
Lesley Manville
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 12, 1956 (age 70)
- Birthplace
- Brighton, 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).
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Filmography
Jack of Spades
Movie

Untitled 13
Movie
Escorted
TV · as Mother · 1 ep

Cold Storage
Movie · as Trini Romano

Midwinter Break
Movie · as Stella

Winter of the Crow
Movie · as Joan Andrews

National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Movie · as Marquise de Merteuil

Marble Hall Murders
TV · as Susan Ryeland · 6 eps

Mr. Burton
Movie · as Ma Smith

Monster: The Ed Gein Story
TV · as Bernice Worden · 3 eps

Back to Black
Movie · as Cynthia

Queer
Movie · as Doctor Cotter

The Critic
Movie · as Annabel Land

Disclaimer
TV · as Nancy Brigstocke · 7 eps

Grotesquerie
TV · as Nurse Redd · 10 eps

Moonflower Murders
TV · as Susan Ryeland · 6 eps

Citadel
TV · as Dahlia Archer · 13 eps

Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
Movie · as The Mother

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Movie · as Ada Harris

Sherwood
TV · as Julie Jackson · 12 eps

Dangerous Liaisons
TV · as Genevieve de Merteuil · 8 eps

Life After Life
TV · as Narrator · 4 eps

Magpie Murders
TV · as Susan Ryeland · 6 eps

Misbehaviour
Movie · as Dolores Hope

Let Him Go
Movie · as Blanche Weboy

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
TV · as Susan · 1 ep

Love Life
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 10 eps

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Movie · as Flittle

Ordinary Love
Movie · as Joan

I Am...
TV · as Maria · 1 ep

World on Fire
TV · as Robina Chase · 13 eps
To Provide All People
Movie · as Consultant Psychiatrist

National Theatre Live: LOVE
Movie · as Herself/Introduced By

Save Me
TV · as Jennifer Charles · 6 eps

A Very British Brothel 2
Movie · as Narrator (Voice)

Phantom Thread
Movie · as Cyril Woodcock

Hampstead
Movie · as Fiona

The Agency
Movie · as Anthea

Harlots
TV · as Lydia Quigley · 16 eps

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Movie · as Self

Rupture
Movie · as Dr. Nyman

The Crown
TV · as Princess Margaret · 20 eps

Mum
TV · as Cathy · 18 eps

The Go-Between
Movie · as Mrs. Maudsley

Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
Movie · as Miss Adderstone

A Very British Brothel
Movie · as Herself - Narrator (voice)

River
TV · as Chrissie Read · 6 eps

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Maleficent
Movie · as Flittle

Mr. Turner
Movie · as Mary Somerville

Ghosts
Movie · as Helene Alving
The One and Only Mike Leigh
Movie · as Self

Fleming
TV · as Evelyn Fleming · 4 eps

Romeo & Juliet
Movie · as The Nurse

A Five Star Life
Movie · as Kate Sherman

An Adventure in Space and Time
Movie · as Heather Hartnell

The Christmas Candle
Movie · as Bea Haddington

Mayday
TV · as Gail Spicer · 5 eps

Spike Island
Movie · as Margaret

Ashes
Movie · as Cath

Another Year
Movie · as Mary

Womb
Movie · as Judith

A Christmas Carol
Movie · as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)

Law & Order: UK
TV · as Phyllis Gladstone · 2 eps

The Queen
TV · as Margaret Thatcher · 5 eps

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Sparkle
Movie · as Jill

Cranford
TV · as Mrs. Rose · 7 eps

The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Perfect Parents
Movie · as Sister Antonia

The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael
Movie · as Sarah

Vera Drake
Movie · as Mrs. Wells

North & South
TV · as Mrs. Hale · 4 eps

Promoted to Glory
Movie · as Capt. Annie Sullivan

All or Nothing
Movie · as Penny

Plain Jane
Movie · as Dora Bruce

Bodily Harm
TV · as Mandy Greenfield · 2 eps

Rose and Maloney
TV · as Professor Diane Marquis · 2 eps

David Copperfield
Movie · as Emma Micawber

The Cazalets
TV · as Villy Cazalet · 6 eps
Other People's Children
TV · as Nadine · 4 eps

Black Cab
TV · as Yvonne · 1 ep

David Copperfield
TV · as Emma Micawber · 2 eps

Milk
Movie · as Fiona

Topsy-Turvy
Movie · as Lucy Gilbert

Toy Boys
Movie · as Mrs. Allen

Loose Women
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Real Women
TV · as Karen · 7 eps
Dual Balls
Movie · as Joanna

Painted Lady
TV · as Susie Peel · 2 eps

Midsomer Murders
TV · as Phoebe Archbold · 1 ep

Holding On
TV · as Hilary · 7 eps

Secrets & Lies
Movie · as The Social Worker

Silent Witness
TV · as Suzy Franklin · 2 eps
The Bite
TV · as Ellie Shannon · 2 eps

Kavanagh Q.C.
TV · as Lucy Cartwright · 1 ep
Tears Before Bedtime
TV · as Beattie Freeman · 4 eps

O Mary This London
Movie · as Sophie

Ain't Misbehavin'
TV · as Melissa Quigley · 6 eps

Little Napoleons
TV · as Judith Silver · 4 eps

A Skirt Through History
TV · as Bessie Parkes · 1 ep
A Statement of Affairs
Movie · as Carol
Goggle Eyes
TV · as Rosalind Killin · 4 eps
The Mushroom Picker
TV · as Margot · 3 eps

Bad Girl
Movie · as Penny Armitage
Crime Story
TV · as Gail · 1 ep

Top Girls
Movie · as Marlene

Soldier Soldier
TV · as Rachel Elliot, Rachel Fortune · 2 eps

Performance
TV · as Marlene · 1 ep

High Hopes
Movie · as Lætitia Boothe-Brain

The Firm
Movie · as Sue Bissell

Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV · as Mrs. Lorrimer · 1 ep

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Movie · as Margy

High Season
Movie · as Carol

ScreenPlay
TV · as Penny Armitage · 1 ep

Dance with a Stranger
Movie · as Maryanne

The Moon Over Soho
Movie · as Sally Spencer

Christmas Present
Movie · as Judy Tall

Screen Two
TV · as Sophie, Sue · 1 ep

Bulman
TV · as Karen Tait · 1 ep

Angels in the Annexe
Movie · as Jenny Bailey

Dog Ends
Movie · as Vivienne
Sharing Time
TV · as June · 1 ep

Give us a Break
TV · as Alma · 1 ep

Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Our Winnie
Movie · as Liz

Objects of Affection
TV · as Liz · 1 ep

Grown-Ups
Movie · as Mandy

The Gentle Touch
TV · as Shirley Davis · 2 eps

Newsnight
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The South Bank Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

King Cinder
TV · as Nikki · 6 eps
A Bunch of Fives
TV · as Helen Wyatt · 14 eps

Wings
TV · as Francoise · 1 ep
The Emigrants
TV · as Janice Parker · 4 eps

Playhouse
TV · as Mandy · 1 ep

Village Hall
TV · as Merle · 1 ep

Leap in the Dark
TV · as Julie · 1 ep

General Hospital
TV · as Tina Butler · 1 ep
Barlow
TV · as Christine West · 1 ep

Play for Today
TV · as Vivienne · 1 ep

Softly Softly: Task Force
TV · as Janet · 1 ep

Coronation Street
TV · as Jill Mason · 2 eps

