Alison Steadman 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 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
Alison Steadman Noël Coward's "Blithe Spirit", which was scheduled for a national tour from November 2010 to March 2011. In 2014, Steadman appeared as Madame Raquin in Helen Edmundson's adaptation of Emile Zola's "Therese Raquin". Steadman has appeared in many films, including "P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang" (1982), "Champions" (1983), "A Private Function" (1984), "Number One" (1985), "Clockwise" (1986), "Stormy Monday" (1988), "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" (1988), "Shirley Valentine" (1989), "Wilt" (1989), "Life Is Sweet" (1990), "Blame It on the Bellboy" (1992), "Secrets & Lies" (1996), "Topsy-Turvy" (1999), "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers" (2004), "Confetti" (2006) and "Burn Burn Burn" (2015).