Alison Steadman
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).
Acting
Movie
The King's Man
as Rita
2021
TV
Orphan Black
as Kendall Malone
2013
Movie
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as Daisy
1988
Movie
Better Man
as Betty
2024
Movie
Secrets & Lies
as Woman with Dog
1996
TV
Pride and Prejudice
as Mrs. Bennet
1995
TV
Midsomer Murders
as Abigail Tonev
1997
TV
Inside No. 9
as Anne
2014
Movie
Clockwise
as Gwenda Stimpson
1986
Movie
Dad's Army
as Mrs. Fox
2016
Movie
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
as Casting Agent
2004
Movie
Life Is Sweet
as Wendy
1991
Movie
Topsy-Turvy
as Madame Leon
1999
TV
Gavin & Stacey
as Pam Shipman
2007
TV
Lewis
as Rev. Martha Seager
2007
Movie
Shirley Valentine
as Jane
1989
Movie
Stormy Monday
as Mayor
1988
Movie
Confetti
as Sam's Mum
2006
Movie
A Private Function
as Mrs. Allardyce
1984
Movie
Blame It on the Bellboy
as Rosemary Horton
1992
Movie
Burn Burn Burn
as Diana
2016
Movie
Abigail's Party
as Beverley
1977
TV
The Singing Detective
as Mrs Marlow
1986
TV
The Singing Detective
as Mrs Marlow / Lili
1986
