Sheridan Smith
Acting
- Born:
- 1981-06-25
- Place of birth:
- Epworth, North Lincolnshire, England, UK
Biography
Sheridan Smith, OBE (born 25 June 1981) is an English actress, singer and dancer. Smith came to prominence on television for her roles in comedy shows Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Love Soup, Gavin & Stacey, Grownups and Benidorm before starring in television dramas like Mrs Biggs, for which she won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for playing Ronnie Biggs' wife, The 7.39 and Cilla, where she played Cilla Black. Her film credits include Tower Block, Quartet, Powder Room and The Harry Hill Movie. Smith made her West End debut in a National Youth Music Theatre production of Bugsy Malone and has performed in musicals Into the Woods, Little Shop of Horrors and Legally Blonde. She won two Laurence Olivier Awards in consecutive years, for Best Actress in a Musical as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde in 2011 and Best Performance in a Supporting Role as Doris in a revival of the play Flare Path in 2012. Smith was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to drama.
Known For
Filmography
Girl Group
The Cage
I Fought the Law
Gavin & Stacey: The Finale
The Castaways
Gangsta Granny Strikes Again
Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything
Cleaning Britain's Greatest Treasures
The Railway Children Return
The Cruise
Starstruck
No Return
The Teacher
Four Lives
Hansel & Gretel: After Ever After
Extraordinary Twins
Musicals: The Greatest Show
Pooch Perfect
The Big New Year's In
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
Jack and the Beanstalk: After Ever After
Isolation Stories
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
D-Day 75: A Tribute to Heroes
The Queen's Corgi
Cleaning Up
Care
Sheridan Smith - Coming Home
Funny Girl
Pup Star: World Tour
The More You Ignore Me
Ratburger
Sheridan
Pup Star: Better 2Gether
Summer Comedy Shorts
Birds Like Us
The Moorside
Walliams & Friend
Love Everlasting
The Huntsman: Winter's War
Black Work
The C-Word
The 12 Days of Christine
Galavant
Cilla
The Widower
Inside No. 9
The 7.39
The Harry Hill Movie
Powder Room
Dates
Psychobitches
Quartet
Panto!
Mr. Stink
Tower Block
The Scapegoat
Mrs Biggs
Mrs Biggs
How to Stop Being a Loser
Hysteria
Little Crackers
Accused
Chekhov Comedy Shorts
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Tonight's the Night
Jonathan Creek: The Grinning Man
Bizarre ER
Lark Rise to Candleford
Gavin & Stacey
Benidorm
The One Show
Grownups
Sex Actually
Love Soup
Who Do You Think You Are?
The Lenny Henry Show
Eyes Down
Mile High
The Royal
Blood Strangers
Hawkins
Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
Peaches
Fat Friends
Anchor Me
Doctors
Dark Ages
Wives and Daughters
Always and Everyone
Holby City
The Royle Family
Where the Heart Is
Ready, Steady, Cook
Heartbeat
The Bill
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