Alison Steadman in Highgate, London. Steadman and other celebrities, including Tom Hiddleston, Jo Brand, E. L. James and Rachel Riley, designed and signed cards for the UK-based charity Thomas Coram Foundation for Children. The campaign was launched by crafting company Stampin' Up! UK and the cards were auctioned off on eBay during May 2014. In November 2016, Steadman became an ambassador for London Wildlife Trust. Alison Steadman 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 film "Life is Sweet", and the 1993 Olivier
Alison Steadman 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) 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). 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