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