Actor
Lesley Manville
Born 12 March 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).
Films and shows
- 2026
Winter of the Crow1h 52mJoan Andrews - 2026
Midwinter Break1h 30mStella - 2026
Marble Hall Murders1 seasonSusan Ryeland - 2026
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses2h 59mMarquise de Merteuil - 2026
Cold Storage1h 39mTrini Romano - 2025
Mr. Burton2h 4mMa Smith - 2024
Moonflower Murders1 seasonSusan Ryeland - 2024
Queer2h 18mDoctor Cotter - 2024
The Critic1h 41mAnnabel Land - 2024
Back to Black2h 2mCynthia - 2024
Disclaimer1 seasonNancy Brigstocke - 2024
Grotesquerie1 seasonNurse Redd - 2023
Citadel2 seasonsDahlia Archer - 2022
Magpie Murders1 seasonSusan Ryeland - 2022
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris1h 56mAda Harris - 2022
Sherwood2 seasonsJulie Jackson - 2022
Dangerous Liaisons1 seasonGenevieve de Merteuil - 2022
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men1h 28mThe Mother - 2022
Life After Life1 seasonNarrator - 2020
Let Him Go1h 54mBlanche Weboy - 2020
Misbehaviour1h 47mDolores Hope - 2019
Ordinary Love1h 32mJoan - 2019
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil1h 59mFlittle - 2019
World on Fire2 seasonsRobina Chase - 2018
National Theatre Live: LOVE1hHerself/Introduced By - 2018To Provide All People59mConsultant Psychiatrist
- 2017
A Very British Brothel 247mNarrator (Voice) - 2017
Phantom Thread2h 10mCyril Woodcock - 2017
The Agency29mAnthea - 2017
Hampstead1h 42mFiona - 2016
Mum3 seasonsCathy - 2016
Rupture1h 42mDr. Nyman - 2016
The Crown6 seasonsPrincess Margaret - 2015
A Very British Brothel47mHerself - Narrator (voice) - 2015
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism1h 38mMiss Adderstone - 2015
River1 seasonChrissie Read - 2015
The Go-Between1h 30mMrs. Maudsley - 2014
Ghosts1h 47mHelene Alving - 2014
Maleficent1h 37mFlittle - 2014
Mr. Turner2h 30mMary Somerville - 2014
Fleming1 seasonEvelyn Fleming - 2014The One and Only Mike Leigh1h 45mSelf
- 2013
The Christmas Candle1h 40mBea Haddington - 2013
An Adventure in Space and Time1h 23mHeather Hartnell - 2013
Mayday1 seasonGail Spicer - 2013
A Five Star Life1h 25mKate Sherman - 2013
Romeo & Juliet1h 58mThe Nurse - 2012
Ashes1h 37mCath - 2012
Spike Island1h 36mMargaret - 2010
Another Year2h 9mMary - 2010
Womb1h 51mJudith - 2009
The Queen1 seasonMargaret Thatcher - 2009
A Christmas Carol1h 36mMrs. Cratchit (voice) - 2007
Sparkle1h 40mJill - 2007
Cranford2 seasonsMrs. Rose - 2006
Perfect Parents1h 32mSister Antonia - 2005
The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael1h 36mSarah - 2004
Vera Drake2h 5mMrs. Wells - 2004
North & South1 seasonMrs. Maria Hale - 2003
Promoted to Glory1h 36mCapt. Annie Sullivan - 2002
Bodily Harm1 seasonMandy Greenfield - 2002
All or Nothing2h 8mPenny - 2002
Plain Jane2h 27mDora Bruce - 2001
The Cazalets1 seasonVilly Cazalet - 2001
David Copperfield3hEmma Micawber - 2000Other People's Children1 seasonNadine
- 2000
David Copperfield1 seasonEmma Micawber - 1999
Toy Boys17mMrs. Allen - 1999
Topsy-Turvy2h 40mLucy Gilbert - 1999
Milk1h 36mFiona - 1998
Real Women2 seasonsKaren - 1997
Painted Lady1 seasonSusie Peel - 1997Dual Balls11mJoanna
- 1996The Bite1 seasonEllie Shannon
- 1996
Secrets & Lies2h 22mThe Social Worker - 1995Tears Before Bedtime1 seasonBeattie Freeman
- 1994
Little Napoleons1 seasonJudith Silver - 1994
O Mary This London1h 30mSophie - 1993Goggle Eyes1 seasonRosalind Killin
- 1993The Mushroom Picker1 seasonMargot
- 1993A Statement of Affairs2h 27mCarol
- 1992
Bad Girl1h 20mPenny Armitage - 1991
Top Girls1h 51mMarlene - 1989
The Firm1h 10mSue Bissell - 1989
High Hopes1h 48mLætitia Boothe-Brain - 1987
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid1h 40mMargy - 1987
High Season1h 34mCarol - 1985
Christmas Present1h 15mJudy Tall - 1985
The Moon Over Soho1h 10mSally Spencer - 1985
Dance with a Stranger1h 36mMaryanne - 1984
Angels in the Annexe55mJenny Bailey - 1984
Dog Ends1h 20mVivienne - 1982
Our Winnie40mLiz - 1980
Grown-Ups1h 33mMandy - 1977A Bunch of Fives2 seasonsHelen Wyatt
- 1977
King Cinder1 seasonNikki - 1976The Emigrants1 seasonJanice Parker
- Escorted1 seasonMother
Jack of Spades
Untitled 132h 2m
