Lesley Manville
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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
Maleficent (2014)
as Flittle
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)
as Flittle
Cold Storage (2026)
as Trini Romano
A Christmas Carol (2009)
as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
Phantom Thread (2017)
as Cyril Woodcock
Misbehaviour (2020)
as Dolores Hope
Queer (2024)
as Doctor Cotter
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)
as Ada Harris
Mr. Burton (2025)
as Ma Smith
Let Him Go (2020)
as Blanche Weboy
Back to Black (2024)
as Cynthia
All or Nothing (2002)
as Penny
Midwinter Break (2026)
as Stella
Bad Girl (1992)
as Penny Armitage
Mr. Turner (2014)
as Mary Somerville
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism (2015)
as Miss Adderstone
Secrets & Lies (1996)
as The Social Worker
Our Winnie (1982)
as Liz
Plain Jane (2002)
as Dora Bruce
Rupture (2016)
as Dr. Nyman
Romeo & Juliet (2013)
as The Nurse
Womb (2010)
as Judith
Vera Drake (2004)
as Mrs. Wells
Topsy-Turvy (1999)
as Lucy Gilbert
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)
as Margy
Top Girls (1991)
as Marlene
Hampstead (2017)
as Fiona
National Theatre Live: LOVE (2018)
as Herself/Introduced By
Ordinary Love (2019)
as Joan
To Provide All People (2018)
as Consultant Psychiatrist
The Critic (2024)
as Annabel Land
Another Year (2010)
as Mary
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2026)
as Marquise de Merteuil
Dance with a Stranger (1985)
as Maryanne
Jack of Spades (—)
Actor
Winter of the Crow (2026)
as Joan Andrews
An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)
as Heather Hartnell
Promoted to Glory (2003)
as Capt. Annie Sullivan
A Very British Brothel (2015)
as Herself - Narrator (voice)
The Firm (1989)
as Sue Bissell
A Very British Brothel 2 (2017)
as Narrator (Voice)
The Christmas Candle (2013)
as Bea Haddington
Spike Island (2012)
as Margaret
High Hopes (1989)
as Lætitia Boothe-Brain
Ashes (2012)
as Cath
High Season (1987)
as Carol
The One and Only Mike Leigh (2014)
as Self
A Five Star Life (2013)
as Kate Sherman
Mike Leigh: Making Plays (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
Milk (1999)
as Fiona
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light (2016)
as Self
Angels in the Annexe (1984)
as Jenny Bailey
The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael (2005)
as Sarah
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men (2022)
as The Mother
Ghosts (2014)
as Helene Alving
David Copperfield (2001)
as Emma Micawber
Sparkle (2007)
as Jill
The Agency (2017)
as Anthea
The Go-Between (2015)
as Mrs. Maudsley
O Mary This London (1994)
as Sophie
Toy Boys (1999)
as Mrs. Allen
The Moon Over Soho (1985)
as Sally Spencer
Christmas Present (1985)
as Judy Tall
Untitled 13 (—)
Actor
Perfect Parents (2006)
as Sister Antonia
Grown-Ups (1980)
as Mandy
A Statement of Affairs (1993)
as Carol
Dog Ends (1984)
as Vivienne
Dual Balls (1997)
as Joanna