



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).
Known For
Acting History
Future
Marble Hall Murders
TVas Susan Ryeland
2026
Midwinter Break
as Stella
Cold Storage
as Trini Romano
Winter of the Crow
as Joan Andrews
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
as Marquise de Merteuil
2025
Mr. Burton
as Ma Smith
Monster: The Ed Gein Story
TVas Bernice Worden• 3 eps
2024
The Critic
as Annabel Land
Queer
as Doctor Cotter
Back to Black
as Cynthia
Grotesquerie
TVas Nurse Redd• 10 eps
Disclaimer
TVas Nancy Brigstocke• 7 eps
Moonflower Murders
TVas Susan Ryeland
2023
Citadel
TVas Dahlia Archer• 7 eps
2022
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
as Ada Harris
Life After Life
TVas Narrator
Sherwood
TVas Julie Jackson• 12 eps
The Crown
TVas Princess Margaret• 20 eps
Magpie Murders
TVas Susan Ryeland
Dangerous Liaisons
TVas Genevieve de Merteuil
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self• 1 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
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
TVas Susan
2019
Ordinary Love
as Joan
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
as Flittle
World on Fire
TVas Robina Chase• 13 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 Quigley• 16 eps
2016
2015
The Go-Between
as Mrs. Maudsley
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
as Miss Adderstone
A Very British Brothel
as Herself - Narrator (voice)
River
TVas Chrissie Read
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TVas Self - Guest
2014
Ghosts
as Helene Alving
The One and Only Mike Leigh
as Self
Mr. Turner
as Mary Somerville
Maleficent
as Flittle
Fleming
TVas Evelyn Fleming• 4 eps
2013
Doctor Who: An Adventure in Space and Time
as Heather Hartnell
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 Archbold• 1 eps
2010
Womb
as Judith
Another Year
as Mary
2009
A Christmas Carol
as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
The Queen
TVas Margaret Thatcher
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TVas Self - Guest
2006
Perfect Parents
as Sister Antonia
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TVas Mrs. Lorrimer• 1 eps
2005
2004
Vera Drake
as Mrs. Wells
North & South
TVas Mrs. Maria Hale
2003
Promoted to Glory
as Capt. Annie Sullivan
2002
2001
David Copperfield
as Emma Micawber
The Cazalets
TVas Villy Cazalet
2000
Other People's Children
TVas Nadine
Black Cab
TVas Yvonne
1999
1998
1997
1996
Secrets & Lies
as The Social Worker
Kavanagh Q.C.
TVas Lucy Cartwright• 1 eps
The Bite
TVas Ellie Shannon
1995
Tears Before Bedtime
TVas Beattie Freeman
1994
O Mary This London
as Sophie
Ain't Misbehavin'
TVas Melissa Quigley• 6 eps
Little Napoleons
TVas Judith Silver
1993
1992
Bad Girl
as Penny Armitage
Soldier Soldier
TVas Rachel Fortune / Rachel Elliot• 3 eps
1991
Top Girls
as Marlene
Performance
TVas Marlene• 1 eps
1989
1987
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
as Margy
High Season
as Carol
1985
1984
1982
1980
1977
A Bunch of Fives
TVas Helen Wyatt
King Cinder
TVas Nikki
1960
Coronation Street
TVas Jill Mason







