Sheridan Smith
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Doctors
Claire
2000
Series
The One Show
Self
2006
Series
Ready, Steady, Cook
Self - Guest
1994
Series
Heartbeat
Lyn
1992
Series
Inside No. 9
Christine
2014
Series
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2004
Series
The Bill
Janey Giles
1984
Series
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Self - Guest Judge
2019
Series
Benidorm
Brandy
2007
Series
An Audience with...
Self
1978
Series
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
Film
The Huntsman: Winter's War
Mrs. Bromwyn
2016
Series
Gavin & Stacey
Ruth 'Rudi' Smith
2007
Series
Accused
Charlotte
2010
Series
The Royle Family
Emma Kavanag
1998
Series
The Royle Family
Emma Kavanagh
1998
Series
Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
Janet
2001
Series
Galavant
Princess Jubilee
2015
Series
Wives and Daughters
Housemaid
1999
Series
The Teacher
Jenna
2022
Series
Dates
Jenny
2013
Series
I Fought the Law
Ann Ming
2025
Series
Mile High
2003
Film
The Queen's Corgi
Wanda (voice)
2019
Series
Four Lives
Sarah Sak
2022
Series
The Cage
Leanne
2026
Series
The Cruise
Narrator
2022
Series
Psychobitches
Sleeping Beauty
2013
Series
Cleaning Up
Sam
2019
Series
Eyes Down
Sandy Beech
2003
Series
No Return
Kathy Powell
2022
Series
The Widower
Claire Webster
2014
Series
Love Soup
Cleo Martin
2005
Series
The Castaways
Lori
2023
Film
Hysteria
Molly the Lolly
2011
Series
Bizarre ER
Narrator (voice)
2008
Series
Mrs Biggs
Charmian Biggs
2012
Series
Black Work
Jo Gillespie
2015
Summer Comedy Shorts
Trish
2017
Series
The 7.39
Sally Thorn
2014
Series
The Moorside
Julie Bushby
2017
Series
Grownups
Michelle Booth
2006
Film
Quartet
Dr. Lucy Cogan
2012
Series
Blood Strangers
Jas Dyson / Claire
2002
Tonight's the Night
2009
Film
The Railway Children Return
Annie Waterbury
2022
Series
Pooch Perfect
Self - Host
2021
Series
Cilla
Cilla Black
2014
Series
Isolation Stories
Mel
2020
Film
Ratburger
Sheila
2017
Series
Dark Ages
Matilda
1999
Film
Birds Like Us
Gavra (voice)
2017
Series
Starstruck
Judge
2022
Film
Powder Room
Sam
2013
Film
The Scapegoat
Nina
2012
Series
Walliams & Friend
Various
2016
Series
Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything
Rosie Molloy
2022
Film
Tower Block
Becky
2012
Film
Jack and the Beanstalk: After Ever After
The Woman with No Name
2020
Film
The Harry Hill Movie
Michelle
2013
Film
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
Self
2020
Film
Pup Star: Better 2Gether
Dalmatian Reporter (voice)
2017
Film
Pup Star: World Tour
Cece (voice)
2018
Film
How to Stop Being a Loser
Lisa
2011
Film
The 12 Days of Christine
Christine
2015
Film
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Self
2010
Series
Extraordinary Twins
Self - Narrator
2021
Film
Hansel & Gretel: After Ever After
Witch
2021
Film
Gangsta Granny Strikes Again
Linda
2022
Film
The C-Word
Lisa Lynch
2015
Film
The More You Ignore Me
Gina Wilson
2018
Film
Sex Actually
Angie
2005
Film
The Big New Year's In
Singer
2020
Film
Funny Girl
Fanny Brice
2018
Girl Group
2026
Series
Cleaning Britain's Greatest Treasures
Narrator
2022
Film
Mrs Biggs
Charmian Biggs
2012
Film
Care
Jenny
2018
Film
Mr. Stink
Mom
2012
Sheridan
Herself
2017
Film
Hawkins
Jez
2001
Film
Blood Strangers
Jas Dyson / Claire
2002
Series
The Royal
Francesca Smith
2003
Film
Peaches
Tracey, shop assistant
2000
Film
Panto!
Tamsin Taylor
2012
Film
D-Day 75: A Tribute to Heroes
Self
2019
Film
Musicals: The Greatest Show
Self
2021
Film
Jonathan Creek: The Grinning Man
Joey Ross
2009
Film
Sheridan Smith - Coming Home
Herself
2018
Chekhov Comedy Shorts
Natasha
2010