Acting
Alison Steadman
EN cinema · 90 credits
Born
26 August 1946 (age 80)
Birthplace
Liverpool, England, UK
Also known as Alison Steadman OBE · آلیسون استیدمن
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
Filmography
King of the Teds
as Tina
Joke
as Vet
Stitch Head
as Nan (voice)
Better Man
as Betty
Gavin & Stacey: The Finale
as Pam Shipman
The 1970s Dinner Party
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Wake
as Grace
Queen and Country
as Narrator (voice)
The King's Man
as Rita
23 Walks
as Fern
Off Grid
as Grace Tanner
Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas
as Pam Shipman
Care
as Mary
We Can Be Heroes
as Granny Evans
Dad's Army
as Mrs. Fox
Burn Burn Burn
as Diana
Peterman
as Auntie Jean
French Exchange
as Mrs. Phillips
Come Rain Come Shine
as Dora Mitchell
Fry and Laurie Reunited
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special 2008
as Pam Shipman
Fanny Hill
as Mrs. Brown
The Dinner Party
as Juliet
Who Gets the Dog
as Jenny Evans
The Man from Montevideo
as Karen Horner
Loony in the Woods
as Crazy Butcher
Confetti
as Sam's Mum
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
as Casting Agent
Chunky Monkey
as Beryl
D.I.Y. Hard
as Woman
Ivor the Invisible
2001
Ivor the Invisible
as Auntie Barbara (voice)
Happy Now
as Bronwyn Race
Bob the Builder: A Christmas to Remember - The Movie
as Mayoress Bunty Ferguson (voice)
Santa's Last Christmas
as Mrs Whatnot (voice)
Topsy-Turvy
as Madame Leon
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Mother / Veronica
The Missing Postman
as Christine Peacock
The Ugly Duckling
as The Hen (voice)
Secrets & Lies
as Woman with Dog
Gotta Get Out
as Maggie
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
as Emma Dumay
Selling Hitler
as Edda Goering
Blame It on the Bellboy
as Rosemary Horton
Life Is Sweet
as Wendy
News Hounds
as Jackie Johns
Wilt
as Eva
Virtuoso
as Brenda
Monster Maker
as Perriwinkle
A Small Mourning
as Marjorie
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
as Janista Maine, Writer
Stormy Monday
as Mayor
The Short & Curlies
as Betty
Clockwise
as Gwenda Stimpson
Number One
as Doreen
Coming Through
as Kate
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
as Kato/Natella/Aniko
Champions
as Mary Hussey
A Private Function
as Mrs. Allardyce
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
as Miss Land
The Muscle Market
as Susan
Pasmore
as Kay Pasmore
Abigail's Party
as Beverley
Our Flesh and Blood
as Jan Blincoe
Nuts in May
as Candice Marie
Bag of Yeast
as Margaret Hudson
Through the Night
as Christine Potts
Early to Bed
as Helen
Girl
as Jackie
Taking Leave
as Nonie
Hard Labour
as Veronica Thornley