Alison Steadman, OBE 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, 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.

Is Alison Steadman still married?

Alison married director Mike Leigh in 1973. They went on to have two sons, Toby (born February 1978) and Leo (born August 1981). But the couple separated in 1995 and divorced in 2001. Alison is currently in a relationship with Welsh actor Michael Elwyn.

How old is Alison Steadman in Abigail's Party?

Steadman's breakthrough came aged 30, with the 1976 BBC film Nuts in May, written and directed by her then-husband, Mike Leigh, as was Abigail's Party, shot the following year, when she was pregnant with their first son, Toby.