FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Denver Film Media Contacts:
Ambriehl Turrentine: ambriehl@denverfilm.org
Marty Schechter: marty@schechterpr.com
DENVER – March 25, 2024 – Denver Film announced today that Emmy Award-winning television, film, and theater actress and singer Hannah Waddingham will receive Women+Film’s 2024 Barbara Bridges Inspiration Award from Denver Film, Thursday, May 16, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Denver Art Museum Sturm Grand Pavilion. The event will feature A Conversation with Hannah Waddingham.
Tickets go on-sale March 25 at 10 a.m. at DenverFilm.org. Ticket prices start at $150 for Premiere Circle Supporters; $200 for Denver Film Members/$250 Non Members. For table and sponsorship opportunities, email amy@denverfilm.org.
Best known to audiences as ‘Rebecca Welton’ in the award-winning Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso”, Waddingham has garnered Emmy and Critics Choice wins, as well as two Golden Globe and SAG nominations for this role. For her work in theater, Waddingham has received three Olivier nominations for her roles in Kiss Me Kate as Kate/Lilli Vanessi, A Little Night Music as Desiree Armfeldt and Monty Python’s Spamalot as The Lady of The Lake.
In addition to her work on “Ted Lasso,” Waddingham can also be seen in Dan Harmon’s FOX animated series “Krapopolis,” the show debuted as the highest rated animated series in over a decade. Additional television credits include Netflix’s “Sex Education” and HBO’s “Game of Thrones.”
Waddingham’s upcoming feature film projects include Universal’s action film, The Fall Guy, with an ensemble led by Ryan Gosling and including Emily Blunt and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. In addition, Waddingham will be seen in Sony Pictures’ upcoming release of the animated adaptation of Garfield opposite Chris Pratt and Samuel L. Jackson, and opposite Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two, releasing in 2025.
Waddingham is the fourth recipient of the Women+Film Barbara Bridges Inspiration Award. Past winners include Denver’s own Academy Award-winning filmmaker Donna Dewey, producer Abigail Disney, actress, singer, dancer and EGOT winner, Rita Moreno, and most recently, director Gabriela Cowperthwaite.
“We are thrilled to bring the truly inspirational Hannah Waddingham to Denver and to be able to honor her for comprehensive and award-winning body of work across television, film and theater,” said Denver Film CEO Kevin Smith. “Our Denver Film audiences, and particularly our Women+Film patrons, have expressed their passion and appreciation for the leading roles, approach and passion that actors like Hannah bring to the screen and stage and we can’t think of a more deserving honoree for this prestigious Denver Film award.”
About Denver Film
Founded in 1978, Denver Film is a membership-based, 501(c)(3) nonprofit cultural institution that produces film events throughout the year, including the award-winning Denver Film Festival and the popular, summertime series Film on the Rocks. With a vision to cultivate community and transform lives through film, Denver Film provides opportunities for diverse audiences to discover film through creative, thought-provoking experiences.
The permanent home of Denver Film, the Sie FilmCenter is Denver’s only year-round cinematheque, presenting a weekly-changing calendar of first-run exclusives and arthouse revivals both domestic and foreign, narrative and documentary – over 600 per year, all shown in their original language and format. Denver Film’s one-of-a-kind programs annually reach more than 200,000 film lovers and film lovers-in-training.
The Women+Film Festival, presented by Denver Film and held annually in April, showcases films by and about women along with special events, receptions, and in-person guests, as well as an awards luncheon associated with the spotlight festival.
