Alison Steadman

Alison Steadman (born 26 August 1946) is an English actor. She won the 1991 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for the Mike Leigh (her husband 1973-2001) film Life is Sweet, and the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Actress for her role as Mari in the original production of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. In a 2007 Channel 4 poll, the "50 Greatest Actors" voted for by other actors, she was ranked No. 42. Steadman made her professional stage debut in 1968 and went on to establish her career in Mike Leigh's 1970s TV plays Nuts in May (1976) and Abigail's Party (1977). She received BAFTA TV Award nominations for the 1986 BBC serial The Singing Detective, and in 2001 for the ITV drama series Fat Friends (2000–05). Other television roles include Pride and Prejudice (1995), Gavin & Stacey (2007–10, 2019) and Orphan Black (2015–16). Her other film appearances include A Private Function (1984), Clockwise (1986), Shirley Valentine (1989), Topsy Turvy (1999), and The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004).

15 TV shows

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Other Credits

Let Them Eat Cake, The One Show, Butterfly, The Worst Week of My Life, Coogan's Run, Oil Strike North, Crapston Villas, Lenny Henry in Pieces, Stressed Eric, The Missing Postman, No Bananas, Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years, The Wackers, Bosom Pals, Fanny Hill, DNA Journey, Boomers, The Syndicate, Rules of the Game, Alison & Larry: Billericay To Barry, Here We Go, The Jim Henson Hour, Little Crackers, The Wimbledon Poisoner, The Great War: The People's Story, Hold the Sunset, Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale, Gadget Man, Gone to Seed, Gone to the Dogs, All Roads Lead Home, Gareth's All Star Choir, The Great Sport Relief Bake Off, Lewis, Yonderland, Life, Comedy Blaps, The Singing Detective, Twisted Tales, Fat Friends, Extraordinary Escapes with Sandi Toksvig, Bel Ami, Karaoke, Playhouse Presents, Selling Hitler