Bio
Alison Steadman, OBE is an award-winning English actress known for her roles in the television series Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (2001), Fat Friends (2000-2005), The Worst Week of My Life (2004-2006) and Gavin & Stacey, since 2007.
Since she trained at East 15 Acting School in the early Seventies, Alison has been a staple figure of British realist films.
She won a plethora of awards for Abigail's Party (BBC) and has enjoyed popularity in more than 35 television projects.
In more recent years Alison starred in the TV adaptation of Pride And Prejudice (BBC), Fat Friends (ITV), The Lenny Henry Show (BBC), The Singing Detective (BBC), Let Them Eat Cake (BBC) and A Small Mourning (BBC).
Alison's theatre credits cover a huge range of shows including: Losing Louis (Hampstead Theatre and Trafalgar Studios), The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband (New Ambassadors Theatre) and Entertaining Mr Sloane (Theatre Royal, Bath & Arts Theatre, West End).
She has also starred in an extensive list of films including Confetti (Fox Searchlight Pictures), Chunky Monkey (dir. Greg Crutwell), Life Is Sweet (Thin Man Films), Topsy Turvey (Thin Man Films) and The Short And Curlies (dir. Mike Leigh).