Elaine C. Smith

Elaine C. Smith

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name = Elaine C. Smith
birthname = Elaine C. Smith
birthdate = Birth date and age|1958|8|2|df=yes
birthplace = Glasgow, Scotland
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Elaine C. Smith (born August 2, 1958) is a Scottish actress and comedian. She was born in Baillieston in Glasgow, and she continues to live in the city.

Elaine attended Braidhurst High School in Motherwell.

Her first major television appearance was in 1986 as a star on the BBC sketch show "Naked Video". Made by BBC Scotland, it was shown throughout the UK on BBC2. In between seasons of "Naked Video", Smith also starred in Scottish sitcom "City Lights", which ran for four years on the BBC.

Smith is probably best known for her role as Mary Nesbitt in the BBC sitcom Rab C. Nesbitt, a series based on characters in a "Naked Video" sketch. Set in Glasgow, the show was a cult hit, and ran for nine years on BBC2. From 1997-2001, Smith also appeared as Rosa in the TV children's series Hububb.

Since "Rab C. Nesbitt" finished in 1999, Smith has appeared in the BBC dramas "Two Thousand Acres of Sky" and "55 Degrees North", performed alongside Helena Bonham Carter in the British film "Women Talking Dirty", and toured Scotland with her stand-up comedy show. Until last year, she appeared in Glasgow's Kings' Theatre's annual pantomime. She starred alongside Gerard Kelly in performances such as "Aladdin" and "Mother Goose". She currently writes a weekly column in the Sunday Mail newspaper.

In August 2007, she was appointed to the Scottish Broadcasting Commission established by the Scottish Government; and, in October, she appeared in an episode of the Jennifer Saunders sitcom "The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle".

In May 2007, Elaine C. Smith declared her support for Scotland becoming an independent nation byaligning herself with the Scottish National Party. [http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.1356925.0.mcconnell_lags_behind_salmond_in_top_job_race.php]

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