Alison Steadman particularly endeared herself to the nation with her portrayal of ebullient, daffy Pam Shipman in Gavin & Stacey from 2007 to 2019. Before that, though, she’d already enjoyed three decades as a celebrated actor, starring in Abigail’s Party in 1977, Life is Sweet in 1990, the 1995 version of Pride and Prejudice and Fat Friends in the early 2000s.
So it comes as a surprise that the 76-year-old star admits she didn’t always have great self-esteem – on the
