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

• 2026Girl Group
• The Cage — Leanne, Executive Producer
• I Fought the Law — Ann Ming
• 2024Gavin & Stacey: The Finale — Ruth 'Rudi' Smith
• The Castaways — Lori
• Cleaning Britain's Greatest Treasures — Narrator
• Four Lives — Sarah Sak
• 2022Gangsta Granny Strikes Again — Linda
• No Return — Kathy Powell
• Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything — Rosie Molloy
• Starstruck — Judge
• The Cruise — Narrator
• 2022The Railway Children Return — Annie Waterbury
• The Teacher — Jenna, Associate Producer
• 2021Hansel & Gretel: After Ever After — Witch
• Isolation Stories — Mel
• 2020Jack and the Beanstalk: After Ever After — The Woman with No Name
• 2020The Big New Year's In — Singer
• Cleaning Up — Sam
• 2019The Queen's Corgi — Wanda (voice)
• 2018Care — Jenny
• 2018Funny Girl — Fanny Brice
• 2018Pup Star: World Tour — Cece (voice)
• 2018The More You Ignore Me — Gina Wilson
• 2017Birds Like Us — Gavra (voice)
• 2017Pup Star: Better 2Gether — Dalmatian Reporter (voice)
• 2017Ratburger — Sheila
• Summer Comedy Shorts — Trish
• The Moorside — Julie Bushby
• 2016Love Everlasting — Lunch Lady
• 2016The Huntsman: Winter's War — Mrs. Bromwyn
• Walliams & Friend — Various
• Black Work — Jo Gillespie
• Galavant — Princess Jubilee
• 2015The 12 Days of Christine — Christine
• 2015The C-Word — Lisa Lynch
• Cilla — Cilla Black
• Inside No. 9 — Christine
• The 7.39 — Sally Thorn
• The Widower — Claire Webster
• Dates — Jenny
• 2013Powder Room — Sam
• Psychobitches — Sleeping Beauty
• 2013The Harry Hill Movie — Michelle
• 2012Mr. Stink — Mom
• 2012Mrs Biggs — Charmian Biggs
• Mrs Biggs — Charmian Biggs
• 2012Panto! — Tamsin Taylor
• 2012Quartet — Dr. Lucy Cogan
• 2012The Scapegoat — Nina
• 2012Tower Block — Becky
• 2011How to Stop Being a Loser — Lisa
• 2011Hysteria — Molly the Lolly
• Accused — Charlotte
• Chekhov Comedy Shorts — Natasha
• 2009Jonathan Creek: The Grinning Man — Joey Ross
• Tonight's the Night
• Bizarre ER — Narrator (voice)
• Lark Rise to Candleford
• Benidorm — Brandy
• Gavin & Stacey — Ruth 'Rudi' Smith
• Grownups — Michelle Booth
• Love Soup — Cleo Martin
• 2005Sex Actually — Angie
• Eyes Down — Sandy Beech
• Mile High
• The Royal — Francesca Smith
• Blood Strangers — Jas Dyson / Claire
• 2001Hawkins — Jez
• Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps — Janet
• Doctors — Claire
• 2000Peaches — Tracey, shop assistant
• Dark Ages — Matilda
• Wives and Daughters — Housemaid
• The Royle Family — Emma Kavanag, Emma Kavanagh
• Heartbeat — Lyn
• The Bill — Janey Giles

Appearances as themselves (13)

• Extraordinary Twins — Self - Narrator
• 2021Musicals: The Greatest Show — Self
• Pooch Perfect — Self - Host
• 2020Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure... — Self
• 2019D-Day 75: A Tribute to Heroes — Self
• RuPaul's Drag Race UK — Self - Guest Judge
• 2018Sheridan Smith - Coming Home — Herself
• 2017Sheridan — Herself
• 2010The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa — Self
• The One Show — Self
• Who Do You Think You Are? — Self
• Ready, Steady, Cook — Self - Guest
• An Audience with... — Self