What is Alison Steadman?
{{Infobox person | name = Alison Steadman | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}} | image = You'll Have Had Your Tea - Alison Steadman.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Steadman during a recording of ''[[You'll Have Had Your Tea]]'' for [[BBC Radio 4]] in 2006 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|8|26|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]]<!-- Liverpool was in Lancashire until 1974; do not change to Merseyside-->, England | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1968–present | spouse = {{marriage|[[Mike Leigh]] <br>|1973|2001|end=divorced}} | partner = [[Michael Elwyn]] | children = 2 | module = {{Listen| embed=yes |filename = Alison Steadman voice.ogg |title =Steadman's voice |type = speech |description = recorded 2012, as part of an [[:File:Alison Steadman, audio description of the Pelicans, St James Park.ogg|audio description of the pelicans in St James's Park]] for [[VocalEyes]] }} }} '''Alison Steadman''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}} (born 26 August 1946) is an English actress. She received the 1991 [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress]] for the [[Mike Leigh]] film ''[[Life Is Sweet (film)|Life Is Sweet]]'' and the 1993 [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress|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 42. ==Life== Steadman made her professional stage debut in 1968 and went on to establish her career in Mike Leigh's 1970s TV plays ''[[Nuts in May]]'' (1976) and ''[[Abigail's Party]]'' (1977). She received [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress|BAFTA TV Award]] nominations for the 1986 [[BBC]] serial ''[[The Singing Detective]]'' and in 2001 for the [[ITV Network|ITV]] drama series ''[[Fat Friends]]'' (2000–2005). Other television roles include ''