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Lesley Manville

Lesley Manville

Acting1956Brighton, England, UK

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).

Acting History

Future
2026
Cold Storage
as Trini Romano
Winter of the Crow
as Joan Andrews
2025
Mr. Burton
as Ma Smith
Monster: The Ed Gein Story
TVas Bernice Worden3 eps
2024
The Critic
as Annabel Land
Queer
as Doctor Cotter
Back to Black
as Cynthia
Grotesquerie
TVas Nurse Redd10 eps
Disclaimer
TVas Nancy Brigstocke7 eps
Moonflower Murders
TVas Susan Ryeland
2023
Citadel
TVas Dahlia Archer7 eps
2022
Life After Life
TVas Narrator
Sherwood
TVas Julie Jackson12 eps
The Crown
TVas Princess Margaret20 eps
Magpie Murders
TVas Susan Ryeland
Dangerous Liaisons
TVas Genevieve de Merteuil
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self1 eps
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Executive Producer
2020
Misbehaviour
as Dolores Hope
Let Him Go
as Blanche Weboy
Love Life
TVas Narrator (voice)10 eps
2019
World on Fire
TVas Robina Chase13 eps
I Am...
TVas Maria
I Am...
TVWriter
2018
National Theatre Live: LOVE
as Herself/Introduced By
To Provide All People
as Consultant Psychiatrist
2017
The Agency
as Anthea
Hampstead
as Fiona
A Very British Brothel 2
as Narrator (Voice)
Phantom Thread
as Cyril Woodcock
Harlots
TVas Lydia Quigley16 eps
2016
Rupture
as Dr. Nyman
Mum
TVas Cathy
2015
The Go-Between
as Mrs. Maudsley
A Very British Brothel
as Herself - Narrator (voice)
River
TVas Chrissie Read
2014
Ghosts
as Helene Alving
Mr. Turner
as Mary Somerville
Maleficent
as Flittle
Fleming
TVas Evelyn Fleming4 eps
2013
Romeo & Juliet
as The Nurse
A Five Star Life
as Kate Sherman
The Christmas Candle
as Bea Haddington
Mayday
TVas Gail Spicer
2012
Ashes
as Cath
Spike Island
as Margaret
2011
Midsomer Murders
TVas Phoebe Archbold1 eps
2010
Womb
as Judith
2009
A Christmas Carol
as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
The Queen
TVas Margaret Thatcher
2007
Sparkle
as Jill
Cranford
TVas Mrs. Rose7 eps
2006
Perfect Parents
as Sister Antonia
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TVas Mrs. Lorrimer1 eps
2004
Vera Drake
as Mrs. Wells
North & South
TVas Mrs. Maria Hale
2003
Promoted to Glory
as Capt. Annie Sullivan
2002
Plain Jane
as Dora Bruce
Bodily Harm
TVas Mandy Greenfield
2001
David Copperfield
as Emma Micawber
The Cazalets
TVas Villy Cazalet
2000
Black Cab
TVas Yvonne
1999
Topsy-Turvy
as Lucy Gilbert
Milk
as Fiona
Toy Boys
as Mrs. Allen
Loose Women
TVas Self
1997
Dual Balls
as Joanna
Holding On
TVas Hilary
Painted Lady
TVas Susie Peel
1996
Secrets & Lies
as The Social Worker
Kavanagh Q.C.
TVas Lucy Cartwright1 eps
The Bite
TVas Ellie Shannon
1995
Tears Before Bedtime
TVas Beattie Freeman
1994
Ain't Misbehavin'
TVas Melissa Quigley6 eps
Little Napoleons
TVas Judith Silver
1993
Goggle Eyes
TVas Rosalind Killin
1992
Bad Girl
as Penny Armitage
Soldier Soldier
TVas Rachel Fortune / Rachel Elliot3 eps
1991
Top Girls
as Marlene
Performance
TVas Marlene1 eps
1989
High Hopes
as Lætitia Boothe-Brain
The Firm
as Sue Bissell
Screen Two
TVas Sophie / Sue1 eps
1985
The Moon Over Soho
as Sally Spencer
Christmas Present
as Judy Tall
1984
Angels in the Annexe
as Jenny Bailey
Dog Ends
as Vivienne
Play for Today
TVas Vivienne1 eps
1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
as Self (archive footage)
1980
Grown-Ups
as Mandy
Playhouse
TVas Mandy1 eps
1977
A Bunch of Fives
TVas Helen Wyatt
King Cinder
TVas Nikki
1960
Coronation Street
TVas Jill Mason

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
3/12/1956(69 years old)
Place of Birth
Brighton, England, UK