Smyth was born on 15 November 1981 and was brought up in
East London. She worked as an English teacher until 2021, when she became a full-time comedian. She entered the
Funny Women awards and after proceeding through the heats she won the main stage award in 2019. She appeared on ''
Jonathan Ross' Comedy Club on ITV in the second episode and was invited to Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled'' where she joined Davies,
Tez Ilyas,
Sara Pascoe and
Ade Edmondson for a chat. Smyth has appeared on both the regular
Countdown game show as a contestant (then called Laura Taylor) and the comedy panel show version
8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 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. In 2024 Smyth appeared as comedy emcee Glenda in an episode of the
Netflix miniseries
Baby Reindeer. ==Personal life==