To wonder why Sheridan Smith has been given a doodah in the NY honours?

[ArsenicStew]

She's okay and nice and everything but she's only 33 and at least eight years of her career are accounted for by that awful crisps/lager programme.

[DoctorDonnaNoble]

Probably more to do with her theatre work. Which is, by all accounts, impressive.

[Bartlebee]

And so has James Corden. Ugh.

[Spinaroo]

I thought she was outstanding in that 7.43 or whatever thing last year.

[MsWendyHouse]

Oh if it's for stage musicals, no wonder I'm baffled.

7.43?

[arlagirl]

Lots of theatre work.
I think she's superb.

[Mintyy]

I don't get it either (even though I am extremely minisculely distantly related).

[MsSheridanSmith]

I'm going to pinch her name. It's clearly her year. Maybe something will rub off

(If I can NC competently)

[MsSheridanSmith]

Isn't 33 a bit young though, no matter how good you are or are not?

It devalues the whole thing a bit, doesn't it?

Or am I just feeling old?

[StillProcrastinating]

She's fab.

[southeastastra]

James corden got one for what?? it does seem silly

[PinkSquash]

She was great in Mr Stink and she's nice IRL, but the honours list stuff always baffles me tbh.

[yumyuminmytum]

It's probably because they're running out of slebs to give honours to.

[Theboodythatrocked]

She's good at her well paid job.

So why does that get an honour?

Whole thing is ridiculous anyway.

[angelos02]

Coz she's good at reading out lines that someone else has written for her with a convincing look on her face. Tis acting. Very valuable.

[Spinaroo]

The 7.43 was a bbc programme she was in last year.

[YouTheCat]

Looking at some of the names on the honours list (Tory donors etc and other self-serving shites) I'd rather something like this went to a talented woman.

She's an excellent actress who has come a long way.

[SirChenjin]

I don't get it either - but then I've only seen her on the TV and not the stage. She doesn't strike me as an outstanding actress

I don't understand the whole honours list thing - unless someone has contributed massively above and beyond the call of duty to society. Most seem to be given out to slebs and managers in the public sector/civil service as far as I can see.

[Spinaroo]

Except I have just googled it and it was the 7.39 . My characters would have been late for work.

For you mswendyhouse

m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYUmgBEA8XU

[MardyBra]

7.43 was ok but hardly ground-breaking. Olivia Coleman was better in it imo.

[MsSheridanSmith]

The 7.43 was a bbc programme she was in last year.

7.39. Just found it on IMDB.

[MsSheridanSmith]

Ah X post Spin

[Whooshtheyweregone]

Sheridan Smith's will be for her outstanding theatre work. James Corden does a lot of charity work.

[MissBattleaxe]

She started off in 2 Pints of Lager, was incredible in Mrs Biggs, was outstanding in Cilla ( watch the scene where she belts out Anyone Who Had a Heart. Goosebumps), she has performed Sondheim ( tricky), and earned rave reviews for the lead role in Legally Blonde on the west end Stage.

She is genuinely talented, did everything on her own merit with no privileges to start her off, keeps her clothes on , is very professional and by all accounts very nice.

Not bad for 33.

[TendonQueen]

I don't have a problem with this. She's a good and well liked actress who can sing too. Bet the public would rather she had an honour than someone who's worked at Buck House for 20 years or who is a Tory donor. If they're all essentially meaningless then there's no problem either.

[MsSheridanSmith]

I suppose I tend to think the only way to justify the honours system is by handing them out for decades of excellent work, preferably charity work but fair enough if Judi Dench and the like are made Dames at 60ish....