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Alison Steadman
Liverpool, England, UK
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…
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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).
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2026
Joke
Movie Vet
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2025
Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza
Movie Sue Jessop
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2025
Stitch Head
Movie Nan (voice)
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2025
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
Movie Self
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2024
Gavin & Stacey: The Finale
Movie Pam Shipman
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2024
Gavin & Stacey: The Making of the Finale
Movie Self
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2024
Better Man
Movie Betty
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2023
The 1970s Dinner Party
Movie Self - Narrator (voice)
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2023
Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas
Movie Sue Jessop
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2023
Alison & Larry: Billericay To Barry
TV show Alison Steadman
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2023
Wake
Movie Grace
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2022
Queen and Country
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2022
Remembers…
TV show
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2022
Here We Go
TV show Sue Jessop
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2022
Rules of the Game
TV show Anita Jenkins
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2021
The King's Man
Movie Rita
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2021
Extraordinary Escapes with Sandi Toksvig
TV show Self
- 2020
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2020
Life
TV show Gail Reynolds
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2020
We Love Gavin and Stacey
Movie
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2020
23 Walks
Movie Fern
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2019
Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas
Movie Pam Shipman
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2019
Off Grid
Movie Grace Tanner
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2019
DNA Journey
TV show
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2018
Care
Movie Mary
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2018
Butterfly
TV show Barbara
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2018
Hold the Sunset
TV show Edith
- 2017
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2017
Becky Watts Killed for Kicks
Movie Narrator
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2017
We Can Be Heroes
Movie Granny Evans
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2016
Burn Burn Burn
Movie Diana
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2016
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
Movie Self
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2016
Dad's Army
Movie Mrs. Fox
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2015
Peterman
Movie Auntie Jean
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2014
The One and Only Mike Leigh
Movie Self
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2014
Gareth's All Star Choir
TV show Self - Choir Member
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2014
The Secrets
TV show Angela
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2014
Boomers
TV show Joyce
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2014
The Great War: The People's Story
TV show Hallie Eustace Miles
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2014
Inside No. 9
TV show Anne
