Catherine Steadman is a British actress and author.

Career

Steadman trained at the

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and made her screen debut playing Julia Bertram in ''

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''. Since then she has appeared in television series such as ''

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'', ''

The Inbetweeners ''The Inbetweeners'' is a British coming-of-age television teen sitcom, which originally aired on E4 from 2008 until 2010 and was created and written by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris. The series follows the misadventures of suburban teenager ...

'', '' Fresh Meat'', ''

Midsomer Murders ''Midsomer Murders'' is a British crime drama television series, adapted by Anthony Horowitz and Douglas Watkinson from the novels in the '' Chief Inspector Barnaby'' book series (created by Caroline Graham), and broadcast on two channels of I ...

'' and ''

Trying Again ''Trying Again'' is a British comedy television series shown on the Sky Living channel in 2014. On 17 October 2014, the channel announced that the show will not be returning for a second series. Plot The show revolves around a couple, Meg and ...

''. Some of her more notable roles include Nurse Wilson in ITV's '' Breathless'', Mabel Lane Fox in ''

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'', Maggie Lewis in ''

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'', Gemma in

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's ''

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'', Mrs Forbes in ''

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'' and Eliza Gestalt in '' The Rook''. On stage, she has appeared in the West End in

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's award-winning ''

That Face ''That Face'' is a two- act play written by Polly Stenham. It premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London on 26 April 2007, directed by Jeremy Herrin. The play was revived at the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End in 2008, opening on 1 ...

'', the

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's '' Oppenheimer'' (for which she was nominated for a

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for Best Supporting Actress) and the title role in the West End revival of ''

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''. Steadman's

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, the psychological thriller ''Something in the Water'', was published in June 2018 by

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UK and

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USA. 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.

Works

* * * * Steadman, Catherine (2022). ''The Family Game: A Novel.'' Ballatine Books. ISBN 9780593158067.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Steadman, Catherine English television actresses English stage actresses English film actresses Living people Alumni of the Oxford School of Drama 21st-century English actresses 1987 births English women novelists