A Special Brand of Charm – Russell’s New Comedy Crush is a Gavin & Stacey Star

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Actress Sheridan Smith, the former lead in the West End production of Legally Blonde, is rumoured to be the latest in a long line of women to have fallen for Russell Brand.

Talented Smith, who won a BAFTA award last week for her role in ITV show Mrs. Biggs, was spotted accompanying Brand to Jamie Oliver’s London restaurant on Friday. The pair had also been seen together on Thursday, at the famed Central Saint Martin’s College.

Thirty-one-year old Sheridan, who played Smithy’s sister in Gavin & Stacey, and previously dated the show’s co-creator James Corden, shot to fame in cult British comedies The Royle Family and Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps.