# Laura Haddock

Laura Jane Haddock (born 21 August 1985) is a British actress. She is known for portraying 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

Haddock was born in Enfield, London, to a reflexologist mother and a financier father. She was 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. 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.
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, 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 2017 film Transformers: The Last Knight.
In 2021, Haddock starred in a Christmas marketing campaign for British furniture and home accessories retailer OKA. 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. They have a son and a daughter. On 20 August 2019, Haddock and Claflin announced their legal separation.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2011 | Captain America: The First Avenger | Autograph seeker | |
| 2011 | The Inbetweeners Movie | Alison | Nominated – Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer |
| 2012 | Storage 24 | Nikki | |
| 2012 | House Cocktail | The Beautiful | Short films |
| 2013 | For Life | Adele | Short films |
| 2013 | Hardwire | Kelly | Short films |
| 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 | |
| 2018 | Black Swan Theory | Angela | Short film |
| 2021 | The Laureate | Nancy Nicholson | |
| 2022 | Downton Abbey: A New Era | Myrna Dalgleish | |
| 2022 | Hill of Vision | Lucy Ramberg | |
| 2024 | Damaged | Marie Boyd | |
| 2024 | Tyger | Hannah | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2007 | My Family | Melanie | Episode: "Life Begins at Fifty" |
| 2007 | Comedy Showcase | Nicky | Episode: "Plus One" |
| 2008 | The Colour of Magic | Bethan | Mini-series; 1 episode: "Part 2: The Light Fantastic" |
| 2008 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Miss Grosvenor | Episode: "A Pocket Full of Rye" |
| 2008 | Honest | Kacie Carter | 6 episodes |
| 2008 | The Palace | Lady Arabella Worthesley Wolsey | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Monday Monday | Natasha | 7 episodes |
| 2009–2011 | How Not to Live Your Life | Samantha | 14 episodes |
| 2011 | Strike Back: Project Dawn | Dr. Clare Somersby | 2 episodes: "Parts 5 and 6" |
| 2011 | Rage of the Yeti | Ashley | Television film |
| 2012 | Upstairs Downstairs | Beryl Ballard | 6 episodes |
| 2012 | Missing | Susan Grantham | 2 episodes: "Promise" and "Rain on the Evil on the Good" |
| 2013 | Dancing on the Edge | Josephine / Sarah | 2 episodes: "Episode 5" (uncredited role) and "Interviewing Louis" |
| 2013–2015 | Da Vinci's Demons | Lucrezia Donati | 26 episodes |
| 2014 | Ripper Street | Lady Vera Montacute | Episode: "The Incontrovertible Truth" |
| 2015 | Luther | Megan Cantor | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | The Musketeers | Pauline | Episode: "The Queen's Diamonds" |
| 2016 | The Level | Hayley Svrcek | 6 episodes |
| 2019 | The Capture | Hannah Roberts | 6 episodes |
| 2020 | White Lines | Zoe Walker | Main role; 10 episodes |
| 2022 | The Recruit | Max Meladze | Main role; 8 episodes |
| 2024 | Grace | Cassie Klein | Episode: "Love You Dead" |

### Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009 | Famous Last | Treena | Orange Tree Theatre |
| 2009 | Rutherford and Son | Mary | Northern Stage |
| 2010 | Old Jimmy's Daughter | Billy | The Great Theatre of Holland |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Association | Category | 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 |
| 2017 | Golden Raspberry Awards | Worst Supporting Actress | Transformers: The Last Knight | Nominated |