Alison Steadman
Acting
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).
Joke
Vet
Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza
Sue Jessop
Stitch Head
Nan (voice)
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
Self
Gavin & Stacey: The Making of the Finale
Self
Better Man
Betty
The 1970s Dinner Party
Self - Narrator (voice)
Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas
Sue Jessop
Wake
Grace
Queen and Country
Narrator (voice)
The King's Man
Rita
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
Dora
We Love Gavin and Stacey
23 Walks
Fern
Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas
Pam Shipman
Off Grid
Grace Tanner
Care
Mary
Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthorpe (Mrs)
Becky Watts Killed for Kicks
Narrator
We Can Be Heroes
Granny Evans
Burn Burn Burn
Diana
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
Self
Dad's Army
Mrs. Fox
Peterman
Auntie Jean
The One and Only Mike Leigh
Self
A Civil Arrangement
Isobel
French Exchange
Mrs. Phillips
Come Rain Come Shine
Dora Mitchell
Fry and Laurie Reunited
Self - Narrator (voice)
Caravans: A British Love Affair
Narrator
Who Gets the Dog
Jenny Evans
All About 'Abigail's Party'
Self
Fanny Hill
Mrs. Brown
The Dinner Party
Juliet
The Man from Montevideo
Karen Horner
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
Loony in the Woods
Crazy Butcher
Confetti
Sam's Mum
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Casting Agent
Chunky Monkey
Beryl
D.I.Y. Hard
Woman
Ivor the Invisible
Auntie Barbara (voice)
Bob the Builder: A Christmas to Remember - The Movie
Mayoress Bunty Ferguson (voice)
Happy Now
Bronwyn Race
Topsy-Turvy
Madame Leon
Jack and the Beanstalk
Mother / Veronica
Santa's Last Christmas
Mrs Whatnot (voice)
The Ugly Duckling
The Hen (voice)
The Missing Postman
Christine Peacock
Secrets & Lies
Woman with Dog
The Snow Queen's Revenge
Pearl
Gotta Get Out
Maggie
Do You Remember the First Time?
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
Emma Dumay
Selling Hitler
Edda Goering
Blame It on the Bellboy
Rosemary Horton
Life Is Sweet
Wendy
News Hounds
Jackie Johns
A Small Mourning
Marjorie
Shirley Valentine
Jane
Wilt
Eva
Virtuoso
Brenda
Monster Maker
Perriwinkle
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
Janista Maine
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Daisy
Stormy Monday
Mayor
The Short & Curlies
Betty
Clockwise
Gwenda Stimpson
Coming Through
Kate
Number One
Doreen
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Kato/Natella/Aniko
A Private Function
Mrs. Allardyce
Champions
Mary Hussey
Tartuffe, or The Imposter
Elmire
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
Miss Land
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Self
The Muscle Market
Susan
Pasmore
Kay Pasmore
Two Days That Shook the Branch
Norma Hardy
Abigail's Party
Beverley
Our Flesh and Blood
Jan Blincoe
Bag of Yeast
Margaret Hudson
Nuts in May
Candice Marie
Through the Night
Christine Potts
Early to Bed
Helen
Taking Leave
Nonie
Girl
Jackie
Hard Labour
Veronica Thornley