Alison Steadman
ActingAlso Known As
Alison Steadman OBE, آلیسون استیدمن
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).
Movies
(89 total)
The King's Man
as Rita
Better Man
as Betty
Secrets & Lies
as Woman with Dog
Dad's Army
as Mrs. Fox
Clockwise
as Gwenda Stimpson
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
as Casting Agent
Life Is Sweet
as Wendy
Topsy-Turvy
as Madame Leon
Shirley Valentine
as Jane
Stormy Monday
as Mayor
Confetti
as Sam's Mum
A Private Function
as Mrs. Allardyce
Blame It on the Bellboy
as Rosemary Horton
Burn Burn Burn
as Diana
Abigail's Party
as Beverley
Nuts in May
as Candice Marie
Wilt
as Eva
The Short & Curlies
as Betty
Fanny Hill
as Mrs. Brown
TV Shows
(64 total)
Orphan Black
as Kendall Malone
Pride and Prejudice
as Mrs. Bennet
Midsomer Murders
as Abigail Tonev
Inside No. 9
as Anne
Gavin & Stacey
as Pam Shipman
Lewis
as Rev. Martha Seager
The Singing Detective
as Mrs Marlow
The Singing Detective
as Mrs Marlow / Lili
The One Show
as Self
Here We Go
as Sue Jessop
Dalziel & Pascoe
as Marion Mattis
The Syndicate
as Rose Wilson
Yonderland
as Barbara
Karaoke
as Mrs Haynes
The Worst Week of My Life
as Angela Cook
Butterfly
as Barbara
Rules of the Game
as Anita Jenkins
Life
as Gail Reynolds
GMTV
as Self