Cilla (miniseries) nerves singing for Brian Epstein. A drama this good, with Smith in sparkling form, knows it can take its time to flourish." The Guardian wrote: "The third, and best, reason why Cilla is so watchable is Sheridan Smith. It's one of those extraordinary performances, like Julie Walters as Mo Mowlam, when an actress does more than play a real character; she becomes her, to the extent that it's hard for the viewer not to forget they're not actually watching a young Cilla Black. She sounds like her, too. I'd be interested to know what someone more qualified to judge (an
Sonya Walger Walger is conversational in French and fluent in Spanish, as her father is Argentinian. Walger began her career on British television. In 1998, she guest starred in an episode of ITV crime series, "Midsomer Murders". She had the recurring role in the BBC 1 sitcom "Goodnight Sweetheart" in 1999, and appeared in two episodes of the crime/drama "The Vice". Also in 1999, she played the daughter of newspaper magnate Max Van der Vuurst, Hilde, in the "Heat of the Sun" story "The Sport of Kings". The following year, Walger made her film debut in the biographical drama "Eisenstein". In 2001,