Sheridan Smith

Sheridan Smith began her screen career with roles in The Royle Family (1999–2000), Heartbeat (2000, 2003), Where the Heart Is (2000), and Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps (2001–2009), in which she played Janet Keogh. Additional television credits from this period include Mile High (2004), Sex Actually (2005), Love Soup (2005), Grownups (2006–2009), Gavin & Stacey (2008–2009), Lark Rise to Candleford (2008), Jonathan Creek (2009–2013), and Benidorm.

During the 2010s, Smith expanded her television and film work with appearances in The Proposal (2010), Hysteria (2011), The Scapegoat (2012), Mrs Biggs (2012), Dates (2013), The 7.39 (2014), The Widower (2014), Cilla (2014), The C Word (2015), Black Work (2015), Bear Grylls: Mission Survive (2015–2016), The Moorside (2017), Sheridan (2017), Ratburger (2017), and Cleaning Up (2019). She also served as a mentor on Over the Rainbow (2010) and narrated Bizarre ER.

More recent television credits include RuPaul's Drag Race UK (2021), Pooch Perfect (2021), The Teacher (2022), The Cruise (2022), The Castaways (2023), and I Fought the Law (2025). Smith also appeared in the film Hysteria (2011).

On stage, Smith appeared in productions of Into the Woods, The Taming of the Shrew, and A Midsummer Night's Dream before starring as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors (2006–2007), earning an Olivier Award nomination. She originated the role of Elle Woods in the West End production of Legally Blonde (2009–2011), winning the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She followed this with Flare Path (2011), winning the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role.

Her later theatre credits include Hedda Gabler (2012), A Midsummer Night's Dream (2013), Funny Girl (2015–2017), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (2019), Opening Night (2024), and Woman in Mind (2025–2026).

Smith also portrayed Lucie Miller opposite Paul McGann's Eighth Doctor in Big Finish's Doctor Who audio dramas from 2006 to 2011, later reprising the role in The Further Adventures of Lucie Miller (2019). Additional radio credits include The Way We Live Right Now (2008) and Elephants to Catch Eels.