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• 1 eps
2026
Winter of the Crow
as Joan Andrews
Cold Storage
as Trini Romano
Midwinter Break
as Stella
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
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
2024
Queer
as Doctor Cotter
The Critic
as Annabel Land
Back to Black
as Cynthia
Moonflower Murders
TVas Susan Ryeland• 6 eps
Grotesquerie
TVas Nurse Redd• 10 eps
Disclaimer
TVas Nancy Brigstocke• 7 eps
2023
Citadel
TVas Dahlia Archer• 7 eps
2022
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
as Ada Harris
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
Life After Life
TVas Narrator• 4 eps
The Crown
TVas Princess Margaret• 20 eps
Dangerous Liaisons
TVas Genevieve de Merteuil• 8 eps
Magpie Murders
TVas Susan Ryeland• 6 eps
Sherwood
TVas Julie Jackson• 12 eps
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Executive Producer
2020
Let Him Go
as Blanche Weboy
Misbehaviour
as Dolores Hope
Love Life
TVas Narrator (voice)• 10 eps
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
TVas Susan• 1 eps
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
2019
2018
To Provide All People
as Consultant Psychiatrist
National Theatre Live: LOVE
as Herself/Introduced By
2017
A Very British Brothel 2
as Narrator (Voice)
Hampstead
as Fiona
The Agency
as Anthea
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• 6 eps
2014
Ghosts
as Helene Alving
Mr. Turner
as Mary Somerville
The One and Only Mike Leigh
as Self
Maleficent
as Flittle
Fleming
TVas Evelyn Fleming• 4 eps
2013
A Five Star Life
as Kate Sherman
The Christmas Candle
as Bea Haddington
Romeo & Juliet
as The Nurse
Doctor Who: An Adventure in Space and Time
as Heather Hartnell
Mayday
TVas Gail Spicer• 5 eps
2012
Spike Island
as Margaret
Ashes
as Cath
2011
Midsomer Murders
TVas Phoebe Archbold• 1 eps
2010
Womb
as Judith
Another Year
as Mary
2009
2006
Perfect Parents
as Sister Antonia
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TVas Mrs. Lorrimer• 1 eps
2005
2004
2003
Promoted to Glory
as Capt. Annie Sullivan
2002
2001
David Copperfield
as Emma Micawber
The Cazalets
TVas Villy Cazalet• 6 eps
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
Secrets & Lies
as The Social Worker
Kavanagh Q.C.
TVas Lucy Cartwright• 1 eps
The Bite
TVas Ellie Shannon• 2 eps
1995
Tears Before Bedtime
TVas Beattie Freeman• 4 eps
1994
O Mary This London
as Sophie
Little Napoleons
TVas Judith Silver• 4 eps
Ain't Misbehavin'
TVas Melissa Quigley• 6 eps
1993
A Statement of Affairs
as Carol
The Mushroom Picker
TVas Margot• 3 eps
Goggle Eyes
TVas Rosalind Killin• 4 eps
1992
Bad Girl
as Penny Armitage
Soldier Soldier
TVas Rachel Fortune• 3 eps
1991
Top Girls
as Marlene
Performance
TVas Marlene• 1 eps
1989
1987
High Season
as Carol
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
as Margy
1985
1984
1982
Our Winnie
as Liz
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
as Self (archive footage)
Objects of Affection
TVas Liz• 1 eps
Coronation Street
TVas Jill Mason• 2 eps
1980
1977
A Bunch of Fives
TVas Helen Wyatt• 14 eps
King Cinder
TVas Nikki• 6 eps