Alison Steadman
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Female
Birthday 1946-08-26 (78 years old)
Place of Birth Liverpool, England, UK
Also Known As Alison Steadman OBE
Alison Steadman
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).
Known For
Actor
as Emma Dumay
as Tina
as Betty Williams
as Pam
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Alison Steadman
as Narrator (voice)
as Sue Jessop
as Anita Jenkins
as Rita
as Fern
as Gail Reynolds
as Pam Shipman
as Grace Tanner
as Mary
as Barbara
as Edith
as Narrator
as Granny Evans
as Diana
as Mrs. Fox
as Auntie Jean
as Self
as Herself - Choir Member
as Joyce
as Hallie Eustace Miles
as Anne
as Barbara
as Kendall Malone
as Isobel
as Rose Wilson
as Self - Contestant
as Mrs. Phillips
as Self - Participant
as Herself
as Dora Mitchell
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Alison's Mother
as Narrator
as Pam Shipman
as Jenny Evans
as Mrs. Brown
as Juliet
as Self
as Mrs. Brown
as Pam Shipman
as Rev. Martha Seager
as Crazy Butcher
as Sam's Mum
as Self
as Self - Guest Judge
as Casting Agent
as Angela Cook
as Beryl
as Woman
as Mrs. Meisling
as Auntie Barbara (voice)
as Bronwyn Race
as Pauline Mole
as Betty Simpson
as Madame Leon
as Mother / Veronica
as Mrs Whatnot (voice)
as The Hen (voice)
as Christine Peacock
as Christine Peacock
as Abigail Tonev
as Woman with Dog
as Pearl
as Evelyn Hamilton
as Mrs. Haynes
as Maggie
as Mrs. Bennet
as Evelyn Marie Kendall
as Elinor Farr
as Self
as Rosemary Horton
as Hilda Plant
as Edda Goering
as Lauren Patterson
as Wendy
as Jackie Johns
as Marjorie
as Jane
as Eva
as Brenda
as Perriwinkle
as Janista Maine
as Perriwinkle
as Daisy
as Mayoress
as Betty
as Gwenda Stimpson
as Mrs. Marlow
as Kate
as Doreen
as Kato/Natella/Aniko
as Mrs. Allardyce
as Mary Hussey
as Elmire
as Miss Land
as Self
as Susan
as Kay Pasmore
as Norma Hardy
as Beverley
as Jan Blincoe
as Margaret Hudson
as Candice Marie
as Christine Potts
as Helen
as Bernadette Clarkson
as Nonie
as Jackie
as Veronica Thornley
as Nonie
as Veronica
as Jan Blincoe
as Kay Pasmore
as Susan
as Self
Writer
as Writer