Catherine Steadman

Catherine Steadman
Born	(1983-02-08) 8 February 1983 (age 41) England
Education	Oxford School of Drama
Occupations	Actress author
Years active	2006–present
Spouse	Ross Armstrong[1]

Catherine Steadman (born 8 February 1983) is a British actress and author.

Career

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

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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

• 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

1. Catherine Steadman [@CatSteadman] (11 January 2018). "My incredibly talented husband @Rarmstrongbooks (Ross Armstrong)" (Tweet). Retrieved 30 July 2018 – via Twitter.
2. Oxford Drama
3. "Masterpiece – Mansfield Park – PBS". Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
4. 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.
5. "The Family Game by Catherine Steadman: 9780593158067 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 9 November 2022.

External links

• Catherine Steadman at IMDb