Sheridan Smith On Stage - Theatre Credits, Bio and Tickets

Sheridan Smith, OBE, was born in 1981, in Lincolnshire. Through her teenage years, she was a member of the National Youth Music Theatre. She performed a number of lead roles including Bugsy Malone, her West End debut, Pendragon and Into the Woods.

Outside of theatre, she is best known for her roles in television. She has had roles in comedy shows such as Benidorm, Grownups, and Gavin and Stacey, as well as moving into dramas such as Mrs Biggs, which won her a BAFTA award.

Smith played Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors at the Menier Chocolate Factory in 2006, transferring to the Ambassadors Theatre, via the Duke of York’s Theatre. Her performance earned her a Laurence Olivier Award in 2008. In 2009, she took on the role of Elle Woods in a musical version of Legally Blonde at the Savoy Theatre. Her role in the musical won her the WhatsOnStage Theatregoer’s Choice Award and a Laurence Olivier Award, as well as being nominated for a Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress. In 2012, she played a lead role at the Old Vic, in Hedda Gabler. The following year, she starred in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Noël Coward Theatre, alongside David Walliams.

Since 2015, Smith has had the role of Fanny Brice in the musical Funny Girl, originally at the Menier Chocolate Factory and before moving to the Savoy Theatre.

As Fanny Brice in Funny Girl at the Savoy

As Elle Woods in Legally Blonde at the Savoy

Selected London & West End Stage Appearances

Show	Role	Theatre	Year	Link
_{Funny Girl}	_{Fanny Brice}	_Savoy	₂₀₁₆	_Review _News
_{Funny Girl}	_{Fanny Brice}	_{Menier Chocolate Factory}	₂₀₁₅	_Review
_{A Midsummer Night's Dream}	_Titania	_{Noël Coward}	₂₀₁₃	_Review
_{Hedda Gabler}	_{Hedda Gabler}	_{Old Vic}	₂₀₁₂	_Review
_{Flare Path}	_Doris	_Haymarket	₂₀₁₁	_Review
_{Legally Blonde}	_{Elle Woods}	_Savoy	₂₀₀₉	_Review
_{Little Shop of Horrors}	_Audrey	_{Duke of York's}	₂₀₀₇	_Review
_{A Midsummer Night's Dream}	_Hermia	_{Open Air}	₂₀₀₆	_Review
_{Taming of the Shrew}	_Bianca	_{Open Air}	₂₀₀₆	_Review
_{People are Friendly}	_Kirsty	_{Royal Court}	₂₀₀₂
_{Into the Woods}	_{Little Red Riding Hood}	_{Donmar Warehouse}	₁₉₉₈	_Review
_{Bugsy Malone}	_Tallulah	_Queen's	₁₉₉₇	_Review

Shows Featuring Sheridan Smith

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