Sheridan Smith

Sheridan Caroline Smith is one of the very best actresses in England today. The 2-time Olivier Award winner has also found success as a singer.

Early Accomplishments

Born to pro country performers, she joined the act by dancing at 4 years and began singing at 7 years. With no prior drama experience, she made a professional stage debut at 14 years as lead in an Annie play while enrolled at the National Youth Music Theatre from 1994 to 2000.

Best Known For

In over 70 stage and screen appearances, some of her very best include Two Pints of a Lager and a Packet of Crisps (2001-09), Love Soup (2005-08), Grownups (2006-09), Cilla (2014) and The C Word (2015).

For her services to drama, she became an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2015.

Sexual Orientation

Sheridan is straight. She met Jamie Horn on Tinder and got engaged after just 3 months of dating in May 2018. Her last relationship was with Graham Nation 4 months in 2017. She dated James Corden on and off from 2007 to 2009, Greg Wood for 14 months from 2014, Ross McCall in 2010 and Reg Traviss in 2012.

Family

She and her big brother Damien are children of Colin and Marilyn Smith (The Daltons). She had a brother, Julian who died in 1989 aged 18.

Religion

Her religion is unknown.

Worth To Know

She has released 2 albums; Sheridan in 2017 and A Northern Soul in 2018. 

At the ‘tender’ age of 36, Sheridan has played her first grandmother role in the 2017 BBC drama, The Moorside.

She has described her best ever role was playing Charmian Biggs in Mrs. Biggs in 2012. She won a BAFTA Award and a few other nominations including an Emmy.