The English actress Laura Haddock became famous for the series "Up and Down the Stairs", "Da Vinci Demons", "How Not to Live". The performer is not only a serial actress. She starred in feature films, plays on the stages of theaters in London.
The first years of Laura Jane Haddock's life were spent in the prestigious London district of Ensfield, the entertainment center of the capital. The future famous actress was born on August 21, 1985. To receive education, the parents sent the child to the closed school of St. George in Harperden.
Road to dream
Laura spent all her childhood and adolescence in Harfordshire. She only came home for the holidays. A year before the presentation of the certificate, Haddock left her studies and went to study acting at the capital's Arts Educational School.
After successfully completing the course, the aspiring lyceum not only managed to get on the stage, but also made her debut in several performances. She got the leading role in the famous play "Rosenford and Son", and also started a film career.
Laura began acting on television. She appeared in one of the episodes of the serial comedy of situations "My Family" in 2007. At the same time, the girl participated in the work on the fabulous project "The Color of Magic". In the two-part film adaptation of the famous Terry Pratchett's books "Mad Star" and "The Color of Magic" she has established herself as a talented performer.
The next works were the superhero project "The First Avenger" and the detective "Pocket Full of Rye" from the legendary series about the tireless detective Miss Marple.
The work in the British television comedy "Honesty" turned out to be very interesting. In some scenes, the aspiring star had to appear naked, and her family strongly objected to such popularity. A very ingenious way out was found. Laura starred in a tight-fitting flesh-colored leotard, and on those nights when the series was shown on television, Haddock took her parents to the theater or a restaurant to play it safe.
Film career
A year later, Laura was offered a major serial role in the project "Monday, Monday". Natasha became her character. The debut in the lead role was the sitcom "How Not to Live". After the completion of filming, a year passed, and Laura again received an offer. This time the role was permanent. She played in the UK project "Up and Down the Stairs". The picture became a sequel to the popular TV series, which aired in 1971-1975. The audience saw the actress in the fantastic thriller "Vault 24".
Haddock dreamed of acting in Hollywood. However, the first picture was unsuccessful. The film "Wrath of the Yeti" was received negatively by critics. But the "Guardians of the Galaxy" won very favorable responses. The role of Haddock was secondary, but the audience really liked the performance of the performer. Laura became the mother of the film's protagonist, Peter Quill's Star-Lord, Meredith Quill.
The heroine appeared only in flashbacks, since even in the past the action takes place after the death of the heroine, when Peter is abducted by aliens. The main action takes place a quarter of a century later, in the field of this.
Simultaneously with the work on the comic blockbuster, Laura starred in the fantasy series Da Vinci's Demons. The joint project Starz and the BBC told about the life of the famous Italian painter and inventor. However, little remains of the real biography of the outstanding figure. The plot is based on the fictional side of the artist's life with the addition of elements of mysticism and fantasy.
They showed people who actually lived at that time, who became personalities of a historical scale. Among them are Pope Sixtus the Fourth, and his nephew Count Girolamo Riario, and the ruler of Florence Lorenzo Medici, and his wife Clarice Orsini. Laura got the character of Lucrezia Donati, the muse and lover of Lorenzo Medici. Haddock appeared in almost all episodes of the telenovela. More often, viewers saw only the leading actor Tom Riley.
The project was liked by both viewers and critics. The film won two Primetime Emmy Awards. The successful project was extended for a couple of seasons.
For several years, the actress met with composer, singer and actor Richard Fleischman. The couple broke up in 2011. At the same time began a relationship with the star of "The Hunger Games" and a melodramatic movie about meeting you "Sam Claflin.
After a couple of years of dating, a modest ceremony was held on July 30, 2013. A couple of years later, a child appeared in the family. At first, the press did not know his name. Only later did the stellar parents report that a son, Pip Claflin, was born.
Personal life
For a very long time, the artists managed to keep the very fact of the baby's birth in secret. As a result, the press named a different date as the date of birth, having been late for a month and a half.
With the beginning of 2018, Pip got a little sister. Laura gave birth to a daughter. Once again, a tried-and-true secrecy tactic was chosen. Fans and the press were at a loss for the date and name of the baby.
In 2017, Haddock returned to the image of Meredith Quill again. She played in the sequel Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Part 2 . The picture was dedicated to the search for the real father of the protagonist of the project, an alien. Now the role of Laura has gained more detail and has become much larger than the original version.
This became possible thanks to the stories and memories of the found parent, showing scenes of acquaintance and his relationship with an inhabitant of the Earth. The secret of the illness and the early death of the heroine, the abduction of her son, was also revealed.
The performer managed to take part in the work on the fifth part of "Transformers". The Last Knight began with Merlin's pact with a dozen transformers. In exchange for help in the war, the wizard promised them the secrecy of their stay on Earth.
Professor Vivian Wembley, the direct heiress of Merlin, became the heroine of the actress. She is the only one capable of controlling the staff of the Quintess to save the planet from destruction.
Laura starred in the serious British drama The Laureate in 2018 about the love triangle of the famous poet and critic Robert Graves, the wife of the poet Nancy Nicholson and the poet Laura Riding.
