Person Details

Birthday:

Aliases: Alison Steadman OBE , آلیسون استیدمن

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Liverpool, England, UK

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 47

TV Involvements: 28


Most Famous Work

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).

Most Famous Work

Midsomer Murders
Average
8

Midsomer Murders

(1997) Abigail Tonev
GMTV
Average
6

GMTV

(1993) Self
Great British Menu
Average
6

Great British Menu

(2006) Self - Guest Judge
Play for Today
Average
6

Play for Today

(1970) Susan
Lewis
Average
8

Lewis

(2007) Rev. Martha Seager
The King's Man
Average
7

The King's Man

(2021) Rita
Pride and Prejudice
Average
8

Pride and Prejudice

(1995) Mrs. Bennet
Orphan Black
Average
8

Orphan Black

(2013) Kendall Malone

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2025 Self
2024 Pam Shipman
Self
Betty
2023 Self - Narrator (voice)
Alison Steadman
2022 Narrator (voice)
Sue Jessop
Anita Jenkins
2021 Rita
2020 Dora
Gail Reynolds
N/A
Fern
2019 Pam Shipman
Grace Tanner
N/A
2018 Mary
Barbara
Edith
2017 N/A
Narrator
Granny Evans
2016 Diana
Self
Mrs. Fox
2015 Auntie Jean
2014 Self
Herself - Choir Member
Joyce
Hallie Eustace Miles
Anne
2013 Barbara
Kendall Malone
2012 N/A
Isobel
Rose Wilson
Self - Contestant
2011 Self - Participant
Herself
Mrs. Phillips
2010 Dora Mitchell
Alison's Mother
Self - Narrator (voice)
2009 Narrator
2007 Jenny Evans
Mrs. Brown
Mrs. Brown
Juliet
Pam Shipman
Rev. Martha Seager
Self
Self
2006 Self
Crazy Butcher
Sam's Mum
Self - Guest Judge
2005 N/A
2004 Casting Agent
Angela Cook
N/A
2003 Beryl
2002 Woman
Mrs. Meisling
2001 Auntie Barbara (voice)
Mayoress Bunty Ferguson (voice)
Bronwyn Race
Pauline Mole
2000 N/A
Betty Simpson
1999 Madame Leon
Mother / Veronica
N/A
Mrs Whatnot (voice)
1998 N/A
1997 The Hen (voice)
Christine Peacock
Christine Peacock
Abigail Tonev
1996 Mrs. Haynes
Woman with Dog
Evelyn Hamilton
Mrs. Haynes
N/A
Pearl
1995 N/A
N/A
Mrs. Bennet
Evelyn Marie Kendall
Maggie
1994 Elinor Farr
N/A
Emma Dumay
1993 Self
1992 Hilda Plant
Rosemary Horton
1991 Lauren Patterson
Edda Goering
1990 Wendy
Jackie Johns
1989 Marjorie
Jane
Eva
Perriwinkle
Brenda
Perriwinkle
Janista Maine
1988 Daisy
Mayoress
1987 Betty
1986 Mrs. Marlow
Gwenda Stimpson
1985 Kate
Doreen
Kato/Natella/Aniko
1984 Mrs. Allardyce
Mary Hussey
1983 Elmire
1982 Miss Land
Self
1981 Susan
1980 Kay Pasmore
1978 Norma Hardy
1977 Beverley
Jan Blincoe
1976 Margaret Hudson
Candice Marie
1975 Christine Potts
N/A
Helen
Bernadette Clarkson
1974 Nonie
Jackie
1973 Veronica Thornley
1972 N/A
1970 Nonie
Veronica
Jan Blincoe
Kay Pasmore
Susan
1949 Self
Tina
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1989 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Join the discussion

Please Log in to comment