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).
Filmography (125)
Cold Storage
2026
Midwinter Break
2026
Winter of the Crow
2026
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
2026
Mr. Burton
2025
Monster: The Ed Gein Story
2025
Back to Black
2024
Queer
2024
The Critic
2024
Disclaimer
2024
Moonflower Murders
2024
Grotesquerie
2024
Citadel
2023
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
2022
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
2022
Magpie Murders
2022
Sherwood
2022
Dangerous Liaisons
2022
Life After Life
2022
Misbehaviour
2020
Let Him Go
2020
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
2020
Love Life
2020
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019
Ordinary Love
2019
I Am...
2019
World on Fire
2019
To Provide All People
2018
National Theatre Live: LOVE
2018
A Very British Brothel 2
2017
Phantom Thread
2017
Hampstead
2017
The Agency
2017
Harlots
2017
Rupture
2016
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016
The Crown
2016
Mum
2016
The Go-Between
2015
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
2015
A Very British Brothel
2015
River
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Maleficent
2014
Mr. Turner
2014
Ghosts
2014
The One and Only Mike Leigh
2014
Fleming
2014
Romeo & Juliet
2013
A Five Star Life
2013
An Adventure in Space and Time
2013
The Christmas Candle
2013
Mayday
2013
Spike Island
2012
Ashes
2012
Another Year
2010
Womb
2010
A Christmas Carol
2009
Law & Order: UK
2009
The Queen
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Sparkle
2007
Cranford
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Perfect Parents
2006
The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael
2005
Vera Drake
2004
North & South
2004
Promoted to Glory
2003
All or Nothing
2002
Plain Jane
2002
Bodily Harm
2002
Rose and Maloney
2002
David Copperfield
2001
The Cazalets
2001
Other People's Children
2000
Black Cab
2000
David Copperfield
2000
Milk
1999
Topsy-Turvy
1999
Toy Boys
1999
Loose Women
1999
Dual Balls
1997
Painted Lady
1997
Midsomer Murders
1997
Holding On
1997
Secrets & Lies
1996
Silent Witness
1996
The Bite
1996
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
Tears Before Bedtime
1995
O Mary This London
1994
Ain't Misbehavin'
1994
Little Napoleons
1994
A Statement of Affairs
1993
Goggle Eyes
1993
The Mushroom Picker
1993
Bad Girl
1992
Top Girls
1991
Soldier Soldier
1991
Performance
1991
High Hopes
1989
The Firm
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987
High Season
1987
ScreenPlay
1986
Dance with a Stranger
1985
The Moon Over Soho
1985
Christmas Present
1985
Screen Two
1985
Angels in the Annexe
1984
Dog Ends
1984
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
Our Winnie
1982
Objects of Affection
1982
Grown-Ups
1980
The Gentle Touch
1980
King Cinder
1977
A Bunch of Fives
1977
Playhouse
1974
Play for Today
1970
Coronation Street
1960
Jack of Spades
Marble Hall Murders
English
EspaΓ±ol
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