Hannah Waddingham says she was 'waiting and waiting and waiting for the right person' as she opens up on 'not too shabby' spinal surgeon boyfriend

Published: 09:56 EDT, 6 October 2026 | Updated: 09:59 EDT, 6 October 2026 Hannah Waddingham has revealed she was 'waiting and waiting and waiting for the right person' as she opened up about her relationship with her spinal surgeon boyfriend Nicolas Beresford-Cleary.The actress and singer, 52, has found love again for the first time since the end of her long-term relationship with Gianluca Cugnetto eight years ago, and she first shared in May that she and Nick are in a relationship.And speaking about her partner in a chat with Heat magazine, Hannah quipped that Nick is 'not too shabby' as she remarked there is no need to 'rush' when it comes to finding true love. When asked how her new romance is going, Hannah told how her patience had finally been rewarded as she shared: 'I mean, he's not too shabby! I was waiting and waiting and waiting for the right person. 'But yeah, you don't have to rush. Eventually, they'll be along.' Nick is a consultant spine surgeon at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and King Edward VII Hospital, who specialises in both elective and emergency spinal surgeries. Hannah Waddingham has revealed she was 'waiting and waiting and waiting for the right person' as she opened up about her relationship with her boyfriend Nicolas Beresford-Cleary [pictured together last month] The actress, 52, has found love again for the first time since the end of her long-term relationship with Gianluca Cugnetto eight years ago, and she first shared in May that she and Nick are in a relationship [pictured in August]He kickstarted his career with a degree in mechanical engineering from UCL, but then went into medicine.His training includes a medical degree from Edinburgh University and specialist Trauma and Orthopaedic training in Oxford.Hannah became a single mother after her relationship with then-partner Gianluca Cugnetto broke down when their daughter was two, and since then, she has remained focused on her life with Kitty.'It's taken me eight years,' Hannah told Women's Health, when asked about getting into a new relationship. 'I didn't really have the space mentally or emotionally for that.'I've hunkered down and focused on my girl and me. [But] now I'm ready to stick my head above the parapet a bit more.'When asked if 'it's a very good-looking parapet', Hannah laughed and confirmed, 'It is!''And it's really lovely too, obviously, my relationship. But the best thing about it is, firstly, being happy and strong in myself.'Hannah has never publicly revealed the reason for the end of her relationship with Italian hotelier Gianluca. Speaking about her partner in a chat with Heat magazine, Hannah quipped that Nick is 'not too shabby' as she remarked there is no need to 'rush' when it comes to finding true love [pictured in June]The actress had been with the father of her daughter for more than a decade and were rumoured to be engaged before they split.However, she said at the time that their split 'felt like the rug was pulled from underneath me'.'But I had to make the decision not to be weakened by it,' she told Glamour magazine. 'I distinctly remember feeling like my daughter and I were on an upturned dustbin lid, like a flying saucer, holding on for dear life – until the waters were calmer!'Despite their relationship coming to an end, Hannah told the outlet that she was 'still on good terms with [her] daughter's father'.