Alison Steadman Mike Leigh's "Abigail's Party", which she reprised with the original cast on television. She won an Olivier Award for "The Rise and Fall of Little Voice", and also appeared in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", "Entertaining Mr Sloane", "Hotel Paradiso", and others in locations as diverse as the Royal Court, the Theatre Royal, the Old Vic, the Hampstead Theatre, the Nottingham Playhouse, the Everyman Liverpool and the National Theatre. She starred as Elmire in the 1983 RSC production of Molière's "Tartuffe", which was adapted for BBC television. In 2010, Steadman was cast as Madame Arcati in a revival of
Monique van de Ven Monique van de Ven Monica Maria Theresia "Monique" van de Ven (; born 28 July 1952) is a Dutch actress and director. From 1973 until 1988 she was married to Dutch cinematographer and director Jan de Bont, with whom she lived in Los Angeles for a number of years. She is now married to actor and writer Edwin de Vries. Her film debut as an actress was in "Turkish Delight" in 1973. This film was an immediate breakthrough for her acting career. The Paul Verhoeven film was nominated for an Academy Award and was chosen as the best Dutch film