Lesley Manville
Born Mar 12, 1956 · 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
Cold Storage
2026
Midwinter Break
2026
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
2026
Winter of the Crow
2026
Mr. Burton
2025
Disclaimer
2024
Grotesquerie
2024
Moonflower Murders
2024
Queer
2024
Back to Black
2024
The Critic
2024
Citadel
2023
Magpie Murders
2022
Sherwood
2022
Dangerous Liaisons
2022
Life After Life
2022
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
2022
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
2022
Love Life
2020
Let Him Go
2020
Misbehaviour
2020
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
2020
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019
World on Fire
2019
I Am...
2019
Ordinary Love
2019
Save Me
2018
National Theatre Live: LOVE
2018
Harlots
2017
Phantom Thread
2017
Hampstead
2017
The Agency
2017
The Crown
2016
Mum
2016
Rupture
2016
River
2015
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
2015
The Go-Between
2015
A Very British Brothel
2015
Maleficent
2014
Fleming
2014
Mr. Turner
2014
Ghosts
2014
Romeo & Juliet
2013
Mayday
2013
An Adventure in Space and Time
2013
The Christmas Candle
2013
A Five Star Life
2013
Spike Island
2012
Ashes
2012
Womb
2010
Another Year
2010
Law & Order: UK
2009
A Christmas Carol
2009
The Queen
2009
Cranford
2007
Sparkle
2007
Perfect Parents
2006
The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael
2005
North & South
2004
Vera Drake
2004
Promoted to Glory
2003
Rose and Maloney
2002
All or Nothing
2002
Bodily Harm
2002
Plain Jane
2002
The Cazalets
2001
David Copperfield
2001
Black Cab
2000
Topsy-Turvy
1999
Toy Boys
1999
Milk
1999
Real Women
1998
Midsomer Murders
1997
Holding On
1997
Painted Lady
1997
Silent Witness
1996
Secrets & Lies
1996
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
Ain't Misbehavin'
1994
Little Napoleons
1994
O Mary This London
1994
A Skirt Through History
1994
Bad Girl
1992
Performance
1991
Soldier Soldier
1991
Top Girls
1991
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
The Firm
1989
High Hopes
1989
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987
High Season
1987
ScreenPlay
1986
Screen Two
1985
Bulman
1985
Dance with a Stranger
1985
Christmas Present
1985
The Moon Over Soho
1985
Angels in the Annexe
1984
Dog Ends
1984
Give us a Break
1983
Objects of Affection
1982
The Gentle Touch
1980
Grown-Ups
1980
Wings
1977
King Cinder
1977
Playhouse
1974
Village Hall
1974
Emmerdale
1972
Play for Today
1970
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969
Coronation Street
1960