Alison Steadman
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1946-08-26 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Liverpool, England, UK
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
Acting
King of the Teds
as Tina
(2025)
(2024)
Better Man
as Betty
(2024)
(2023)
The 1970s Dinner Party
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2023)
(2022)
Queen and Country
as Narrator (voice)
(2021)
The King's Man
as Rita
(2020)
(2020)
23 Walks
as Fern
(2020)
(2019)
Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas
as Pam Shipman
(2019)
Off Grid
as Grace Tanner
(2018)
Care
as Mary
(2017)
We Can Be Heroes
as Granny Evans
(2017)
(2017)
Becky Watts Killed for Kicks
as Narrator
(2016)
Dad's Army
as Mrs. Fox
(2016)
Burn Burn Burn
as Diana
(2016)
(2015)
Peterman
as Auntie Jean
(2015)
Seance Time
as Anne
(2014)
The One and Only Mike Leigh
as Self
(2012)
A Civil Arrangement
as Isobel
(2011)
French Exchange
as Mrs. Phillips
(2010)
Fry and Laurie Reunited
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2010)
Come Rain Come Shine
as Dora Mitchell
(2009)
Caravans: A British Love Affair
as Narrator
(2007)
(2007)
Fanny Hill
as Mrs. Brown
(2007)
The Dinner Party
as Juliet
(2007)
Who Gets the Dog
as Jenny Evans
(2007)
All About 'Abigail's Party'
as Self
(2006)
Confetti
as Sam's Mum
(2006)
Loony in the Woods
as Crazy Butcher
(2004)
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
as Casting Agent
(2003)
Chunky Monkey
as Beryl
(2002)
D.I.Y. Hard
as Woman
(2001)
Happy Now
as Bronwyn Race
(2001)
Bob the Builder: A Christmas to Remember - The Movie
as Mayoress Bunty Ferguson (voice)
(2001)
Ivor the Invisible
as Auntie Barbara (voice)
(1999)
Topsy-Turvy
as Madame Leon
(1999)
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Mother / Veronica
(1999)
Santa's Last Christmas
as Mrs Whatnot (voice)
(1997)
The Ugly Duckling
as The Hen (voice)
(1997)
The Missing Postman
as Christine Peacock
(1996)
Secrets & Lies
as Woman with Dog
(1996)
The Snow Queen's Revenge
as Pearl
(1995)
Gotta Get Out
as Maggie
(1994)
(1994)
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
as Emma Dumay
(1992)
Blame It on the Bellboy
as Rosemary Horton
(1991)
Selling Hitler
as Edda Goering
(1990)
Life Is Sweet
as Wendy
(1990)
News Hounds
as Jackie Johns
(1989)
Shirley Valentine
as Jane
(1989)
Wilt
as Eva
(1989)
Monster Maker
as Perriwinkle
(1989)
A Small Mourning
as Marjorie
(1989)
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
as Janista Maine
(1989)
Virtuoso
as Brenda
(1988)
(1988)
Stormy Monday
as Mayor
(1987)
The Short & Curlies
as Betty
(1986)
Clockwise
as Gwenda Stimpson
(1985)
Number One
as Doreen
(1985)
Coming Through
as Kate
(1985)
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
as Kato/Natella/Aniko
(1984)
A Private Function
as Mrs. Allardyce
(1984)
Champions
as Mary Hussey
(1983)
Tartuffe, or The Imposter
as Elmire
(1982)
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
as Self
(1982)
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
as Miss Land
(1981)
The Muscle Market
as Susan
(1980)
Pasmore
as Kay Pasmore
(1978)
Two Days That Shook the Branch
as Norma Hardy
(1977)
Abigail's Party
as Beverley
(1977)
Our Flesh and Blood
as Jan Blincoe
(1976)
Nuts in May
as Candice Marie
(1976)
Bag of Yeast
as Margaret Hudson
(1975)
Through the Night
as Christine Potts
(1975)
Early to Bed
as Helen
(1974)
Girl
as Jackie
(1974)
Taking Leave
as Nonie
(1973)
Hard Labour
as Veronica Thornley
Crew
(1989)