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
all 152
Movies 89
TV Shows 63
self 20
Narrator 5
Voice 2
Writer 1
Stitch Head (2025)
The 1970s Dinner Party (2023)
Alison & Larry: Billericay To Barry (2023)
Forced Out (2023)
Queen and Country (2022)
Garden of the Year (2022)
Here We Go (2022)
Rules of the Game (2022)
Life (2020)
Unprecedented (2020)
Off Grid (2019)
Under the Knife (2019)
Care (2018)
Butterfly (2018)
Beyond Evil: The Murder of Becky Watts (2018)
Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthorpe (Mrs) (2017)
Bad Habits, Holy Orders (2017)
We Can Be Heroes (2017)
We Have Been Watching (2017)
Dad's Army (2016)
Peterman (2015)
Gareth's All Star Choir (2014)
The Secrets (2014)
Boomers (2014)
The Great War: The People's Story (2014)
Yonderland (2013)
Love and Marriage (2013)
Orphan Black (2013)
The Syndicate (2012)
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off (2012)
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (2011)
All Roads Lead Home (2011)
French Exchange (2011)
Come Rain Come Shine (2010)
Little Crackers (2010)
Fry and Laurie Reunited (2010)
Who Gets the Dog (2007)
Fanny Hill (2007)
Fanny Hill (2007)
Gavin & Stacey (2007)
Lewis (2007)
Loony in the Woods (2006)
Confetti (2006)
Great British Menu (2006)
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
The Lenny Henry Show (2004)
The Worst Week of My Life (2004)
Celeb (2002)
Ivor the Invisible (2001)
Happy Now (2001)
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (2001)
Fat Friends (2000)
Topsy-Turvy (1999)
Let Them Eat Cake (1999)
Santa's Last Christmas (1999)
Stressed Eric (1998)
Queen's Park Story (1998)
The Ugly Duckling (1997)
The Missing Postman (1997)
The Missing Postman (1997)
Midsomer Murders (1997)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
No Bananas (1996)
Karaoke (1996)
Crapston Villas (1995)
Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Kavanagh Q.C. (1995)
The Wimbledon Poisoner (1994)
GMTV (1993)
Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)
Gone to the Dogs (1991)
Selling Hitler (1991)
News Hounds (1990)
A Small Mourning (1989)
Wilt (1989)
The Jim Henson Hour (1989)
Virtuoso (1989)
Monster Maker (1989)
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting (1989)
Stormy Monday (1988)
The Singing Detective (1986)
Clockwise (1986)
Number One (1985)
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1985)
A Private Function (1984)
Champions (1984)
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang (1982)
Pasmore (1980)
Two Days That Shook the Branch (1978)
Abigail's Party (1977)
Our Flesh and Blood (1977)
Bag of Yeast (1976)
Nuts in May (1976)
Through the Night (1975)
The Wackers (1975)
Girl (1974)
Frost's Weekly (1973)
Hard Labour (1973)
Play for Today (1970)
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1946-08-26 (78 years old)
Birth PlaceLiverpool, United Kingdom
RelationshipsMike Leigh (1973 - 2001)
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsAlison Steadman OBE
AwardsEvening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress, Officer of the Order of the British Empire
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