{"id":368126,"date":"2026-03-27T13:52:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/368126\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T13:52:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:52:20","slug":"hannah-waddingham-wows-in-a-sexy-sequin-dress-after-unveiling-handsome-new-boyfriend-as-she-joins-amanda-holden-and-her-daughter-lexi-20-at-battersea-dogs-and-cats-homes-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/368126\/","title":{"rendered":"Hannah Waddingham wows in a sexy sequin dress after unveiling handsome new boyfriend as she joins Amanda Holden and her daughter Lexi, 20, at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home’s gala"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hannah Waddingham<\/a> wowed in a sexy sequined dress as she stepped out at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home’s gala on Thursday night after unveiling her new boyfriend.<\/p>\n

The Ted Lasso<\/a> actress, 51, was among the famous faces who attended the shelter’s annual event at the Lindley Hall in London.<\/p>\n

Hannah looked sensational in a plunging dark green sequined dress for the occasion, visibly beaming after recently stepping out with her handsome new boyfriend\u00a0Nick Beresford-Cleary.<\/p>\n

Nick is a Consultant Spine Surgeon at Oxford University<\/a> Hospitals NHS<\/a> Foundation Trust and King Edward VII Hospital, who specialises in both elective and emergency spinal surgeries.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hannah’s figure-hugging piece showed off her incredible figure as she boasted a big smile.<\/p>\n

She wore her signature blonde hair down, with subtle waves as she completed her look with open-toe heels.<\/p>\n

\"Hannah <\/p>\n

Hannah Waddingham wowed in a glitzy dress as she stepped out at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home on Thursday night<\/p>\n

\"Other <\/p>\n

Other stars in attendance included Amanda Holden, who was joined by her lookalike daughter Lexi, 20, for the evening in London<\/p>\n

\"Hannah <\/p>\n

Hannah recently stepped out with her handsome new boyfriend Nick Beresford-Cleary at Cheltenham Festival<\/p>\n

Other stars in attendance included Amanda Holden<\/a>, who was joined by her lookalike daughter Lexi, 20.<\/p>\n

Strictly Come Dancing’s\u00a0Tasha Ghouri wowed in a stunning blue frock, while presenter Katie Piper and her husband Richard James Sutton put on a classy display.<\/p>\n

Also pictured at the gala was Nicole Appleton who donned a fully black outfit for the evening, while Kate Lawler commanded attention in a purple dress.<\/p>\n

Hannah’s outing comes after she stepped out with handsome surgeon Nick earlier this month<\/a> at Cheltenham Festival.<\/p>\n

They both wore matching plaid jackets and couldn’t wipe the grins from their faces during the day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While she has never been pictured with Nick before, two years ago Hannah opened up about her love life as she confessed she hadn’t been on a date in years.<\/p>\n

Hannah previously dated Italian businessman Gianluca Cugnetto.<\/p>\n

The pair had been together for more than a decade and were even rumoured to be engaged before their split.<\/p>\n

Hannah previously said she is ‘too busy and picky’ to start dating again – though said if she was to ever date again she would have a strict criteria.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

She told Michelle Visage on the Rule Breakers podcast: ‘I’m a pretty picky girl really and have such a very specific kind of criteria of things.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘One of the main things with guys, just come on man, positivity – positivity and charisma and I’m your gal. But there’s an awful lot of misogs (miserable old gits) out there. I don’t need it.’<\/p>\n

She added: ‘I don’t go much on stereotypical cutey pie, whatever, sexy, whatever.<\/p>\n

\"Strictly <\/p>\n

Strictly Come Dancing’s\u00a0Tasha Ghouri dazzled in her blue frock that featured a daring slit at the side as she posed for snaps<\/p>\n

\"Hannah \"She <\/p>\n

Hannah looked sensational in a plunging dark green sequined dress for the occasion. The figure-hugging piece showed off her incredible figure<\/p>\n

\"Presenter <\/p>\n

Presenter Katie Piper and her husband Richard James Sutton put on a classy display<\/p>\n

\"Tasha <\/p>\n

Tasha Ghouri received a lick from a dog as she arrived at the gala<\/p>\n

\"Nicole <\/p>\n

Nicole Appleton was also in attendance, stepping out in an all black attire<\/p>\n

\"Former <\/p>\n

Former Big Brother star Kate Lawler appeared infatuated by the fury guests of honour<\/p>\n

\"Amanda <\/p>\n

Amanda was all smiles as she was surrounded by dogs outside the event at The Lindley Hall<\/p>\n

\"Battersea <\/p>\n

Battersea Ambassador Amanda Holden and daughter Lexi Hughes with her rescue dogs Minnie and Dolly<\/p>\n

\"Tasha \"Kate <\/p>\n

The charity hosts the annual event to raise awareness of the increasingly complex challenges facing the rescue sector as well as raising vital funds to support Battersea’s work<\/p>\n

\"Katie <\/p>\n

Katie Piper with Battersea rescue dog Nemo<\/p>\n

\"Nicole <\/p>\n

Nicole Appleton with Battersea rescue dog Nemo on the blue carpet<\/p>\n

\"Theo <\/p>\n

Theo Paphitis with Battersea rescue dog Hazel on the blue carpet at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home’s 2026 Gala Dinner<\/p>\n

‘I want a guy that scoops me up and goes “I’ve got you, I don’t care if you’ve got your make-up on or not, I’m happy to lie in bed with you and have Marmite on toast and a glass of milk”.<\/p>\n

‘And just be a lovely positive, charismatic soul. I’m 50 and I’m like, “Dude, if you are not going to step up, step off and be gone. Sod off until someone fabulous comes along”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The blonde bombshell was unsure as to why her love life had suddenly dried up but explained she was more easily put off by men now.<\/p>\n

She elaborated that she had clear deal breakers including bad kissers and a lack of eye contact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hannah Waddingham wowed in a sexy sequined dress as she stepped out at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[36803,321,539,93,41635,61,60,165655,165656,99,150921,157332,31237,1489],"class_list":{"0":"post-368126","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-amanda-holden","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-dailymail","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-hannah-waddingham","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-kate-lawler","16":"tag-katie-piper","17":"tag-london","18":"tag-nicole-appleton","19":"tag-tasha-ghouri","20":"tag-ted-lasso","21":"tag-tvshowbiz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}