Alison Steadman
Acting
🎂 1946-08-26
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).
Cast credits(143)
Abigail Tonev
1997
Nonie
1970
Veronica
1970
Jan Blincoe
1970
Kay Pasmore
1970
Susan
1970
Self
1988
Evelyn Marie Kendall
1995
Self - Guest Judge
2006
Kendall Malone
2013
Self
1949
Anne
2014
Rev. Martha Seager
2007
Self
1993
Alison's Mother
2010
Angela Cook
2004
Self - Participant
2011
Mrs. Bennet
1995
1972
Self
2006
Pam Shipman
2007
Barbara
2013
Betty Simpson
2000
Self - Contestant
2012
1999
Mrs. Haynes
1996
Marion Mattis
1996
Mrs. Haynes
1996
2012
Sue Jessop
2022
Gail Reynolds
2020
Bernadette Clarkson
1975
Joyce
2014
2019
2000
Rose Wilson
2012
Rita
2021
Hallie Eustace Miles
2014
Alison Steadman
2023
Barbara
2018
1995
Anita Jenkins
2022
Pauline Mole
2001
Betty
2024
Mrs. Meisling
2002
Mrs. Marlow
1986
2005
Edith
2018
Herself - Choir Member
2014
Christine Peacock
1997
Daisy
1988
Perriwinkle
1989
Mrs. Allardyce
1984
1995
Woman with Dog
1996
Mrs. Fox
2016
Hilda Plant
1992
Wendy
1990
Jane
1989
1998
1975
Mrs. Brown
2007
Gwenda Stimpson
1986
Lauren Patterson
1991
Casting Agent
2004
Sam's Mum
2006
Madame Leon
1999
Dora
2020
Elinor Farr
1994
Evelyn Hamilton
1996
Eva
1989
Mayor
1988
Self
2007
Mary Hussey
1984
Bronwyn Race
2001
Beverley
1977
Mayoress Bunty Ferguson (voice)
2001
The Hen (voice)
1997
Diana
2016
Self
2025
Rosemary Horton
1992
Mary
2018
Pearl
1996
Grace Tanner
2019
2004
Juliet
2007
Miss Land
1982
Perriwinkle
1989
Self
1982
Christine Peacock
1997
Mother / Veronica
1999
Doreen
1985
Edda Goering
1993
Granny Evans
2017
Mrs. Brown
2007
Fern
2020
Jackie
1974
Candice Marie
1976
Dora Mitchell
2010
Kate
1985
Herself
2011
Jackie Johns
1990
Maggie
1995
Self - Narrator (voice)
2010
Mrs Whatnot (voice)
1999
Pam Shipman
2019
Self
2014
Brenda
1989
Auntie Barbara (voice)
2001
Nonie
1974
Crazy Butcher
2006
Emma Dumay
1994
Mrs. Phillips
2011
1994
2020
Self
2016
Norma Hardy
1978
Kay Pasmore
1980
Betty
1987
Self
2024
Kato/Natella/Aniko
1985
Jan Blincoe
1977
Veronica Thornley
1973
Beryl
2003
Janista Maine
1989
Susan
1981
Christine Potts
1975
Marjorie
1989
Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
Narrator
2009
Jenny Evans
2007
Isobel
2012
Auntie Jean
2015
Narrator (voice)
2022
Woman
2002
2023
Narrator
2017
Helen
1975
Tina
Elmire
1983
2017
Margaret Hudson
1976
Self
2007