| Laura Smyth | |
| Birth Date: | 15 November 1981 |
| Birth Place: | London, England |
| Nationality: | British |
| Relatives: | 9 |
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.
She appeared on Jonathan Ross' Comedy Club on ITV in the second episode[5] and was invited to 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. She performed on Live at the Apollo two weeks after her cancer treatment concluded.