Alison Steadman's approach to ageing is everything you'd expect from the acting legend - but acceptance hasn't always been easy for the star, and she still finds it quite a process on occasions.

In real life, actress Alison Steadman’s luckier than her alter-ego as she’s the proud mum of two grown up sons - Toby, 45, and Leo, 43 - with her former husband, director Mike Leigh.

Gavin & Stacey star Alison Steadman has been forced to cut her holiday short and return home, after a horror fall which left her with multiple broken bones. Alison Steadman, who plays the iconic ...