Catherine Steadman

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Catherine Steadman
Born (1987-02-08) 8 February 1987 (age 36)
Education Oxford School of Drama
Occupations
  • Actress
  • author
Years active2006–present
SpouseRoss Armstrong [1]

Catherine Steadman (born 8 February 1987) is a British actress and author.

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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]

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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.
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    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.
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