Alison Steadman
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Alison Steadman

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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).

Films Featuring Alison Steadman

Loony in the Woods

20062.1

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007

Confetti

20065.4

Abigail's Party

19777.4

Blame It on the Bellboy

19925.4

Life Is Sweet

19917.0

Wilt

19896.4

Santa's Last Christmas

19995.0

P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang

19826.9

Off Grid

201910.0

Degas and Pissario Fall Out

19948.0

Better Man

20247.6

Fanny Hill

20075.8

Shirley Valentine

19896.3

Come Rain Come Shine

20105.0

We Love Gavin and Stacey

We Love Gavin and Stacey

20209.0

Virtuoso

198910.0

Number One

19856.7

Champions

19846.6

Monster Maker

19896.7

D.I.Y. Hard

20029.0

A Civil Arrangement

A Civil Arrangement

2012

Nuts in May

19767.1

Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood

2016

Selling Hitler

19938.0

Do You Remember the First Time?

19947.0

Becky Watts Killed for Kicks

2017

Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas

20199.3

Stitch Head

20257.1

The 1970s Dinner Party

2023

News Hounds

1990

Queen and Country

2022

Clockwise

19866.2

The Short & Curlies

19876.4

Dad's Army

20165.0

Peterman

20156.7

Two Days That Shook the Branch

Two Days That Shook the Branch

1978

A Small Mourning

19899.0

Ivor the Invisible

Ivor the Invisible

20017.0

Burn Burn Burn

20166.5

Chunky Monkey

20034.5

A Private Function

19846.4

The Missing Postman

19975.0

Happy Now

20016.0

The Dinner Party

20076.0

Through the Night

1975

Topsy-Turvy

19996.6

Coming Through

19854.7

Girl

19745.5

Early to Bed

19753.0

French Exchange

20116.5

The Ugly Duckling

19975.7

Who Gets the Dog

20075.0

Stormy Monday

19885.7

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

19828.0

Hard Labour

19736.7

The One and Only Mike Leigh

The One and Only Mike Leigh

20149.0

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

19887.0

Secrets & Lies

19967.6

Fry and Laurie Reunited

20106.8

We Can Be Heroes

2017

Tartuffe, or The Imposter

19837.0

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

20046.6

Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthorpe (Mrs)

20178.0

The Muscle Market

19817.0

Bag of Yeast

1976

Jack and the Beanstalk

19996.8

Taking Leave

1974

Our Flesh and Blood

1977

Care

20186.5

The King's Man

20216.7

All About 'Abigail's Party'

20076.3

Gotta Get Out

19958.0

23 Walks

20206.8

Pasmore

1980

Caravans: A British Love Affair

2009

The Snow Queen's Revenge

19965.7

Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse

20206.0

The Caucasian Chalk Circle

1985

King of the Teds

7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting

1989

Bob the Builder: A Christmas to Remember - The Movie

20017.7

Gavin & Stacey: The Making of the Finale

Gavin & Stacey: The Making of the Finale

2024

Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell

20257.5

Wake

2023

The Man from Montevideo

2007

Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza

2025

Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas

2023

Joke

20266.0