Lesley Manville
March 12, 1956 (68 years old) in Brighton, England, UK
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
Credits
- 2025 · Cold Storage as
- 2024 · Queer as Doctor Cotter
- 2024 · Disclaimer as Nancy Brigstocke
- 2024 · Grotesquerie as Nurse Redd
- 2024 · Moonflower Murders as Susan Ryeland
- 2024 · The Critic as Annabel Land
- 2024 · Back to Black as Cynthia
- 2023 · Citadel as Dahlia Archer
- 2022 · Dangerous Liaisons as Genevieve de Merteuil
- 2022 · Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris as Ada Harris
- 2022 · Sherwood as Julie Jackson
- 2022 · Everything I Ever Wanted To Tell My Daughter About Men as The Mother
- 2022 · Life After Life as Narrator
- 2022 · Magpie Murders as Susan Ryeland
- 2020 · Let Him Go as Blanche Weboy
- 2020 · Alan Bennett's Talking Heads as Susan
- 2020 · Love Life as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Misbehaviour as Dolores Hope
- 2019 · Ordinary Love as Joan
- 2019 · Maleficent: Mistress of Evil as Flittle
- 2019 · World on Fire as Robina Chase
- 2019 · I Am... as Maria
- 2018 · LOVE as Herself/Introduced By
- 2018 · To Provide All People as Consultant Psychiatrist
- 2017 · Phantom Thread as Cyril Woodcock
- 2017 · The Agency as Anthea
- 2017 · Hampstead as Fiona
- 2017 · Harlots as Lydia Quigley
- 2017 · A Very British Brothel 2 as Narrator (Voice)
- 2016 · The Crown as Princess Margaret
- 2016 · Rupture as Dr. Nyman
- 2016 · Mum as Cathy
- 2015 · River as Chrissie Read
- 2015 · The Go-Between as Mrs. Maudsley
- 2015 · A Very British Brothel as Herself - Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism as Miss Adderstone
- 2014 · The One and Only Mike Leigh as Self
- 2014 · Mr. Turner as Mary Somerville
- 2014 · Ghosts as Helene Alving
- 2014 · Maleficent as Flittle
- 2014 · Fleming as Evelyn Fleming
- 2013 · The Christmas Candle as Bea Haddington
- 2013 · An Adventure in Space and Time as Heather Hartnell
- 2013 · Romeo & Juliet as The Nurse
- 2013 · A Five Star Life as Kate Sherman
- 2013 · Mayday as Gail Spicer
- 2012 · Spike Island as Margaret
- 2012 · Ashes as Cath
- 2010 · 14 Actors Acting as Self
- 2010 · Another Year as Mary
- 2010 · Womb as Judith
- 2009 · The Queen as Margaret Thatcher
- 2009 · A Christmas Carol as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Law & Order: UK as
- 2007 · Cranford as Mrs. Rose
- 2007 · Sparkle as Jill
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Perfect Parents as Sister Antonia
- 2005 · The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael as Sarah
- 2004 · North & South as Maria Hale
- 2004 · Vera Drake as Mrs. Wells
- 2003 · Promoted to Glory as Capt. Annie Sullivan
- 2002 · Bodily Harm as Mandy Greenfield
- 2002 · Rose and Maloney as
- 2002 · Plain Jane as Dora Bruce
- 2002 · All or Nothing as Penny
- 2002 · Bodily Harm as Mandy Greenfield
- 2001 · David Copperfield as Mrs. Micawber
- 2001 · The Cazalets as Villy Cazalet
- 2000 · Other People's Children as Nadine
- 1999 · Topsy-Turvy as Lucy Gilbert
- 1999 · Loose Women as Self
- 1999 · Toy Boys as Mrs. Allen
- 1999 · Milk as Fiona
- 1997 · Painted Lady as Susie Peel
- 1997 · Holding On as Hilary
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Phoebe Archbold
- 1997 · Dual Balls as Joanna
- 1996 · Secrets & Lies as The Social Worker
- 1996 · The Bite as Ellie Shannon
- 1996 · Silent Witness as
- 1995 · Tears Before Bedtime as Beattie Freeman
- 1995 · Kavanagh Q.C. as Lucy Cartwright
- 1994 · Little Napoleons as Judith Silver
- 1994 · O Mary This London as Sophie
- 1994 · Ain't Misbehavin' as Melissa Quigley
- 1993 · Goggle Eyes as Rosalind Killin
- 1993 · A Statement of Affairs as Carol
- 1993 · The Mushroom Picker as Margot
- 1992 · Bad Girl as Penny Armitage
- 1991 · Top Girls as Marlene
- 1991 · Soldier Soldier as Rachel Elliot
- 1991 · Soldier Soldier as Rachel Fortune
- 1991 · Performance as Marlene
- 1989 · The Firm as Sue Bissell
- 1989 · High Hopes as Lætitia Boothe-Brain
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Mrs. Lorrimer
- 1987 · Sammy and Rosie Get Laid as Margy
- 1987 · High Season as Carol
- 1985 · The Moon Over Soho as Sally Spencer
- 1985 · Bulman as
- 1985 · Dance with a Stranger as Maryanne
- 1984 · Angels in the Annexe as Jenny Bailey
- 1984 · Dog Ends as Vivienne
- 1982 · Objects of Affection as Liz
- Future · Winter of the Crow as Joan Andrews
- 1985 · Christmas Present as Judy Tall
- 1985 · Screen Two as Sophie
- 1982 · Our Winnie as Liz
- 1982 · Mike Leigh: Making Plays as Self (archive footage)
- 1980 · Grown-Ups as Mandy
- 1980 · The Gentle Touch as
- 1977 · King Cinder as Nikki
- 1971 · Barlow as
- 1970 · Play for Today as Vivienne
- 1960 · Coronation Street as Jill Mason
- Future · Midwinter Break as Stella
- Future · Mr Burton as Ma Smith