Laura Haddock

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 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. She played Alison, Will McKenzie's love interest, in The Inbetweeners Movie (2011), for which she was nominated for the Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer.

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 The Inbetweeners Movie Alison Nominated – Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer 2012 Storage 24 Nikki House Cocktail The Beautiful Short films 2013 For Life Adele Hardwire Kelly 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy Meredith Quill A Wonderful Christmas Time Cherie 2015 SuperBob June 2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Meredith Quill 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 Hill of Vision Lucy Ramberg 2024 Damaged Marie Boyd Tyger Hannah 2025 Momo Jackie

Television

Year Title Role Notes 2007 My Family Melanie Episode: "Life Begins at Fifty" Comedy Showcase Nicky Episode: "Plus One" 2008 The Colour of Magic Bethan Mini-series; 1 episode: "Part 2: The Light Fantastic" Agatha Christie's Marple Miss Grosvenor Episode: "A Pocket Full of Rye" Honest Kacie Carter 6 episodes 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" Rage of the Yeti Ashley Television film 2012 Upstairs Downstairs Beryl Ballard 6 episodes 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" 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" 2025 What It Feels Like for a Girl Lisa2026Ted Lasso Dr. Erin Beaumont Episode: Greyhounds' Day Off Upcoming series

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

Awards and nominations