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 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).