after dating for two years. On 5 November 2015, at The Hunger Games : Mockingjay -- Part 2 London premiere, it was revealed that Claflin and Haddock were expecting their first child. Haddock gave birth to their child, a son Pip, on 10 December 2015. In October 2017 Haddock and Claflin announced they were expecting their second child. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2011 Captain America : The First Avenger Fangirl Credit as 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 Television Year Title Role Notes 2007 My Family Melanie Episode : `` Life Begins at Fifty '' 2007 Comedy Showcase Nicky Episode : `` Plus One '' 2007 The Colour of Magic Bethan Television film 2008 Marple : A Pocket Full of Rye Miss Grosvenor Television film 2008 Honest Kacie Carter 2008 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 '' 2014 Ripper Street Lady Vera Episode 6 : `` The Incontrovertible Truth '' 2013 -- 2015 Da Vinci 's Demons Lucrezia Donati 2015 Luther Megan Cantor 2 episodes 2016 The Musketeers Pauline 2016 The Level Hayley Svrcek Stage Year Title Role Notes 2009 Famous Last Treena Orange Tree Theatre 2009 Rutherford and Son Mary Northern Stage Old Jimmy 's Daughter Billy The Great Theatre of Holland Awards and nominations Year Association 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 References Jump up ^ Barham, Alexandra ( 18 March 2008 ). `` Magical chance for actress ''. Times Series. Retrieved 28 September 2009. ^ Jump up to : Wilde, Jon ( 7 March 2008 ). `` What a catch : How a girl called Laura Haddock is becoming a very big fish indeed ''. Daily Mail. Retrieved 13 August 2009. Jump up ^ `` Food : Laura Haddock and Eleanor Wylde ''. OK !. 29 January 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2009. ^ Jump up to : `` Monday Monday Press Pack '' ( PDF ). ITV / Talkback Thames. Retrieved 13 August 2009. Jump up ^ `` 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. Jump up ^ Goldberg, Lesley ( 27 March 2012 ). `` Starz 's ' Da Vinci 's Demons ' Casts British Actress as its Leading Lady ''. The Hollywood Reporter. In 2014 Haddock starred in the movie A Wonderful Christmas Time ) ^ Jump up to : Sky Arts -- Sky Arts Theatre Live ! -- The Plays Archived 8 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine... Retrieved 13 August 2009. Jump up ^ Blagden, Jane ( 5 August 2009 ). `` North East Premiere for Rutherford & Son ''. What 's on Stage. Retrieved 13 August 2009. Jump up ^ `` Sam Claflin : `` I 'm very gentlemanly '' ``. Yahoo. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2013. Jump up ^ Becky Freeth ( 5 November 2015 ). `` The Hunger Games ' Sam Claflin reveals he 's expecting his first child as he coos over pregnant wife Laura Haddock at Mockingjay -- Part 2 premiere ''. Daily Mail. Retrieved 5 November 2015. Jump up ^ `` Sam Claflin and Laura Haddock Welcome First Child, a son named Pip ''. People. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016. Jump up ^ `` ' The Musketeers ' Series 3 Episode 1 Release Date, Set Photos ; New Cast, Characters Joining in 2016 ''. International Business Times. Retrieved 18 April 2016. External links Laura Haddock on IMDb Wikimedia Commons has media related to Laura Haddock. 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Question: who played meredith quill in guardians of the galaxy
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