Alison Steadman, OBE (born 26 August 1946) is an English actor. She
was nominated for the 1991 National Society of Film Critics Award for
Best Actress for the Mike Leigh 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 (2000â€"2005). Other television
roles include Pride and Prejudice (1995), Gavin & Stacey (2007â€"2010,
2019) and Orphan Black (2015â€"2016). Her other film appearances
include A Private Function (1984), Topsy-Turvy (1999) and The Life and
Death of Peter Sellers (2004).Steadman was born in Liverpool, the
youngest of three sisters born to Marjorie (née Evans) and George
Percival Steadman, who worked as a production controller for Plessey,
an electronics firm.
was nominated for the 1991 National Society of Film Critics Award for
Best Actress for the Mike Leigh 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 (2000â€"2005). Other television
roles include Pride and Prejudice (1995), Gavin & Stacey (2007â€"2010,
2019) and Orphan Black (2015â€"2016). Her other film appearances
include A Private Function (1984), Topsy-Turvy (1999) and The Life and
Death of Peter Sellers (2004).Steadman was born in Liverpool, the
youngest of three sisters born to Marjorie (née Evans) and George
Percival Steadman, who worked as a production controller for Plessey,
an electronics firm.
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