Sheridan Smith
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.
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Movies (40)
Girl Group
2026
Gavin & Stacey: The Finale
2024 · Ruth 'Rudi' Smith
Gangsta Granny Strikes Again
2022 · Linda
The Railway Children Return
2022 · Annie Waterbury
Hansel y Gretel: Después de Siempre
2021 · Witch
Musicals: The Greatest Show
2021 · Self
The Big New Year's In
2020 · Singer
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
2020 · Self
Jack y las Habichuelas Mágicas: Un Tiempo Después (2020)
2020 · The Woman with No Name
D-Day 75: A Tribute to Heroes
2019 · Self
Corgi: Un perro real
2019 · Wanda (voice)
Care
2018 · Jenny
Sheridan Smith - Coming Home
2018 · Herself
Funny Girl
2018 · Fanny Brice
Pup Star: Gira mundial
2018 · Cece (voice)
The More You Ignore Me
2018 · Gina Wilson
Ratburger
2017 · Sheila
Sheridan
2017 · Herself
Pup Star: Juntos es mejor
2017 · Dalmatian Reporter (voice)
Birds Like Us
2017 · Gavra (voice)
Love Everlasting
2016 · Lunch Lady
El cazador y la reina de hielo
2016 · Mrs. Bromwyn
The C-Word
2015 · Lisa Lynch
The 12 Days of Christine
2015 · Christine
The Harry Hill Movie
2013 · Michelle
Confesiones De Una Noche Loca
2013 · Sam
Cuatro Notas de Amor
2012 · Dr. Lucy Cogan
Panto!
2012 · Tamsin Taylor
Mr. Stink
2012 · Mom
Tower Block
2012 · Becky
The Scapegoat
2012 · Nina
Mrs Biggs
2012 · Charmian Biggs
How to Stop Being a Loser
2011 · Lisa
Hysteria
2011 · Molly the Lolly
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010 · Self
Jonathan Creek: The Grinning Man
2009 · Joey Ross
Sex Actually
2005 · Angie
Hawkins
2001 · Jez
Peaches
2000 · Tracey, shop assistant
Anchor Me
2000 · Young Jackie
TV shows (57)
The Cage
2026 · Leanne, Executive Producer
Contra la ley
2025 · Ann Ming
The Castaways
2023 · Lori
Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything
2022 · Rosie Molloy
Cleaning Britain's Greatest Treasures
2022 · Narrator
The Cruise
2022 · Narrator
Starstruck
2022 · Judge
No Return
2022 · Kathy Powell
The Teacher
2022 · Jenna, Associate Producer
Four Lives
2022 · Sarah Sak
Extraordinary Twins
2021 · Self - Narrator
Pooch Perfect
2021 · Self - Host
Isolation Stories
2020 · Mel
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019 · Self - Guest Judge
Cleaning Up
2019 · Sam
Summer Comedy Shorts
2017 · Trish
The Moorside
2017 · Julie Bushby
Walliams & Friend
2016 · Various
Black Work
2015 · Jo Gillespie
Galavant
2015 · Princess Jubilee
Cilla
2014 · Cilla Black
The Widower
2014 · Claire Webster
Inside No. 9
2014 · Christine
El tren de las 7:39
2014 · Sally Thorn
Dates
2013 · Jenny
Psychobitches
2013 · Sleeping Beauty
Mrs Biggs
2012 · Charmian Biggs
Little Crackers
2010 · Marilyn Smith, Writer
Acusados
2010 · Charlotte
Chekhov Comedy Shorts
2010 · Natasha
Tonight's the Night
2009
Bizarre ER
2008 · Narrator (voice)
De Lark Rise a Candleford
2008
Gavin & Stacey
2007 · Ruth 'Rudi' Smith
Benidorm
2007 · Brandy
The One Show
2006 · Self
Grownups
2006 · Michelle Booth
Love Soup
2005 · Cleo Martin
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004 · Self
The Lenny Henry Show
2004 · (various)
Eyes Down
2003 · Sandy Beech
Mile High
2003 · Susie
The Royal
2003 · Francesca Smith
Blood Strangers
2002 · Jas Dyson / Claire
Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
2001 · Janet
Fat Friends
2000 · Sharon Wormersley
Doctors
2000 · Claire, Jackie Leaves
Dark Ages
1999 · Matilda
Wives and Daughters
1999 · Housemaid
Always and Everyone
1999 · Nurse Practitioner
Holby City
1999 · Miranda Locke
The Royle Family
1998 · Emma Kavanag, Emma Kavanagh
Where the Heart Is
1997 · Vicky
Ready, Steady, Cook
1994 · Self - Guest
Heartbeat
1992 · Lyn
The Bill
1984 · Janey Giles
An Audience with...
1978 · Self