Lesley Manville

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1956-03-12 (68 years old)

Place of Birth Brighton, England, UK

Also Known As Lesley Ann Manville, Леслі Менвілл, 莱丝利·曼维尔 饰

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

Actor

Midwinter Break

as Stella

Mr Burton

as Ma Smith

2025
Winter of the Crow

as Joan Andrews

2024
Queer

as Doctor Cotter

2024
The Critic

as Annabel Land

2024
Back to Black

as Cynthia

2024
Moonflower Murders

as Susan Ryeland

2024
Disclaimer

as Nancy Brigstocke

2024
Grotesquerie

as Nurse Redd

2023
Citadel

as Dahlia Archer

2022
2022
Dangerous Liaisons

as Genevieve de Merteuil

2022
Sherwood

as Julie Jackson

2022
Life After Life

as Narrator

2022
Magpie Murders

as Susan Ryeland

2020
Let Him Go

as Blanche Weboy

2020
Misbehaviour

as Dolores Hope

2020
Love Life

as Narrator (voice)

2019
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
A Very British Brothel 2

as Narrator (Voice)

2017
Harlots

as Lydia Quigley

2016
Rupture

as Dr. Nyman

2016
The Crown

as Princess Margaret

2016
Mum

as Cathy

2015
The Go-Between

as Mrs. Maudsley

2015
A Very British Brothel

as Herself - Narrator (voice)

2015
River

as Chrissie Read

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
2010
Another Year

as Mary

2010
Womb

as Judith

2009
A Christmas Carol

as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)

2009
The Queen

as Margaret Thatcher

2007
Sparkle

as Jill

2007
Cranford

as Mrs. Rose

2006
Perfect Parents

as Sister Antonia

2004
Vera Drake

as Mrs. Wells

2004
North & South

as Maria Hale

2004
North & South

as Mrs. Hale

2003
Promoted to Glory

as Capt. Annie Sullivan

2002
Plain Jane

as Dora Bruce

2002
2002
Bodily Harm

as Mandy Greenfield

2002
Bodily Harm

as Mandy Greenfield

2001
David Copperfield

as Mrs. Micawber

2001
The Cazalets

as Villy Cazalet

1999
Topsy-Turvy

as Lucy Gilbert

1999
Toy Boys

as Mrs. Allen

1999
Milk

as Fiona

1999
Loose Women

as Self

1997
Dual Balls

as Joanna

1997
Painted Lady

as Susie Peel

1997
Holding On

as Hilary

1997
Midsomer Murders

as Phoebe Archbold

1996
Secrets & Lies

as The Social Worker

1996
The Bite

as Ellie Shannon

1995
Tears Before Bedtime

as Beattie Freeman

1995
Kavanagh Q.C.

as Lucy Cartwright

1994
1994
Little Napoleons

as Judith Silver

1994
Ain't Misbehavin'

as Melissa Quigley

1993
Goggle Eyes

as Rosalind Killin

1993
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
High Season

as Carol

1985
Christmas Present

as Judy Tall

1985
The Moon Over Soho

as Sally Spencer

1985
1985
1985
Screen Two

as Sophie

1984
Angels in the Annexe

as Jenny Bailey

1984
Dog Ends

as Vivienne

1982
Our Winnie

as Liz

1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays

as Self (archive footage)

1980
Grown-Ups

as Mandy

1977
King Cinder

as Nikki

1971
1970
Play for Today

as Vivienne

1960
Coronation Street

as Jill Mason

Producer

2022
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

as Executive Producer

Writer

2019
I Am...

as Writer