Lesley Manville

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

112

Gender

Female

Birthday

1956-03-12 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

Brighton, England, UK

Also Known As

  • Lesley Ann Manville
  • Леслі Менвілл

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

Maleficent
7.1%

Maleficent

May 28, 2014

A Christmas Carol
6.9%

A Christmas Carol

Nov 4, 2009

Phantom Thread
7.3%

Phantom Thread

Dec 25, 2017

The Crown
8.2%

The Crown

Nov 4, 2016

Secrets & Lies
7.6%

Secrets & Lies

May 24, 1996

Let Him Go
6.8%

Let Him Go

Nov 5, 2020

Romeo & Juliet
6.7%

Romeo & Juliet

Sep 12, 2013

Mr. Turner
6.5%

Mr. Turner

Oct 31, 2014

Another Year
7.0%

Another Year

Nov 5, 2010

Citadel
7.0%

Citadel

Apr 27, 2023

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Acting

Midwinter Break as Stella
Winter of the Crow as Joan Andrews
Mr Burton as Ma Smith
Queer
Disclaimer as Nancy
Moonflower Murders as Susan Ryeland
Grotesquerie
2025
Cold Storage
2024
Back to Black as Cynthia Winehouse
2023
The Critic as Annabel
2023
Citadel as Dahlia Archer
2022
Dangerous Liaisons as Genevieve de Merteuil
2022
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris as Ada Harris
2022
Sherwood as Julie Jackson
2022
Everything I Ever Wanted To Tell My Daughter About Men as The Mother
2022
Life After Life as Narrator
2022
Magpie Murders as Susan Ryeland
2020
Let Him Go as Blanche Weboy
2020
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads as Susan
2020
Love Life as Narrator (voice)
2020
Misbehaviour as Dolores Hope
2019
Ordinary Love as Joan
2019
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil as Flittle
2019
World on Fire as Robina Chase
2019
I Am... as Maria
2018
LOVE as Herself/Introduced By
2018
To Provide All People as Consultant Psychiatrist
2017
Phantom Thread as Cyril Woodcock
2017
The Agency as Anthea
2017
Hampstead as Fiona
2017
Harlots as Lydia Quigley
2017
A Very British Brothel 2 as Narrator (Voice)
2016
The Crown as Princess Margaret
2016
Rupture as Dr. Nyman
2016
Mum as Cathy
2015
River as Chrissie Read
2015
The Go-Between as Mrs. Maudsley
2015
A Very British Brothel as Herself - Narrator (voice)
2015
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism as Miss Adderstone
2014
The One and Only Mike Leigh as Herself
2014
Mr. Turner as Mary Somerville
2014
Ghosts as Helene Alving
2014
Maleficent as Flittle
2014
Fleming as Evelyn Fleming
2013
The Christmas Candle as Bea Haddington
2013
An Adventure in Space and Time as Heather Hartnell
2013
Romeo & Juliet as The Nurse
2013
A Five Star Life as Kate Sherman
2013
Mayday as Gail Spicer
2012
Spike Island as Margaret
2012
Ashes as Cath
2010
14 Actors Acting as Self
2010
Another Year as Mary
2010
Womb as Judith
2009
The Queen as Margaret Thatcher
2009
A Christmas Carol as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2009
Law & Order: UK
2007
Cranford as Mrs. Rose
2007
Sparkle as Jill
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self
2006
Perfect Parents as Sister Antonia
2005
The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael as Sarah
2004
North & South as Maria Hale
2004
Vera Drake as Mrs. Wells
2003
Promoted to Glory as Capt. Annie Sullivan
2002
Bodily Harm as Mandy Greenfield
2002
Rose and Maloney
2002
Plain Jane as Dora Bruce
2002
All or Nothing as Penny
2002
Bodily Harm as Mandy Greenfield
2001
David Copperfield as Mrs. Micawber
2001
The Cazalets as Villy Cazalet
2000
Other People's Children as Nadine
1999
Topsy-Turvy as Lucy Gilbert
1999
Toy Boys as Mrs. Allen
1999
Milk as Fiona
1997
Painted Lady as Susie Peel
1997
Holding On as Hilary
1997
Midsomer Murders as Phoebe Archbold
1997
Dual Balls as Joanna
1996
Secrets & Lies as The Social Worker
1996
The Bite as Ellie Shannon
1996
Silent Witness
1995
Tears Before Bedtime as Beattie Freeman
1995
Kavanagh Q.C. as Lucy Cartwright
1994
Little Napoleons as Judith Silver
1994
O Mary This London as Sophie
1994
Ain't Misbehavin' as Melissa Quigley
1993
Goggle Eyes as Rosalind Killin
1993
A Statement of Affairs as Carol
1992
Bad Girl as Penny Armitage
1991
Top Girls as Marlene
1991
Performance as Marlene
1989
The Firm as Sue Bissell
1989
High Hopes as Lætitia Boothe-Brain
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot as Mrs. Lorrimer
1987
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid as Margy
1987
High Season as Carol
1985
Christmas Present as Judy Tall
1985
The Moon Over Soho as Sally Spencer
1985
Bulman
1985
Dance with a Stranger as Maryanne
1984
Angels in the Annexe as Jenny Bailey
1984
Dog Ends as Vivienne
1982
Objects of Affection as Liz
1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays as (Archive Material)
1980
Grown-Ups as Mandy
1980
The Gentle Touch
1977
King Cinder as Nikki
1971
Barlow
1970
Play for Today as Vivienne

Production

2022
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris as Executive Producer

Writing

2019
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