Lesley Manville
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
Cynthia
Back to Black
The Social Worker
Secrets & Lies
Mrs. Wells
Vera Drake
The Mother
Everything I Ever Wanted To Tell My Daughter About Men
Penny
All or Nothing
Maryanne
Dance with a Stranger
Margy
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Trini Romano
Cold Storage
Jill
Sparkle
Fiona
Milk
Mary
Another Year
Sarah
The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael
Lucy Gilbert
Topsy-Turvy
Lætitia Boothe-Brain
High Hopes
Doctor Cotter
Queer
Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
A Christmas Carol
Sue Bissell
The Firm
Stella
Midwinter Break
The Nurse
Romeo & Juliet
Judith
Womb
Flittle
Maleficent
Carol
High Season
Margaret
Spike Island
Kate Sherman
Viaggio sola
Heather Hartnell
An Adventure in Space and Time
Marlene
Top Girls
Bea Haddington
The Christmas Candle
Annabel Land
The Critic
Mary Somerville
Mr. Turner
Helene Alving
Ghosts
Jenny Bailey
Angels in the Annexe
Cath
Ashes
Joanna
Dual Balls
Joan Andrews
Zima pod znakiem wrony
Ma Smith
Mr. Burton
Dr. Nyman
Rupture
Mandy
Grown-Ups
Mrs. Maudsley
The Go-Between
Miss Adderstone
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
Herself - Narrator (voice)
A Very British Brothel
Sister Antonia
Perfect Parents
Narrator (Voice)
A Very British Brothel 2
Sally Spencer
The Moon Over Soho
Self (archive footage)
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Capt. Annie Sullivan
Promoted to Glory
Self
The One and Only Mike Leigh
Cyril Woodcock
Phantom Thread
Fiona
Hampstead
Vivienne
Dog Ends
Judy Tall
Christmas Present
Consultant Psychiatrist
To Provide All People
Herself/Introduced By
National Theatre Live: LOVE
Dolores Hope
Misbehaviour
Flittle
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Joan
Ordinary Love
Anthea
The Agency
Blanche Weboy
Let Him Go
Dora Bruce
Plain Jane
Emma Micawber
David Copperfield
Carol
A Statement of Affairs
Sophie
O Mary This London
Mrs. Allen
Toy Boys
Ada Harris
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Penny Armitage
Bad Girl
Liz
Our Winnie
Self
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Jack of Spades
Marquise de Merteuil
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
68
Gender
Female
Birthday
1956-03-12
Place of Birth
Brighton, England, UK
Also Known As
Lesley Ann Manville