Sheridan Smith

Sheridan Caroline Sian Smith was born on 25 June 1981 in Epworth, Lincolnshire, the only daughter of Marylin Smith and the late Colin Smith (1936–2016).{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} Sheridan had a brother Julian, who died from cancer at the age of 18. Her grandfather was a banjo player in Yorkshire and later played as a trio with his daughters.{{cite web|url=http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2014/who-do-you-think-you-are/sheridan-smith-156/|title=Sheridan Smith – Who Do You Think You Are – Musical talent through the generations...|date=3 September 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912075720/http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2014/who-do-you-think-you-are/sheridan-smith-156/|archive-date=12 September 2014|df=dmy-all}} Smith studied dance at the Joyce Mason School of Dancing from an early age.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/mar/18/sheridan-smith-star-rises|title=From slappers to Hedda Gabler: the irresistible rise of Sheridan Smith|work=The Guardian|first=Stuart|last=Jeffries|date=19 March 2013|location=London|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108192721/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/mar/18/sheridan-smith-star-rises|archive-date=8 January 2017|df=dmy-all}} She later attended South Axholme Comprehensive School;[http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/pictures/STAR-PUPILS-REVEALED-Famous-people-Scunthorpe/pictures-26690493-detail/pictures.html Star Pupils Revealed at Scunthorpe Telegraph] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101161627/http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/pictures/STAR-PUPILS-REVEALED-Famous-people-Scunthorpe/pictures-26690493-detail/pictures.html |date=1 November 2015 }}. Retrieved 9 July 2016 she was a member of the National Youth Music Theatre from 1995 to 2001, performing a number of understudy roles in productions such as Bugsy Malone, Pendragon, and Into the Woods.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/sep/19/sheridan-smith-acclaim-cilla|title=Sheridan Smith struggles with mounting acclaim over Cilla portrayal|author=Emine Saner|newspaper=The Guardian|date=19 September 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161212004438/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/sep/19/sheridan-smith-acclaim-cilla|archive-date=12 December 2016|df=dmy-all}} She completed her further education at John Leggott College in Scunthorpe.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

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From 1999 to 2000, Smith played Emma in The Royle Family. She played Janet Keogh in the long-running series Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps from 2001 until 2009.

In 2000 Smith played the role of Lyn Marsh in the Heartbeat episode "A Shot in the Dark". In 2000 she also played a wayward teenager in "Where the Heart is". This was followed in February 2003, when she appeared in Heartbeat's sister programme The Royal, where she played the part of Francesca Wheeler, a teenage girl who was suffering from leukaemia in the episode "Immediate Care."

In 2004, she made a one-episode appearance in Mile High as Suzy, an airport cleaner who impersonates a flight attendant in an attempt to become cabin crew. She also featured in The Comic Strip{{'}}s 2005 episode "Sex Actually" as Angie.{{fact|date=December 2021}}

Smith played Cleo Martin in Love Soup (2005) and starred as Michelle, a hypocritical nutritionist, in three series of the sitcom Grownups (2006–2009). She has also appeared on The Lenny Henry Show as M.E. Westmocott, a role spoofing the various medical examiners on CSI. In the 2009 Two Pints of Lager Comic Relief special, which crossed over with Grownups, she played her characters from both series.{{cite web | publisher = BBC | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00j6l1t | title = When Janet Met Michelle | access-date = 2010-04-03 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110407092616/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00j6l1t | archive-date = 7 April 2011 | df = dmy-all }}

Smith has also appeared in a number of other shows including the BBC's Eyes Down, in which she played Sandy, and smaller parts in shows such as The Bill and Fat Friends. She featured as Rudi, Smithy's little sister, in the second and third series of the BBC Three sitcom Gavin & Stacey. She guest starred in the Christmas 2008 episode of Lark Rise to Candleford. Since 2009, she has played Joey Ross in special seasonal episodes of Jonathan Creek, namely "The Grinning Man" (2009), "The Judas Tree" (2010), and "The Clue of the Savant's Thumb" (2013). She played Brandy in the third series of Benidorm{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1521294/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_i55 | title=Episode #3.1 | website=IMDb }}

During 2010, Smith acted as a mentor to the contestants of the BBC show Over the Rainbow. Sky Arts' Chekhov Comedy Shorts also featured Smith in 2010 when she starred as Natasha in The Proposal.{{cite web | publisher = This is Scunthorpe | date = 12 November 2010 | url = http://www.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk/news/Chek-Isle-actress-Sheridan-s-latest-TV-Proposal/article-2881021-detail/article.html | title = 'Chek' out Isle actress Sheridan Smith's latest TV Proposal | access-date = 2011-12-26 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110218081956/http://www.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk/news/Chek-Isle-actress-Sheridan-s-latest-TV-Proposal/article-2881021-detail/article.html | archive-date = 18 February 2011 | df = dmy-all }} She appeared in the 2011 film Hysteria, about the invention of the vibrator.{{cite web | publisher = Mirror Newspaper | date = 12 November 2010 | url = https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/11/12/sheridan-smith-to-film-three-and-a-half-minute-long-orgasm-scene-115875-22710347/ | title = Sheridan Smith to film three-and-a-half-minute-long orgasm scene | access-date = 2011-12-26 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120124202741/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/11/12/sheridan-smith-to-film-three-and-a-half-minute-long-orgasm-scene-115875-22710347/ | archive-date = 24 January 2012 | df = dmy-all }} For the factual hospital series Bizarre ER, she took over narration duties from Freema Agyeman. She appeared in the 2012 ITV film adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's novel The Scapegoat.{{cite news|last=Guest|first=Alex|title=Matthew Rhys to star in ITV1 film of du Maurier's The Scapegoat|url=http://tvpixie.com/tv-news/2011/11/07/matthew-rhys-star-itv1-film-du-mauriers-scapegoat|access-date=7 November 2011|newspaper=TV Pixie|date=7 November 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522061509/http://tvpixie.com/tv-news/2011/11/07/matthew-rhys-star-itv1-film-du-mauriers-scapegoat|archive-date=22 May 2012|df=dmy-all}}

In September 2012 Smith played the title role in Mrs Biggs, a five-part series on ITV.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/09/12/tv-review-sheridan-smith-mrs-biggs-daniel-mays_n_1878972.html|title=TV REVIEW: Sheridan Smith As Mrs Biggs Was Not Laughing Her Way To The Bank|website=Huffington Post|last=Frost|first=Caroline|date=12 November 2012|access-date=3 July 2022}} In 2013, she appeared in the Channel 4 series Dates. In January 2014, she starred in the two-part BBC drama The 7.39. In March 2014, she appeared in the ITV crime drama The Widower as the first wife of serial killer Malcolm Webster. Later that year, she featured in the series Who Do You Think You Are? and played Cilla Black in the three-part ITV drama series Cilla.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a558126/sheridan-smiths-cilla-black-drama-adds-aneurin-barnard.html|title=Sheridan Smith's Cilla Black drama adds Aneurin Barnard|publisher=Digital Spy|accessdate=31 March 2014|date=17 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317195839/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a558126/sheridan-smiths-cilla-black-drama-adds-aneurin-barnard.html|archive-date=17 March 2014|url-status=live}}

In 2015 she starred as cancer patient Lisa Lynch in the one-off BBC drama The C Word{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/may/04/the-c-word-review-sheridan-smith-cancer-wonderful-testament|title=The C-Word review – a wonderful testament to a woman who faced cancer with honesty, verve and wit|website=The Guardian|last=Wollaston|first=Sam|date=4 May 2015|access-date=3 July 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/sheridan-smith-the-c-word-bbc1-tv-show-news|title=Sheridan Smith will make us cry in The C-Word. Fact.|website=Glamour Magazine|last=Bayley|first=Leanne|date= May 2015|access-date=3 July 2022}} and as policewoman Jo Gillespie in the three-part ITV drama Black Work, which was nominated for a National Television Award in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35366702|title=National Television Awards 2016: Winners list|website=BBC|date=20 January 2016|access-date=3 July 2022}}

Smith narrated the reality series Bear Grylls: Mission Survive from 2015. The show was nominated for a National Television Award in 2016 but was cancelled after two series. In February 2017, she starred in The Moorside, a BBC drama based on the kidnapping of Shannon Matthews in 2008.{{fact|date=December 2021}}

She appeared in her own ITV music special in November 2017. Titled Sheridan, the one-off special presented by Alexander Armstrong saw her performing some of the songs from her album, and talking about her life.{{cite web |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-09-20/sheridan-smith-to-front-lavish-itv-extravaganza-celebrating-her-music-life-and-career/ |title=Sheridan Smith to front "lavish" ITV "extravaganza" celebrating her music, life and career |access-date=2017-10-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012094830/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-09-20/sheridan-smith-to-front-lavish-itv-extravaganza-celebrating-her-music-life-and-career/ |archive-date=12 October 2017 |df=dmy-all }}

In December 2017, Smith starred as evil step-mum Sheila in the television adaptation of David Walliams' children's book, Ratburger.{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/ratburger-david-walliams-sheridan-smith/|title=First look at Sheridan Smith and David Walliams in Sky's Christmas comedy Ratburger|website=Radio Times|last=Fullerton|first=Huw|date=18 October 2017|access-date=3 July 2022}} It was broadcast on Sky One. In January 2019, she appeared as Sam in ITV drama series Cleaning Up.{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/cleaning-up-itv-sheridan-smith-online-hate-is-unfair/|title=Sheridan Smith is not the problem with Cleaning Up – so why all the online hate?|website=Radio Times|last=Lazarus|first=Susanna|date=12 April 2019|access-date=3 July 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jan/09/cleaning-up-review-sheridan-smiths-stock-keeps-on-rising|title=Cleaning Up review: Sheridan Smith's stock keeps on rising|website=The Guardian|last=Mangan|first=Lucy|date=9 January 2019|access-date=3 July 2022}}

In January 2021, Smith appeared as a guest judge in the second series of the BBC drag competition series, RuPaul's Drag Race UK.{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2021/01/22/drag-race-uk-sheridan-smith-weeps-over-cherry-valentine-lip-sync-13949366/|title=Drag Race UK series 2: Sheridan Smith weeps as Cherry Valentine and Tayce break hearts with emotional lip-sync|website=Metro|last=Miller|first=Adam|date=22 January 2021|access-date=3 July 2022}} Later in 2021, she presented the BBC dog-grooming competition Pooch Perfect.{{cite web|title=Pooch Perfect|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000r0pg|access-date=25 December 2020|website=bbc.co.uk}}

In January 2022, Smith starred as Jenna{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/the-teacher-sheridan-smith-channel-5/|title=The Teacher starring Sheridan Smith: Release date, plot and news updates|website=Radio Times|last=Robinson|first=Abby|date=1 February 2022|access-date=3 July 2022}} in The Teacher, a drama series about a drinking, smoking, hard-living teacher who is accused of sleeping with one of her students. Critics generally were positive of Smith, with one reviewer for The Independent praising her performance as "so much flair and vulnerability" and rating the show 4/5 stars.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/the-teacher-sheridan-smith-channel-5-b2004513.html|title=The Teacher review: There's no one better than Sheridan Smith at performing with so much flair and vulnerability|website=The Independent|last=O'Grady|first=Sean|date=31 January 2022|access-date=1 February 2022}} In June 2022, Smith narrated all episodes of Channel 5 docusoap The Cruise.{{cite web|url=https://tveveryday.com/the-cruise-19-june-2022-season-1-episode-1-on-channel-5/|title=The Cruise|website=TV Everyday|date=19 June 2022 |access-date=3 July 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1627948/The-Cruise-chaos-sailor-trash-suite-Channel-5|title=The Cruise crew panic after passenger trashes suite in new Channel 5 series - The Cruise was thrown into chaos on Sunday night after an outgoing passenger trashed a bathroom suite just hours before they were due to set sail in the new Channel 5 series.|website=Express|last=Bray|first=Abbie|date=19 June 2022|access-date=3 July 2022}} In 2023, Smith began filming The Castaways for Paramount+.{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Hannah |date=2023-12-11 |title=Sheridan Smith says she 'regretted' her tattoos while filming The Castaways |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/sheridan-smith-regrets-tattoos-the-castaways-b1126047.html |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Cleaning Up star Sheridan Smith: 'My skin is paper thin' |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/cleaning-up-sheridan-smith-interview/ |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=Radio Times |language=en-GB}}

Smith's theatre credits include the musical Into the Woods at London's Donmar Warehouse,{{cite web | publisher = Broadway.com | date = 27 March 2008 | first = Matt | last = Wolf | url = http://london.broadway.com/story/id/3006662 | title = Q&A: Sheridan Smith | access-date = 2008-04-06 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080201015705/http://london.broadway.com/story/id/3006662 |archive-date = 1 February 2008}} and Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park.{{cite web |publisher=British Theatre Guide |date=5 July 2008 |url=http://www.info/news/N070506.htm |title=The British Theatre Guide: News for 7th May 2006 |access-date=2008-04-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061019051953/http://www.info/news/N070506.htm |archive-date=19 October 2006 |df=dmy }} She also played Audrey in the stage production of Little Shop of Horrors at the Menier Chocolate Factory, London, from November 2006, with the production then transferring to the Duke of York's Theatre in March 2007. Following a successful run the production moved again at the end of June 2007 to the New Ambassadors Theatre, where its played until September 2007. Smith was nominated for the 2008 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical for her performance in the show.{{cite web | publisher = Broadway.com | date = 7 February 2008 | first = Matt | last = Wolf | url = http://london.broadway.com/story/id/3009423 | title = Hairspray, Parade Lead Olivier Noms; War Horse Rides High Among Plays | access-date = 2008-04-06 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080208132736/http://london.broadway.com/story/id/3009423 |archive-date = 8 February 2008}}

Smith appeared as Vanessa in Tinderbox: a Revenge Comedy by Lucy Kirkwood at the Bush Theatre, Shepherd's Bush, in April 2008.{{cite web | publisher = Bush Theatre Website | url = http://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/productions%5Ctinderbox.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080509144912/http://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/productions%5Ctinderbox.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 9 May 2008 | title = The What's On / Productions: Tinderbox | access-date = 2008-04-06}} Smith originated the role of Elle Woods in the musical version of Legally Blonde in its transfer from Broadway to London's West End in December 2009.{{cite web|publisher=Whatsonstage.com |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=207&story=E8831234885278 |title=Sheridan Smith Nabs Legally Blonde's Elle??? |date=16 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306024924/http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=207&story=E8831234885278 |archive-date=6 March 2012 }} Ex-Blue boyband member Duncan James played opposite Smith until June 2010, when he was replaced by Richard Fleeshman. Other cast members Smith has performed alongside include Aoife Mulholland as Brooke, Denise Van Outen as Paulette, Peter Davison as Professor Callahan and Alex Gaumond as Emmett Forrest.{{cite web|publisher=Whatsonstage.com |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=207&story=E8831237548958&title=Duncan+James+Gets+Legal+with+Sheridan+Smith%3F%3F%3F |title=Duncan James Gets Legal with Sheridan Smith??? |date=16 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306024951/http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=207&story=E8831237548958&title=Duncan+James+Gets+Legal+with+Sheridan+Smith%3F%3F%3F |archive-date=6 March 2012 }} Her performance was well received, The Daily Telegraph describing her as: "blessed with vitality, warmth, great comic timing and sudden moments of touching vulnerability. She is infinitely more likeable than Reese Witherspoon in the film."{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/7028571/Sheridan-Smith-a-West-End-star-is-born.html |title=Sheridan Smith: a West End star is born – Telegraph |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=2010-01-30 |location=London |first=Serena |last=Davies |date=19 January 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123182907/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/7028571/Sheridan-Smith-a-West-End-star-is-born.html |archive-date=23 January 2010 |df=dmy-all }}

Smith's run in Legally Blonde was due to finish on 23 October 2010, but

her run was extended to 8 January 2011.[http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Sheridan_Smith_Extends_in_West_End_LEGALLY_BLONDE_to_Jan_11_20100826 Sheridan Smith Extends in West End Legally Blonde to Jan '11] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902002621/http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Sheridan_Smith_Extends_in_West_End_LEGALLY_BLONDE_to_Jan_11_20100826 |date=2 September 2010 }} broadwayworld.com, 26 August 2010 For her role in Legally Blonde, Smith won the WhatsOnStage.com Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Actress in a Musical.[http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831298005472/Full+List%3A+2011+Whatsonstage.com+Award+Winners.html Full List: 2011 Whatsonstage.com Award Winners] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104082149/http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831298005472/Full%2BList%3A%2B2011%2BWhatsonstage.com%2BAward%2BWinners.html |date=4 November 2012 }} whatsonstage.com, 20 February 2011 She was also nominated for the Evening Standard Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress and was the winner of the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/145220-Shortlist-Announced-for-2010-London-Evening-Standard-Theatre-Awards Shortlist Announced for 2010 London Evening Standard Theatre Awards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127011037/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/145220-Shortlist-Announced-for-2010-London-Evening-Standard-Theatre-Awards |date=27 November 2010 }} Playbill[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/148730-Legally-Blonde-Into-the-Woods-Clybourne-Park-After-the-Dance-Among-Olivier-Award-Winners-in-London Legally Blonde, Into the Woods, Clybourne Park, After the Dance Among Olivier Award Winners in London] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020093150/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/148730-Legally-Blonde-Into-the-Woods-Clybourne-Park-After-the-Dance-Among-Olivier-Award-Winners-in-London |date=20 October 2012 }}. Playbill.(13 March 2011).

Between March and June 2011, she appeared in Trevor Nunn's production of Flare Path at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket as Doris, a former barmaid married to a Polish count in the RAF. The production was part of the playwright Terence Rattigan's centenary year celebrations and also starred Sienna Miller and James Purefoy. For this role she won the 2012 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role,[http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/35848/matilda-the-musical-wins-seven-gongs-at-the Matilda the Musical wins seven gongs at the 2012 Olivier Awards – News]. The Stage. {{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} the 2011 Evening Standard Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15797668 |title=Frankenstein stars win Evening Standard Theatre Awards |publisher=BBC News |date=20 November 2011 |access-date=2011-11-20 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121154432/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15797668 |archive-date=21 November 2011 |df=dmy-all }} and the BroadwayWorld UK Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.[http://broadwayworld.com/article/2011-BWW-UK-Award-Winners-Announced-ROCK-OF-AGES-GHOST-WIZARD-and-PHANTOM-All-Win-20111205 2011 BWW UK Award Winners Announced! ROCK OF AGES, GHOST, WIZARD and PHANTOM All Win!] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109043445/http://broadwayworld.com/article/2011-BWW-UK-Award-Winners-Announced-ROCK-OF-AGES-GHOST-WIZARD-and-PHANTOM-All-Win-20111205 |date=9 January 2012 }}. Broadwayworld.com (5 December 2011).

As well as her role in Legally Blonde, Smith also performed the title role in the workshop productions of a new musical adaptation of Bridget Jones' Diary.{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-news/8627829/Author-Helen-Fielding-hails-the-musical-new-Bridget-Jones-Sheridan-Smith.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Richard | last=Eden | title=Author Helen Fielding hails the musical new Bridget Jones, Sheridan Smith | date=10 July 2011 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817152038/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-news/8627829/Author-Helen-Fielding-hails-the-musical-new-Bridget-Jones-Sheridan-Smith.html | archive-date=17 August 2012 | df=dmy-all }} On 5 April 2012, it was announced that Smith had decided to pull out of the musical, delaying the production of the show.

From September to November 2012, Smith played the title role in Hedda Gabler at the Old Vic, winning the 2013 Theatregoers' Choice Award for "Best Actress in a Leading Role" in a Play.{{Citation needed|date=July 2019}} Shortly before collecting her award at the ceremony on 17 February 2013, Smith performed the original song "Stagey and Proud", which was written by Chris Passey and Amy Carroll.{{cite web|author=Feast Creative |url=http://awards.whatsonstage.com/news-press/analysis-sweeney-jcs-bodyguard-triumph-at-2013-whatsonstagecom-awards |title=Analysis: Sweeney, JCS & Bodyguard triumph at 2013 Whatsonstage.com Awards |publisher=Awards.whatsonstage.com |access-date=2014-01-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102194549/http://awards.whatsonstage.com/news-press/analysis-sweeney-jcs-bodyguard-triumph-at-2013-whatsonstagecom-awards |archive-date=2 January 2014 |df=dmy }}

From September to November 2013, she starred alongside David Walliams in a West End production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, as part of Michael Grandage's season of plays at the Noël Coward Theatre.

Smith starred in a new London production of the musical Funny Girl. It previewed at the Menier Chocolate Factory from 20 November 2015, opened on 2 December and ran until 6 March 2016.Gans, Andrew and Shenton, Mark. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/watch-londons-funny-girl-sheridan-smith-sing-video-358092# "Watch London's Funny Girl, Sheridan Smith, Sing! (Video)"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921101746/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/watch-londons-funny-girl-sheridan-smith-sing-video-358092 |date=21 September 2015 }} Playbill, August 2015Mitford, Oliver. [https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/news/post/funny-girl-west-end "Funny Girl is headed for the West End!"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118053412/https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/news/post/funny-girl-west-end |date=18 November 2015 }} London Box Office, 29 October 2015 The show then transferred to the Savoy Theatre in the West End for a 12-week run, but extended through 8 October 2016.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} Sheridan Smith states in The Stage{{cite web|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/interviews/2016/sheridan-smith-im-married-to-the-job/|title=Sheridan Smith Married to the Job|last=Shenton|first=Mark|date=16 January 2016|work=The Stage|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230021441/https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/interviews/2016/sheridan-smith-im-married-to-the-job/|archive-date=30 December 2016|df=dmy-all}} that she is married to the job. Smith continued with the role throughout its UK Tour.

Smith played the Narrator in Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the London Palladium over the 2019 summer season with Jason Donovan as The Pharaoh and Jac Yarrow as Joseph.{{cn|date=April 2023}} From March 2024, she starred as Myrtle in Opening Night at the Gielgud Theatre in the West End. The show's music and lyrics were written by Rufus Wainwright.{{Cite web |last=Rook |first=Olivia |date=2023-12-14 |title=Further casting announced for new West End musical 'Opening Night' |url=https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/further-casting-announced-for-new-west-end-musical-opening-night |access-date=2024-03-12 }}{{Cite web |last=Riley |first=Kate |date=2023-11-10 |title=Sheridan Smith will star in new West End musical 'Opening Night' |url=https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/sheridan-smith-will-star-in-new-musical-opening-night |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=London Theatre |language=en |archive-date=2023-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113200431/https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/sheridan-smith-will-star-in-new-musical-opening-night |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Lukowski |first=Andrzej |date=2023-11-13 |title=Sheridan Smith will return to the West End next year to star in new musical 'Opening Night' |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/news/sheridan-smith-will-return-to-the-west-end-next-year-to-star-in-new-musical-opening-night-111323 |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Time Out London |language=en-GB |archive-date=2023-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113200421/https://www.timeout.com/london/news/sheridan-smith-will-return-to-the-west-end-next-year-to-star-in-new-musical-opening-night-111323 |url-status=live }}

Smith played companion Lucie Miller alongside Paul McGann's Eighth Doctor in a radio series of Doctor Who, produced by Big Finish and transmitted on BBC 7 from New Year's Eve 2006; the plays returned in a second series released on CD and scheduled for BBC 7 broadcast. A third series of adventures for Lucie and the Doctor aired in March 2009, as weekly half-hour downloads followed by a Christmas Special. Lucie Miller made her final appearances in the fourth series, ending in 2011.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}} She also narrated two Big Finish Short Trips stories, "The Curse of the Fugue" and "Flashpoint." Smith has reprised her role as Lucie Miller opposite McGann's Eighth Doctor in The Further Adventures of Lucie Miller, released in July 2019.{{cite web |url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/lucie-miller-returns|title=Lucie Miller returns!|author=|date=31 August 2018|website=Big Finish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426232521/https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/lucie-miller-returns|archive-date=26 April 2019|access-date=26 April 2019}} Smith also appeared as Ruby Ruggles in the 2008 radio serial The Way We Live Right Now, and took over the role of Tamsin Trelawny in series 2 of Elephants to Catch Eels on BBC Radio 4.

Smith has spoken about her anxiety, panic attacks, and difficulties with alcohol and tattoos.{{cite news |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=Sheridan Smith: 'I just fell apart. I lost my mind for a time there' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/nov/03/sheridan-smith-fell-apart-lost-my-mind-tom-lamont |access-date=15 August 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=3 November 2018}}{{cite news |title=Sheridan Smith says she was drunk when she blamed fiance's mum for dog death |url=https://www.irishnews.com/magazine/entertainment/2019/06/23/news/sheridan-smith-says-she-was-drunk-when-she-blamed-fiance-s-mum-for-dog-death-1647631/ |access-date=15 August 2020 |work=The Irish News |date=23 June 2019 |language=en}} In December 2023, she spoke of her tattoo regrets and her intention not to add any further ink to her skin.{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Mica Paris, Is Facebook dangerous for kids? Regretting your tattoos |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001t9kb |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}

Smith was in a relationship with James Corden from 2007 until 2009.{{Cite web |last=O'Toole |first=Scarlett |date=2023-04-28 |title=James Corden's love life from Sheridan Smith heartache to Lily Allen encounter |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/us-celebrity-news/james-cordens-love-life-sheridan-29818824 |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=The Mirror |language=en}} She was in a relationship with Jamie Horn, an insurance broker, between 2018 and 2021.{{cite news |last1=Brewis |first1=Harriet |title='Our little man has arrived!' Sheridan Smith welcomes baby boy |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/sheridan-smith-baby-boy-son-jamie-horn-a4436291.html |access-date=15 August 2020 |work=Evening Standard |date=9 May 2020 |language=en}} Together they have a son, born in May 2020.{{cite web |title=Sheridan Smith 'overwhelmed with love' after she gives birth to baby boy |url=https://news.sky.com/story/sheridan-smith-overwhelmed-with-love-after-she-gives-birth-to-baby-boy-11985878 |website=Sky News |access-date=15 August 2020 |language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Elliott-Gibbs|first=Sam|date=2021-07-20|title=Sheridan Smith takes her mind off split by spending quality time with son Billy|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/sheridan-smith-takes-mind-split-24574120|access-date=2021-08-04|website=mirror|language=en}}

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