Acting
Lesley Manville
EN, PL, IT cinema · 69 credits
Born
12 March 1956 (age 70)
Birthplace
Brighton, England, UK
Also known as Lesley Ann 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).
Known for
Filmography
Cold Storage
as Trini Romano
Midwinter Break
as Stella
Winter of the Crow
as Joan Andrews
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
as Marquise de Merteuil
Mr. Burton
as Ma Smith, Executive Producer
Back to Black
as Cynthia
Queer
as Doctor Cotter
The Critic
as Annabel Land
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
as Ada Harris, Executive Producer
Misbehaviour
as Dolores Hope
Let Him Go
as Blanche Weboy
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
as Flittle
Ordinary Love
as Joan
To Provide All People
2018
To Provide All People
as Consultant Psychiatrist
National Theatre Live: LOVE
as Herself/Introduced By
A Very British Brothel 2
as Narrator (Voice)
Phantom Thread
as Cyril Woodcock
Hampstead
as Fiona
The Agency
as Anthea
Rupture
as Dr. Nyman
The Go-Between
as Mrs. Maudsley
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
as Miss Adderstone
A Very British Brothel
as Herself - Narrator (voice)
Maleficent
as Flittle
Mr. Turner
as Mary Somerville
Ghosts
as Helene Alving
Romeo & Juliet
as The Nurse
A Five Star Life
as Kate Sherman
An Adventure in Space and Time
as Heather Hartnell
The Christmas Candle
as Bea Haddington
Spike Island
as Margaret
Ashes
as Cath
Another Year
as Mary
Womb
as Judith
A Christmas Carol
as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
Sparkle
as Jill
Perfect Parents
as Sister Antonia
Vera Drake
as Mrs. Wells
Promoted to Glory
as Capt. Annie Sullivan
All or Nothing
as Penny
Plain Jane
as Dora Bruce
David Copperfield
as Emma Micawber
Milk
as Fiona
Topsy-Turvy
as Lucy Gilbert
Toy Boys
as Mrs. Allen
Secrets & Lies
as The Social Worker
O Mary This London
as Sophie
Bad Girl
as Penny Armitage
Top Girls
as Marlene
High Hopes
as Lætitia Boothe-Brain
The Firm
as Sue Bissell
High Season
as Carol
Dance with a Stranger
as Maryanne
The Moon Over Soho
as Sally Spencer
Christmas Present
as Judy Tall
Angels in the Annexe
as Jenny Bailey
Dog Ends
as Vivienne
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
as Self (archive footage)
Grown-Ups
as Mandy