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
Alison Steadman BBC comedy "The Worst Week of My Life". In 2007 she featured in the BBC Wales programme "Coming Home" about her Welsh family history, with roots in Trefarclawdd and Ruabon. In October 2007, Steadman appeared in "Fanny Hill" on BBC Four. From May 2007 to January 2010, Steadman starred in the BBC comedy "Gavin & Stacey" as Pam Shipman. Steadman starred with Myra Frances in "Girl", a 1974 BBC play in the "Second City Firsts" series, performing the first lesbian kiss on British television. In 2014 Steadman starred in the first series of the BBC comedy "Boomers" as Joyce. The