Laura Smyth | |
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| Born | 15 November 1981 |
| Nationality | British |
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| Website | laurasmyth |
Laura Smyth (born 15 November 1981) is an English comedian and writer. She won the Funny Women award in 2019. [1]
Smyth was born on 15 November 1981 and was brought up in East London. [2] She worked as an English teacher until 2021, when she became a full-time comedian. [3] She entered the Funny Women awards and after proceeding through the heats she won the main stage award in 2019. [4] This was the same award as Thanyia Moore had won the year before. [4]
She appeared on Jonathan Ross' Comedy Club on ITV in the second episode [5] and was invited to Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled where she joined Davies, Tez Ilyas, Sara Pascoe and Ade Edmondson for a chat. [6]
In 2022 it was announced that the BBC comedy Bad Education was to return for a new series. The writing team included Smyth, Nathan Bryon, Leila Navabi, Priya Hall and Ciaran Bartlett. [7]
In 2024 Smyth appeared as comedy emcee Glenda in an episode of the Netflix miniseries Baby Reindeer . [8]
Smyth is married and has three children. [9] In September 2021 she was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. [9] She performed on Live at the Apollo two weeks after her cancer treatment concluded. [9]