She is the author of two psychological thrillers, Something in the Water (2018) and Mr. Currently-lives in North London, EnglandĬatherine Steadman is an English actress and author, best known for playing Mabel Lane Fox in Downton Abbey (series 5, 2014).Where-New Forest in Southern England, UK.With piercing insight and fascinating twists, Something in the Water challenges the reader to confront the hopes we desperately cling to, the ideals we’re tempted to abandon, and the perfect lies we tell ourselves. Catherine Steadman’s enthralling voice shines throughout this spellbinding debut novel. Have you ever wondered how long it takes to dig a grave? After all, if no one else knows, who would be hurt? Their decision will trigger a devastating chain of events. Suddenly the newlyweds must make a dangerous choice: to speak out or to protect their secret. Then, while scuba diving in the crystal blue sea, they find something in the water…Ĭould the life of your dreams be the stuff of nightmares? Passionately in love, they embark on a dream honeymoon to the tropical island of Bora Bora, where they enjoy the sun, the sand, and each other.

ISBN 9780593158067.If you could make one simple choice that would change your life forever, would you?Įrin is a documentary filmmaker on the brink of a professional breakthrough, Mark a handsome investment banker with big plans. A fourth novel, The Family Game was published in October 2022. Her second novel, Mr Nobody, was published in January 2020 and her third, The Disappearing Act, in June 2021. 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. 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.

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. Since then she has appeared in television series such as The Tudors, The Inbetweeners, Fresh Meat, Midsomer Murders and Trying Again.

Steadman trained at the Oxford School of Drama and made her screen debut playing Julia Bertram in Mansfield Park. Catherine Steadman is a British actress and author.

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