Alison Steadman
Actor
Biography
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).
Filmography
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as Daisy 1988
Better Man
as Betty 2024
Secrets & Lies
as Woman with Dog 1996
Dad's Army
as Mrs. Fox 2016
Clockwise
as Gwenda Stimpson 1986
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
as Casting Agent 2004
Life Is Sweet
as Wendy 1990
Topsy-Turvy
as Madame Leon 1999
Shirley Valentine
as Jane 1989
Stormy Monday
as Mayor 1988
Confetti
as Sam's Mum 2006
A Private Function
as Mrs. Allardyce 1984
Blame It on the Bellboy
as Rosemary Horton 1992
Burn Burn Burn
as Diana 2016
Abigail's Party
as Beverley 1977
Nuts in May
as Candice Marie 1976