Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 12, 1956
Place of Birth:
Brighton, England, UK
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Lesley Manville
Biography
Lesley Manville was born on March 12, 1956 in Brighton, East Sussex, England. She is a multi award-winning actress of theatre, film, and television, and has worked extensively with director Mike Leigh. She is known for Another Year (2010), All or Nothing (2002), Topsy-Turvy (1999), and Secrets & Lies (1996), and her performance in Phantom Thread (2017), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also had a supporting role in Maleficent (2014). Manville's extensive stage career includes roles in As You Like It, Les Liaisons Dangereuses and The Alchemist. Her film debut was in Dance with a Stranger (1985).
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Winter of the Crow | Joan Andrews |
| 2025 | Cold Storage | |
| 2025 | Mr. Burton | Ma Smith |
| 2024 | Back to Black | Cynthia |
| 2024 | Queer | Doctor Cotter |
| 2024 | The Critic | Annabel Land |
| 2022 | Everything I Ever Wanted To Tell My Daughter About Men | The Mother |
| 2022 | Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris | Ada Harris |
| 2020 | Misbehaviour | Dolores Hope |
| 2020 | Let Him Go | Blanche Weboy |
| 2019 | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Flittle |
| 2019 | Ordinary Love | Joan |
| 2018 | To Provide All People | Consultant Psychiatrist |
| 2018 | LOVE | Herself/Introduced By |
| 2017 | A Very British Brothel 2 | Narrator (Voice) |
| 2017 | Phantom Thread | Cyril Woodcock |
| 2017 | Hampstead | Fiona |
| 2017 | The Agency | Anthea |
| 2016 | Rupture | Dr. Nyman |
| 2016 | Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light | Self |
| 2015 | The Go-Between | Mrs. Maudsley |
| 2015 | Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism | Miss Adderstone |
| 2015 | A Very British Brothel | Herself - Narrator (voice) |
| 2014 | Maleficent | Flittle |
| 2014 | Mr. Turner | Mary Somerville |
| 2014 | Ghosts | Helene Alving |
| 2014 | The One and Only Mike Leigh | Self |
| 2013 | Romeo & Juliet | The Nurse |
| 2013 | A Five Star Life | Kate Sherman |
| 2013 | An Adventure in Space and Time | Heather Hartnell |
| 2013 | The Christmas Candle | Bea Haddington |
| 2012 | Spike Island | Margaret |
| 2012 | Ashes | Cath |
| 2010 | Another Year | Mary |
| 2010 | Womb | Judith |
| 2010 | 14 Actors Acting | Self |
| 2009 | A Christmas Carol | Mrs. Cratchit (voice) |
| 2007 | Sparkle | Jill |
| 2006 | Perfect Parents | Sister Antonia |
| 2005 | The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael | Sarah |
| 2004 | Vera Drake | Mrs. Wells |
| 2003 | Promoted to Glory | Capt. Annie Sullivan |
| 2002 | All or Nothing | Penny |
| 2002 | Plain Jane | Dora Bruce |
| 2001 | David Copperfield | Mrs. Micawber |
| 1999 | Milk | Fiona |
| 1999 | Topsy-Turvy | Lucy Gilbert |
| 1999 | Toy Boys | Mrs. Allen |
| 1997 | Dual Balls | Joanna |
| 1996 | Secrets & Lies | The Social Worker |
| 1994 | O Mary This London | Sophie |
| 1993 | A Statement of Affairs | Carol |
| 1992 | Bad Girl | Penny Armitage |
| 1991 | Top Girls | Marlene |
| 1989 | High Hopes | Lætitia Boothe-Brain |
| 1989 | The Firm | Sue Bissell |
| 1987 | Sammy and Rosie Get Laid | Margy |
| 1987 | High Season | Carol |
| 1985 | Dance with a Stranger | Maryanne |
| 1985 | The Moon Over Soho | Sally Spencer |
| 1985 | Christmas Present | Judy Tall |
| 1984 | Angels in the Annexe | Jenny Bailey |
| 1984 | Dog Ends | Vivienne |
| 1982 | Mike Leigh: Making Plays | Self (archive footage) |
| 1982 | Our Winnie | Liz |
| 1980 | Grown-Ups | Mandy |
| Midwinter Break | Stella |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Disclaimer | Nancy Brigstocke |
| 2024 | Moonflower Murders | Susan Ryeland |
| 2024 | Grotesquerie | Nurse Redd |
| 2023 | Citadel | Dahlia Archer |
| 2022 | Magpie Murders | Susan Ryeland |
| 2022 | Sherwood | Julie Jackson |
| 2022 | Dangerous Liaisons | Genevieve de Merteuil |
| 2022 | Life After Life | Narrator |
| 2020 | Alan Bennett's Talking Heads | Susan |
| 2020 | Love Life | Narrator (voice) |
| 2019 | I Am... | Maria |
| 2019 | World on Fire | Robina Chase |
| 2017 | Harlots | Lydia Quigley |
| 2016 | The Crown | Princess Margaret |
| 2016 | Mum | Cathy |
| 2015 | River | Chrissie Read |
| 2014 | Fleming | Evelyn Fleming |
| 2013 | Mayday | Gail Spicer |
| 2009 | Law & Order: UK | |
| 2009 | The Queen | Margaret Thatcher |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest |
| 2007 | Cranford | Mrs. Rose |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
| 2004 | North & South | Mrs. Maria Hale |
| 2002 | Rose and Maloney | |
| 2002 | Bodily Harm | Mandy Greenfield |
| 2001 | The Cazalets | Villy Cazalet |
| 2000 | Other People's Children | Nadine |
| 1999 | Loose Women | Self |
| 1997 | Painted Lady | Susie Peel |
| 1997 | Holding On | Hilary |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Phoebe Archbold |
| 1996 | Silent Witness | |
| 1996 | The Bite | Ellie Shannon |
| 1995 | Kavanagh Q.C. | Lucy Cartwright |
| 1995 | Tears Before Bedtime | Beattie Freeman |
| 1994 | Ain't Misbehavin' | Melissa Quigley |
| 1994 | Little Napoleons | Judith Silver |
| 1993 | Goggle Eyes | Rosalind Killin |
| 1993 | The Mushroom Picker | Margot |
| 1991 | Soldier Soldier | Rachel Elliot |
| 1991 | Soldier Soldier | Rachel Fortune |
| 1991 | Performance | Marlene |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Mrs. Lorrimer |
| 1985 | Bulman | |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Sophie |
| 1982 | Objects of Affection | Liz |
| 1980 | The Gentle Touch | |
| 1977 | King Cinder | Nikki |
| 1971 | Barlow | |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Vivienne |
| 1960 | Coronation Street | Jill Mason |
| Marble Hall Murders | Susan Ryeland |