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).
as Tina
as Vet
as Sue Jessop
as Nan (voice)
as Pam Shipman
as Betty
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Sue Jessop
as Alison Steadman(3 eps)
as Grace
as Narrator (voice)
as Self(1 ep)
as Sue Jessop(19 eps)
as Anita Jenkins(4 eps)
as Rita
as Self(1 ep)
as Gail Reynolds(6 eps)
as Fern
as Pam Shipman
as Grace Tanner
as Mary
as Barbara(3 eps)
as Edith(12 eps)
as Narrator
as Granny Evans
as Diana
as Mrs. Fox
as Auntie Jean
as Self
as Self - Choir Member(2 eps)
as Angela(1 ep)
as Joyce(12 eps)
as Hallie Eustace Miles(3 eps)
as Anne(1 ep)
as Barbara(1 ep)
as Pauline Paradise(6 eps)
as Kendall Malone(5 eps)
as Isobel
as Tina(1 ep)
as Rose Wilson(6 eps)
as Self - Contestant(1 ep)
as Self - Participant(1 ep)
as Herself(3 eps)
as Mrs. Phillips
as Dora Mitchell
as Alison's Mother(1 ep)
as Mrs. O'Grady(1 ep)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as Pam Shipman
as Jenny Evans
as Self
as Mrs. Brown
as Mrs. Brown(2 eps)
as Juliet
as Karen Horner
as Pam Shipman(19 eps)
as Rev. Martha Seager(1 ep)
as Self(2 eps)
as Crazy Butcher
as Sam's Mum
as Self - Guest Judge(1 ep)
as Margery Faversham(1 ep)
as Casting Agent
as Angela Cook(17 eps)
as Beryl
as Woman
as Mrs. Meisling(2 eps)
as Auntie Barbara (voice)
as Mayoress Bunty Ferguson (voice)
as Bronwyn Race
as Pauline Mole(6 eps)
as Betty Simpson(23 eps)
as Madame Leon
as Mother / Veronica
as Mrs Whatnot (voice)
as The Hen (voice)
as Christine Peacock(2 eps)
as Christine Peacock
as Abigail Tonev(1 ep)
as Woman with Dog
as Evelyn Hamilton(10 eps)
as Mrs Haynes(2 eps)
as Marion Mattis(1 ep)
as Pearl
as Mrs. Bennet(6 eps)
as Evelyn Marie Kendall(1 ep)
as Maggie
as Elinor Farr(2 eps)
as Emma Dumay
as Edda Goering
as Self(1 ep)
as Hilda Plant(6 eps)
as Rosemary Horton
as Lauren Patterson(6 eps)
as Edda Goering(1 ep)
as Wendy
as Jackie Johns
as Marjorie
as Jackie Johns(1 ep)
as Jane
as Eva
as Perriwinkle(1 ep)
as Brenda
as Perriwinkle
as Janista Maine
as Self(1 ep)
as Mayor
as Betty
as Mrs Marlow(3 eps)
as Mrs Marlow / Lili(2 eps)
as Marjorie(1 ep)
as Gwenda Stimpson
as Kate
as Doreen
as Brenda Ogdon(1 ep)
as Kato/Natella/Aniko
as Mrs. Allardyce
as Mary Hussey
as Elmire
as Miss Land
as Self
as Susan
as Kay Pasmore
as Norma Hardy
as Beverley
as Jan Blincoe
as Margaret Hudson
as Candice Marie
as Margaret Hudson(1 ep)
as Christine Potts
as Helen
as Bernadette Clarkson(7 eps)
as Nonie
as Jackie
as Jackie(1 ep)
as Helen(1 ep)
as Veronica Thornley
as Fencer (as Allison Steadman)(1 ep)
as Nonie(1 ep)
as Veronica(1 ep)
as Jan Blincoe(1 ep)
as Kay Pasmore(1 ep)
as Susan(1 ep)
as Norma Hardy(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)