Alison Steadman

Acting · 1.2 popularity

Age

Movies

Born: August 26, 1946
From: Liverpool, England, UK

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).

Works

89 films

The King's Man

20216.7

Better Man

20247.6

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

19887.0

Secrets & Lies

19967.6

Stitch Head

20257.0

Dad's Army

20165.0

Life Is Sweet

19917.0

Fanny Hill

20075.8

Topsy-Turvy

19996.6

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

20046.6

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007

We Love Gavin and Stacey

20209.0

Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthorpe (Mrs)

20178.0

Stormy Monday

19885.7

Happy Now

20016.0

Shirley Valentine

19896.3

Wake

2023

A Private Function

19846.4

Confetti

20065.4

Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell

20257.5

French Exchange

20116.5

Clockwise

19866.2

Blame It on the Bellboy

19925.4

The Ugly Duckling

19975.7

Joke

20266.0

The Dinner Party

20076.0

Fry and Laurie Reunited

20106.8

Taking Leave

1974

Peterman

20156.7

Care

20186.5

Santa's Last Christmas

19995.0

Bob the Builder: A Christmas to Remember - The Movie

20017.7

D.I.Y. Hard

20029.0

Wilt

19896.4

23 Walks

20206.8

Girl

19745.5

P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang

19827.1

Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse

20206.0

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

19828.0

Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas

20199.3

Number One

19856.7

Champions

19846.6

The Short & Curlies

19876.4

7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting

1989

Abigail's Party

19777.4

Gavin & Stacey: The Making of the Finale

2024

Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood

2016

The One and Only Mike Leigh

20149.0

Burn Burn Burn

20166.5

Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza

2025

The Snow Queen's Revenge

19965.7

Gotta Get Out

19958.0

Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas

2023

The Caucasian Chalk Circle

1985

Off Grid

201910.0

Nuts in May

19767.1

Ivor the Invisible

20017.0

Tartuffe, or The Imposter

19837.0

Do You Remember the First Time?

19947.0

Jack and the Beanstalk

19996.8

Selling Hitler

19938.0

Caravans: A British Love Affair

2009

Our Flesh and Blood

1977

Monster Maker

19896.7

Coming Through

19854.7

Hard Labour

19736.7

The Missing Postman

19975.0

Come Rain Come Shine

20105.0

Pasmore

1980

The Man from Montevideo

2007

Who Gets the Dog

20075.0

Early to Bed

19753.0

The 1970s Dinner Party

2023

Virtuoso

198910.0

News Hounds

1990

Two Days That Shook the Branch

1978

Through the Night

1975

Degas and Pissario Fall Out

19948.0

All About 'Abigail's Party'

20076.3

Becky Watts Killed for Kicks

2017

Bag of Yeast

1976

Loony in the Woods

20062.1

King of the Teds

2026

The Muscle Market

19817.0

We Can Be Heroes

2017

Chunky Monkey

20034.5

A Small Mourning

19899.0

A Civil Arrangement

2012

Queen and Country

2022