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 Newman Alison is married to Hugh Williams, a graphic designer. They live in Hackney, East London. Alison Newman Alison Newman (born 25 January 1968) is a British actress, best known for her role in the hit ITV1 television series "Footballers' Wives" as Hazel Bailey, and as DI Samantha Keeble in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders". Alison Newman was born in Bournemouth, Hampshire (now Dorset) to David and Jenny Newman. She has one sister called Sarah. Both her parents were school teachers who encouraged her to take up acting as a hobby, but discouraged her from attending stage school when she was