Sheridan Smith

Known for ActingBorn 1981-06-25 (age 45)Epworth, North Lincolnshire, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Musicals: The Greatest Show

Peaches

Love Soup

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

Lark Rise to Candleford

Accused

Inside No. 9

Funny Girl

Mrs Biggs

Jonathan Creek: The Grinning Man

Grownups

Hawkins

Ready, Steady, Cook

Mrs Biggs

The Royal

The Cruise

The Cage

Pooch Perfect

Benidorm

Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...

The Royle Family

Galavant

Gavin & Stacey

I Fought the Law

The Castaways

The Widower

Wives and Daughters

Hansel & Gretel: After Ever After

Cilla

RuPaul's Drag Race UK

Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything

Heartbeat

Who Do You Think You Are?

Dark Ages

Psychobitches

The Moorside

Cleaning Up

Dates

Hysteria

Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps

The 7.39

The Railway Children Return

Four Lives

Quartet

Care

The Bill

Sex Actually

The Teacher