Sheridan Smith
Sheridan Smith was born on 25 June 1981 in Lincolnshire, England.
Sheridan Smith is a past winner of the Junior Search For A Star competition held in Cleethorpes.
Sheridan once worked in a burger van but hated the job as she got fed up with asking: "d'ya want ketchup on that, luv?"
Sheridan Smith plays Cleo Martin in BBC's Love Soup, which was originally broadcast in 2005 and started its second series in March 2008.
Her other credits include Holby City, The Royle Family, Eyes Down, and The Comic Strip's Sex Actually.
In Eyes Down, Sheridan Smith played a pregnant Scouser. Not a native of Liverpool herself, Sheridan explained to the BBC website that she was a little nervous:
"As it happens, I did a production of The People are Friendly at the Royal Court with Michelle Butterfly, who plays Pamela in Eyes Down.
"The play was set in Birkenhead, which meant that I had to do a Scouse accent for that, so I decided to stick with it for this too.
"I'm quite nervous as to what genuine Scousers might say, but I think it's worked pretty well."
One of Sheridan Smith's most notable roles is as Janet in the BBC sitcom Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps, with Ralf Little, Will Mellor and Natalie Casey.
Sheridan has been open in interviews about some drunken episodes including once when:
"I ended up in The Dreamboys dressing room with a bottle of red wine in one hand and a bottle of baby oil in the other, and I was oiling up the dancers. I wrote 'Hello Mum' on Will's bottom, and when he was dancing and showed his bare bum the camera zoomed in on the message."
Sheridan Smith is afraid of spiders.
In 2007 Sheridan appeared in the West End in Little Shop of Horrors.
In December 2007, Chortle reported that Sheridan Smith was to star as Samantha in the BBC's remake of Bewitched.
