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The Big Picture Emmy Award-winning actor Hannah Waddingham is widely known for playing the biscuit-loving team owner of the Richmond Football Club in Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso. But before she became Rebecca, Waddingham played a much smaller, more serious role in the HBO series Game of Thrones. Septa Unella, better known as the “Shame Nun,” made a striking appearance in Game of Thrones Season 5, Episode 7 when Cersei Lannister was led through the streets of King’s Landing naked.
On top of that, Septa Unella plays a driving force in Cersei's storyline — one that adds depth and complexity to the show's exploration of religion, power, and morality. As a member of the Sparrows, a group known for their zealotry and their commitment to punishing those they see as sinners, Unella is one of the scariest characters in the entire Game of Thrones series.
Waddingham believes showrunners made the last-minute changes to her character’s death scene when she was flying to the set. She says:
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