Lesley Manville

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).

Known For

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Filmography

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Jack of Spades

Jack of Spades

Movie

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Untitled 13 poster

Untitled 13

Movie

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Escorted

Escorted

TV · as Mother · 1 ep

2026
Cold Storage poster

Cold Storage

Movie · as Trini Romano

2026
Midwinter Break poster

Midwinter Break

Movie · as Stella

2026
Winter of the Crow poster

Winter of the Crow

Movie · as Joan Andrews

2026
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses poster

National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Movie · as Marquise de Merteuil

2026
Marble Hall Murders poster

Marble Hall Murders

TV · as Susan Ryeland · 6 eps

2025
Mr. Burton poster

Mr. Burton

Movie · as Ma Smith

2025
Monster: The Ed Gein Story poster

Monster: The Ed Gein Story

TV · as Bernice Worden · 3 eps

2024
Back to Black poster

Back to Black

Movie · as Cynthia

2024
Queer poster

Queer

Movie · as Doctor Cotter

2024
The Critic poster

The Critic

Movie · as Annabel Land

2024
Disclaimer poster

Disclaimer

TV · as Nancy Brigstocke · 7 eps

2024
Grotesquerie poster

Grotesquerie

TV · as Nurse Redd · 10 eps

2024
Moonflower Murders poster

Moonflower Murders

TV · as Susan Ryeland · 6 eps

2023
Citadel poster

Citadel

TV · as Dahlia Archer · 13 eps

2022
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men poster

Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men

Movie · as The Mother

2022
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris poster

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Movie · as Ada Harris

2022
Sherwood poster

Sherwood

TV · as Julie Jackson · 12 eps

2022
Dangerous Liaisons poster

Dangerous Liaisons

TV · as Genevieve de Merteuil · 8 eps

2022
Life After Life poster

Life After Life

TV · as Narrator · 4 eps

2022
Magpie Murders poster

Magpie Murders

TV · as Susan Ryeland · 6 eps

2020
Misbehaviour poster

Misbehaviour

Movie · as Dolores Hope

2020
Let Him Go poster

Let Him Go

Movie · as Blanche Weboy

2020
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads poster

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

TV · as Susan · 1 ep

2020
Love Life poster

Love Life

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 10 eps

2019
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil poster

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Movie · as Flittle

2019
Ordinary Love poster

Ordinary Love

Movie · as Joan

2019
I Am... poster

I Am...

TV · as Maria · 1 ep

2019
World on Fire poster

World on Fire

TV · as Robina Chase · 13 eps

2018
To Provide All People

To Provide All People

Movie · as Consultant Psychiatrist

2018
National Theatre Live: LOVE poster

National Theatre Live: LOVE

Movie · as Herself/Introduced By

2018
Save Me poster

Save Me

TV · as Jennifer Charles · 6 eps

2017
A Very British Brothel 2 poster

A Very British Brothel 2

Movie · as Narrator (Voice)

2017
Phantom Thread poster

Phantom Thread

Movie · as Cyril Woodcock

2017
Hampstead poster

Hampstead

Movie · as Fiona

2017
The Agency poster

The Agency

Movie · as Anthea

2017
Harlots poster

Harlots

TV · as Lydia Quigley · 16 eps

2016
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light poster

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light

Movie · as Self

2016
Rupture poster

Rupture

Movie · as Dr. Nyman

2016
The Crown poster

The Crown

TV · as Princess Margaret · 20 eps

2016
Mum poster

Mum

TV · as Cathy · 18 eps

2015
The Go-Between poster

The Go-Between

Movie · as Mrs. Maudsley

2015
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism poster

Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism

Movie · as Miss Adderstone

2015
A Very British Brothel poster

A Very British Brothel

Movie · as Herself - Narrator (voice)

2015
River poster

River

TV · as Chrissie Read · 6 eps

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
Maleficent poster

Maleficent

Movie · as Flittle

2014
Mr. Turner poster

Mr. Turner

Movie · as Mary Somerville

2014
Ghosts poster

Ghosts

Movie · as Helene Alving

2014
The One and Only Mike Leigh

The One and Only Mike Leigh

Movie · as Self

2014
Fleming poster

Fleming

TV · as Evelyn Fleming · 4 eps

2013
Romeo & Juliet poster

Romeo & Juliet

Movie · as The Nurse

2013
A Five Star Life poster

A Five Star Life

Movie · as Kate Sherman

2013
An Adventure in Space and Time poster

An Adventure in Space and Time

Movie · as Heather Hartnell

2013
The Christmas Candle poster

The Christmas Candle

Movie · as Bea Haddington

2013
Mayday poster

Mayday

TV · as Gail Spicer · 5 eps

2012
Spike Island poster

Spike Island

Movie · as Margaret

2012
Ashes poster

Ashes

Movie · as Cath

2010
Another Year poster

Another Year

Movie · as Mary

2010
Womb poster

Womb

Movie · as Judith

2009
A Christmas Carol poster

A Christmas Carol

Movie · as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)

2009
Law & Order: UK poster

Law & Order: UK

TV · as Phyllis Gladstone · 2 eps

2009
The Queen poster

The Queen

TV · as Margaret Thatcher · 5 eps

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2007
Sparkle poster

Sparkle

Movie · as Jill

2007
Cranford poster

Cranford

TV · as Mrs. Rose · 7 eps

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Perfect Parents poster

Perfect Parents

Movie · as Sister Antonia

2005
The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael poster

The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael

Movie · as Sarah

2004
Vera Drake poster

Vera Drake

Movie · as Mrs. Wells

2004
North & South poster

North & South

TV · as Mrs. Hale · 4 eps

2003
Promoted to Glory poster

Promoted to Glory

Movie · as Capt. Annie Sullivan

2002
All or Nothing poster

All or Nothing

Movie · as Penny

2002
Plain Jane poster

Plain Jane

Movie · as Dora Bruce

2002
Bodily Harm poster

Bodily Harm

TV · as Mandy Greenfield · 2 eps

2002
Rose and Maloney poster

Rose and Maloney

TV · as Professor Diane Marquis · 2 eps

2001
David Copperfield poster

David Copperfield

Movie · as Emma Micawber

2001
The Cazalets poster

The Cazalets

TV · as Villy Cazalet · 6 eps

2000
Other People's Children

Other People's Children

TV · as Nadine · 4 eps

2000
Black Cab poster

Black Cab

TV · as Yvonne · 1 ep

2000
David Copperfield poster

David Copperfield

TV · as Emma Micawber · 2 eps

1999
Milk poster

Milk

Movie · as Fiona

1999
Topsy-Turvy poster

Topsy-Turvy

Movie · as Lucy Gilbert

1999
Toy Boys poster

Toy Boys

Movie · as Mrs. Allen

1999
Loose Women poster

Loose Women

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
Real Women poster

Real Women

TV · as Karen · 7 eps

1997
Dual Balls

Dual Balls

Movie · as Joanna

1997
Painted Lady poster

Painted Lady

TV · as Susie Peel · 2 eps

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Phoebe Archbold · 1 ep

1997
Holding On poster

Holding On

TV · as Hilary · 7 eps

1996
Secrets & Lies poster

Secrets & Lies

Movie · as The Social Worker

1996
Silent Witness poster

Silent Witness

TV · as Suzy Franklin · 2 eps

1996
The Bite

The Bite

TV · as Ellie Shannon · 2 eps

1995
Kavanagh Q.C. poster

Kavanagh Q.C.

TV · as Lucy Cartwright · 1 ep

1995
Tears Before Bedtime

Tears Before Bedtime

TV · as Beattie Freeman · 4 eps

1994
O Mary This London poster

O Mary This London

Movie · as Sophie

1994
Ain't Misbehavin' poster

Ain't Misbehavin'

TV · as Melissa Quigley · 6 eps

1994
Little Napoleons poster

Little Napoleons

TV · as Judith Silver · 4 eps

1994
A Skirt Through History poster

A Skirt Through History

TV · as Bessie Parkes · 1 ep

1993
A Statement of Affairs

A Statement of Affairs

Movie · as Carol

1993
Goggle Eyes

Goggle Eyes

TV · as Rosalind Killin · 4 eps

1993
The Mushroom Picker

The Mushroom Picker

TV · as Margot · 3 eps

1992
Bad Girl poster

Bad Girl

Movie · as Penny Armitage

1992
Crime Story

Crime Story

TV · as Gail · 1 ep

1991
Top Girls poster

Top Girls

Movie · as Marlene

1991
Soldier Soldier poster

Soldier Soldier

TV · as Rachel Elliot, Rachel Fortune · 2 eps

1991
Performance poster

Performance

TV · as Marlene · 1 ep

1989
High Hopes poster

High Hopes

Movie · as Lætitia Boothe-Brain

1989
The Firm poster

The Firm

Movie · as Sue Bissell

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV · as Mrs. Lorrimer · 1 ep

1987
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid poster

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

Movie · as Margy

1987
High Season poster

High Season

Movie · as Carol

1986
ScreenPlay poster

ScreenPlay

TV · as Penny Armitage · 1 ep

1985
Dance with a Stranger poster

Dance with a Stranger

Movie · as Maryanne

1985
The Moon Over Soho poster

The Moon Over Soho

Movie · as Sally Spencer

1985
Christmas Present poster

Christmas Present

Movie · as Judy Tall

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Sophie, Sue · 1 ep

1985
Bulman poster

Bulman

TV · as Karen Tait · 1 ep

1984
Angels in the Annexe poster

Angels in the Annexe

Movie · as Jenny Bailey

1984
Dog Ends poster

Dog Ends

Movie · as Vivienne

1984
Sharing Time

Sharing Time

TV · as June · 1 ep

1983
Give us a Break poster

Give us a Break

TV · as Alma · 1 ep

1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays poster

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1982
Our Winnie poster

Our Winnie

Movie · as Liz

1982
Objects of Affection poster

Objects of Affection

TV · as Liz · 1 ep

1980
Grown-Ups poster

Grown-Ups

Movie · as Mandy

1980
The Gentle Touch poster

The Gentle Touch

TV · as Shirley Davis · 2 eps

1980
Newsnight poster

Newsnight

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1978
The South Bank Show poster

The South Bank Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1977
King Cinder poster

King Cinder

TV · as Nikki · 6 eps

1977
A Bunch of Fives

A Bunch of Fives

TV · as Helen Wyatt · 14 eps

1977
Wings poster

Wings

TV · as Francoise · 1 ep

1976
The Emigrants

The Emigrants

TV · as Janice Parker · 4 eps

1974
Playhouse poster

Playhouse

TV · as Mandy · 1 ep

1974
Village Hall poster

Village Hall

TV · as Merle · 1 ep

1973
Leap in the Dark poster

Leap in the Dark

TV · as Julie · 1 ep

1972
General Hospital poster

General Hospital

TV · as Tina Butler · 1 ep

1971
Barlow

Barlow

TV · as Christine West · 1 ep

1970
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · as Vivienne · 1 ep

1969
Softly Softly: Task Force poster

Softly Softly: Task Force

TV · as Janet · 1 ep

1960
Coronation Street poster

Coronation Street

TV · as Jill Mason · 2 eps