Catherine Steadman | |
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Born | |
Education | Oxford School of Drama |
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Years active | 2006–present |
Spouse | Ross Armstrong[1] |
Catherine Steadman (born 8 February 1983) is a British actress and author.
Career
[edit]Steadman trained at the Oxford School of Drama[2] and made her screen debut playing Julia Bertram in Mansfield Park.[3] Since then she has appeared in television series such as The Tudors, The Inbetweeners, Fresh Meat, Midsomer Murders and Trying Again. Some of her more notable roles include Nurse Wilson in ITV's Breathless, Mabel Lane Fox in Downton Abbey, Maggie Lewis in Tutankhamun, Gemma in BBC Four's Bucket, Mrs Forbes in Victoria and Eliza Gestalt in The Rook.
On stage, she has appeared in the West End in Polly Stenham's award-winning That Face, the Royal Shakespeare Company's Oppenheimer (for which she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress) and the title role in the West End revival of Witness for the Prosecution.
Steadman's debut novel, the psychological thriller Something in the Water, was published in June 2018 by Simon & Schuster UK and Penguin Random House USA.[4] Her second novel, Mr Nobody, was published in January 2020 and her third, The Disappearing Act, in June 2021. A fourth novel, The Family Game was published in October 2022.[5]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | Mansfield Park | Julia Bertram | Television film |
The Admirer | Anna | Short film | |
2008 | The Portrait | Mira | Short film |
2009 | Dust | Elodie | |
Princess Kaiulani | Miss Barnes | ||
2010 | The Story of F*** | Thornton Quinn | |
An Old Fashioned Christmas | Tilly | Television film | |
Dark Room | Keira Donaghy | Short film | |
2011 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | Ashley | |
2012 | Outpost: Black Sun | Lena | |
Lost Buoys | Daughter | Short film | |
Once and for All | Young Woman | Short film | |
Plastic Gangsters | Miranda | Television film | |
2013 | About Time | Tina | |
The Pig Child | Rosa | Short film | |
2018 | Astral | Claire Harmann | |
2019 | The Appointment | Anne | Short film |
Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006 | The Bill | Jessica Bentham | Episode: "Hold Feet to the Fire" |
2007 | Doctors | Chloe Hobbs | Episode: "Off the Edge" |
2008 | Holby City | Anna Richards | Recurring role; 3 episodes |
2009 | Doctors | Laura McQuigan | Recurring role; 3 episodes |
The Inbetweeners | Daisy | Episode: "The Duke of Edinburgh Awards" | |
2010 | Missing | Helen Harper | Episode: "One for Sorrow" |
The Tudors | Joan Bulmer | Recurring role; 5 episodes | |
Law & Order: UK | Joanne Ellis | Episode: "Defence" | |
2013 | Lewis | Polly Beatty | Episode: "Down Among the Fearful" |
Breathless | Angela Wilson | Miniseries; 6 episodes | |
Fresh Meat | Alison | Recurring role; 3 episodes | |
2014 | Quirke | Claire Stafford | Episode: "Christine Falls" |
Trying Again | Kate | Recurring role; 5 episodes | |
Masterpiece Mystery! | Episode: "Breathless, Part 1" | ||
Downton Abbey | Mabel Lane Fox | Recurring role; 5 episodes | |
2016 | Tutankhamun | Maggie Lewis | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
Midsomer Murders | Corina Craven | Episode: "The Village That Rose from the Dead" | |
2017 | Bucket | Gemma | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
Fearless | Karen Buxton | Miniseries; 4 episodes | |
Victoria | Mrs. Forbes | Episode: "Comfort and Joy" | |
2019 | The Rook | Eliza Gestalt | Miniseries; 8 episodes |
2020 | On the Edge | Alex | Episode: "For You" |
Works
[edit]- Steadman, Catherine (2018). Something in the Water: A Novel. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 9781524797188.
- Steadman, Catherine (2020). Mr Nobody. London: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9781471167225.
- Steadman, Catherine (2021). The Disappearing Act: A Novel (1st hardcover ed.). London: Ballantine Books. ISBN 9780593158036.
- Steadman, Catherine (2022). The Family Game: A Novel. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 9780593158067.
References
[edit]- ^ Catherine Steadman [@CatSteadman] (11 January 2018). "My incredibly talented husband @Rarmstrongbooks (Ross Armstrong)" (Tweet). Retrieved 30 July 2018 – via Twitter.
- ^ Oxford Drama
- ^ "Masterpiece – Mansfield Park – PBS". Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ Sarah Lyall (11 June 2018). "Far From the Shore, a Happy Couple Takes a Turn for the Worse...". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
Tina Jordan (15 June 2018). "What Would You Do if You Found a Bag Crammed With Cash?". New York Times. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018. - ^ "The Family Game by Catherine Steadman: 9780593158067 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 9 November 2022.