Sheridan Smith

At 42 years old, Sheridan Smith has this physical status:

Sheridan Smith, OBE (born 25 June 1981) is an English actress and singer. Smith came to prominence on sitcoms like The Royle Family (1999–2000), Two Pints of Lager, and a Packet of Crisps (2001–2011), Gavin & Stacey (2008–2010), and Benidorm (2009).

She starred in a number of television dramas, including Mrs Biggs (2012), Cilla (2014), The C Word (2015), Black Work (2015), and The Moorside (2017).

Tower Block (2012), Quartet (2012), and The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016) are among her feature film credits. Smith has appeared in the West End musicals Little Shop of Horrors (2007), Legally Blonde (2010), Funny Girl (2016), and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (2019).

In 2017, Sheridan's debut album was released.

In 2018, her second album, A Northern Soul, was released. Smith has been nominated for two Olivier Awards, a BAFTA, a National Television Award, and a BPG Award, as well as two International Emmy Award nominations.

In the 2015 New Year Honours for services to drama, she was named Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

Early life and education

Sheridan Sian Smith was born in Epworth on June 25, 1981, the youngest daughter of Marylin Smith and the late Colin Smith (1936–2016). Her grandfather was a banjo player in Yorkshire and later played as a trio with his children. Smith began studying dance at the Joyce Mason School of Dancing from an early age. She later attended South Axholme Comprehensive School, where she appeared in several understudy performances, including Bugsy Malone, Pendragon, and Into the Woods, from 1995 to 2001. She completed her further education at John Leggott College in Scunthorpe.

Personal life

Smith has discussed her anxiety, terror attacks, and alcoholism problems. Between 2018 and 2021, she was in a contract with Jamie Horn, an insurance broker. They have a boy, who was born in May 2020.

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Career

Smith appeared in The Royle Family from 1999 to 2000. Janet Keogh appeared in the long-running film Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps from 2001 to 2009. She appeared in "Immediate Care," an episode of The Royal, where she played Francesca Wheeler, a young girl suffering from leukaemia. Suzy, an airport cleaner who impersonates a flight attendant in an effort to become a cabin crew, made a one-episode appearance in Mile High in 2004. Angie appeared in the Comic Strip's 2005 episode "Sex Actually" as Angie.

In three series of the sitcom Grownups (2006–2009), Smith appeared as Cleo Martin in Love Soup (2005) and Michelle, a hypocritical nutritionist, starring Michelle. She has also appeared on The Lenny Henry Show as M.E. Westmocott, a forensic examiner on CSI, spoofing various medical examiners. She portrayed her characters from both series in the 2009 Two Pints of Lager Comic Relief special, which ended with Grownups.

Smith has appeared in a number of other series, including the BBC's Eyes Down, where she appeared as Sandy, and smaller roles in shows such as The Bill and Fat Friends. In the second and third series of the BBC Three sitcom Gavin & Stacey, Rudi, Smithy's little sister, appeared. In the Christmas 2008 episode of Lark Rise to Candleford, she appeared as a guest. Joey Ross has appeared in special editions of Jonathan Creek, including "The Grinning Man" (2010), "The Judas Tree" (2010), and "The Clue of the Savant's Thumb" (2013). In the third series of Benidorm, she played Brandy.

Smith served as a mentor to the contestants of BBC show Over the Rainbow in 2010. Chekhov Comedy Shorts also appeared in Smith in 2010 as Natasha in The Proposal. She appeared in the 2011 film Hysteria about the inception of the vibrator. She took over narration duties from Freema Agyeman in the factual hospital series Bizarre ER. She appeared in Daphne du Maurier's book The Scapegoat, an ITV film version.

In September 2012, Smith appeared in Mrs Biggs, a five-part series on ITV. She appeared in the Channel 4 series Dates in 2013. She appeared in The 7.39, a two-part BBC drama, in January 2014. She appeared in The Widower, the first wife of serial killer Malcolm Webster, in March 2014. She appeared in the film Who Do You Think You Are Later this year. In the three-part ITV drama series Cilla, actress Cilla Black played Cilla Black.

Lisa Lynch, a cancer patient in the one-off BBC drama The C Word, and as policewoman Jo Gillespie in the three-part ITV drama Black Work, which was nominated for a National Television Award in 2016.

Smith narrated the reality series Bear Grylls: Mission Survive, which dates back to 2015. In 2016, the show was nominated for a National Television Award, but after two seasons, it was cancelled. Shannon Matthews appeared in The Moorside, a BBC drama based on Shannon Matthews' kidnapping in 2008.

In November 2017, she appeared in her first ITV music special. Sheridan, Alexander Armstrong's one-off special, saw her performing some of the songs from her album and talking about her personal life.

In the television version of David Walliams' children's book, Ratburger, Smith starred as obnoxious step-mum Sheila in December 2017. It was broadcast on Sky One. Sam appeared in the ITV drama series Cleaning Up in January 2019.

In January 2021, Smith appeared as a guest judge in RuPaul's Drag Race UK's second series of the BBC drag competition series. Pooch Perfect, a BBC dog-grooming competition, would be held later in 2021.

Smith appeared in The Teacher, a drama series about a booze-smoking, hard-living teacher who is accused of sleeping with one of her students in January 2022. Smith's reception was generally favorable, with one reviewer for The Independent lauding her performance as "too much flair and vulnerability" and giving the show 4/5 stars a score of 4/5 stars. Smith narrated all episodes of Channel 5's docusoap The Cruise in June 2022.

Smith's theatre appearances include the musical Into the Woods at London's Donmar Warehouse, Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, and A Midsummer Night's Dream at Regent's Park. Audrey appeared in the stage version of Little Shop of Horrors at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London from November 2006, before the show was transferred to the Duke of York's Theatre in March 2007. Following a fruitful run, the show was transferred to the New Ambassadors Theatre at the end of June 2007, where it was on display until September 2007. Smith was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical in 2008 for her role in the production.

In April 2008, Smith appeared in Vanessa in Tinderbox: a Revenge Comedy by Lucy Kirkwood at the Bush Theatre, Shepherd's Bush. In the musical version of Legally Blonde's transfer from Broadway to London's West End in December 2009, Smith originated Elle Woods. Duncan James, an ex-Blue boyband member, served opposite Smith until he was fired by Richard Fleeshman in June 2010. Aoife Mulholland, Denise Van Outen as Brooke, Denise Van Outen as Paulette, Peter Davison as Professor Callahan, and Alex Gaumond as Emmett Forrest were among Smith's cast members. Her appearance was well-received by the Daily Telegraph, who characterized her as "blessed with vitality, warmth, superb comic timing, and brief moments of vulnerability." She is infinitely more likeable than Reese Witherspoon in the film."

Smith had intended to leave Legally Blonde on October 23, 2010, but she stayed on until January 8, 2011, when Susan McFadden took over. Smith received the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in Legally Blonde. She was also selected for the Evening Standard Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical, and she was also shortlisted for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical.

Doris, a former barmaid married to a Polish count in the RAF, appeared in Trevor Nunn's production of Flare Path at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, between March and June 2011. The performance was part of Terence Rattigan's centennial year celebrations, and it also starred Sienna Miller and James Purefoy. The 2012 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, as well as the 2011 Evening Standard Award for Best Actress in a Play.

Smith, in addition to her participation in Legally Blonde, was also active in the workshop productions of a new musical interpretation of Bridget Jones' Diary. Smith had decided to drop out of the musical and would no longer be playing the title role, delaying the show's production.

Smith appeared in Hedda Gabler's title role in a Play from September to November 2012, winning the 2013 Theatregoers' Choice Award for "Best Actress in a Leading Role" in a Play. Smith performed the original song "Stagey and Proud," which was written by Chris Passey and Amy Carroll just shy of receiving her award at the ceremony on February 17, 2013. As part of Michael Grandage's season of performances at the No.l Coward Theatre, she appeared alongside David Walliams in a West End production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Smith appeared in a recent London revival of the musical Funny Girl. It appeared at the Menier Chocolate Factory, which opened on December 2nd and ran until March 2016. The show then migrated to the Savoy Theatre in the West End for a 12-week run, but it was extended to October 8, 2016. Sheridan Smith says in The Stage that she is married to the occupation. Smith continued to appear on the tour throughout the United Kingdom.

At the London Palladium in a new production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Smith played Joseph.

In a radio series of Doctor Who starring Lucie Miller and Paul McGann, produced by Big Finish and broadcast on BBC 7 from New Year's Eve 2006, Smith appeared as companion Lucie Miller alongside Paul McGann's Eighth Doctor. In March 2009, Lucie and the Doctor's third series of adventures premiered as weekly half-hour downloads were supplemented by a Christmas special. Lucie Miller made her final appearances in the fourth series, which ended in 2011. "The Curse of the Fugue" and "Flashpoint" were two Big Finish Short Trips tales, as well as "Flashpoint." In The Further Adventures of Lucie Miller, Smith has reprised her role as Lucie Miller, opposing McGann's Eighth Doctor, who was released in July 2019. In episode 2 of Elephants to Catch Eels, Ruby Ruggles appeared in the 2008 radio serial The Way We Live Right Now, and Smith took over the role of Tamsin Trelawny.

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