Lesley Manville

Lesley Manville

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).

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