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

  1. 2026Winter of the Crow1h 52mJoan Andrews
  2. 2026Midwinter Break1h 30mStella
  3. 2026Marble Hall Murders1 seasonSusan Ryeland
  4. 2026National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses2h 59mMarquise de Merteuil
  5. 2026Cold Storage1h 39mTrini Romano
  6. 2025Mr. Burton2h 4mMa Smith
  7. 2024Moonflower Murders1 seasonSusan Ryeland
  8. 2024Queer2h 18mDoctor Cotter
  9. 2024The Critic1h 41mAnnabel Land
  10. 2024Back to Black2h 2mCynthia
  11. 2024Disclaimer1 seasonNancy Brigstocke
  12. 2024Grotesquerie1 seasonNurse Redd
  13. 2023Citadel2 seasonsDahlia Archer
  14. 2022Magpie Murders1 seasonSusan Ryeland
  15. 2022Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris1h 56mAda Harris
  16. 2022Sherwood2 seasonsJulie Jackson
  17. 2022Dangerous Liaisons1 seasonGenevieve de Merteuil
  18. 2022Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men1h 28mThe Mother
  19. 2022Life After Life1 seasonNarrator
  20. 2020Let Him Go1h 54mBlanche Weboy
  21. 2020Misbehaviour1h 47mDolores Hope
  22. 2019Ordinary Love1h 32mJoan
  23. 2019Maleficent: Mistress of Evil1h 59mFlittle
  24. 2019World on Fire2 seasonsRobina Chase
  25. 2018National Theatre Live: LOVE1hHerself/Introduced By
  26. 2018To Provide All People59mConsultant Psychiatrist
  27. 2017A Very British Brothel 247mNarrator (Voice)
  28. 2017Phantom Thread2h 10mCyril Woodcock
  29. 2017The Agency29mAnthea
  30. 2017Hampstead1h 42mFiona
  31. 2016Mum3 seasonsCathy
  32. 2016Rupture1h 42mDr. Nyman
  33. 2016The Crown6 seasonsPrincess Margaret
  34. 2015A Very British Brothel47mHerself - Narrator (voice)
  35. 2015Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism1h 38mMiss Adderstone
  36. 2015River1 seasonChrissie Read
  37. 2015The Go-Between1h 30mMrs. Maudsley
  38. 2014Ghosts1h 47mHelene Alving
  39. 2014Maleficent1h 37mFlittle
  40. 2014Mr. Turner2h 30mMary Somerville
  41. 2014Fleming1 seasonEvelyn Fleming
  42. 2014The One and Only Mike Leigh1h 45mSelf
  43. 2013The Christmas Candle1h 40mBea Haddington
  44. 2013An Adventure in Space and Time1h 23mHeather Hartnell
  45. 2013Mayday1 seasonGail Spicer
  46. 2013A Five Star Life1h 25mKate Sherman
  47. 2013Romeo & Juliet1h 58mThe Nurse
  48. 2012Ashes1h 37mCath
  49. 2012Spike Island1h 36mMargaret
  50. 2010Another Year2h 9mMary
  51. 2010Womb1h 51mJudith
  52. 2009The Queen1 seasonMargaret Thatcher
  53. 2009A Christmas Carol1h 36mMrs. Cratchit (voice)
  54. 2007Sparkle1h 40mJill
  55. 2007Cranford2 seasonsMrs. Rose
  56. 2006Perfect Parents1h 32mSister Antonia
  57. 2005The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael1h 36mSarah
  58. 2004Vera Drake2h 5mMrs. Wells
  59. 2004North & South1 seasonMrs. Maria Hale
  60. 2003Promoted to Glory1h 36mCapt. Annie Sullivan
  61. 2002Bodily Harm1 seasonMandy Greenfield
  62. 2002All or Nothing2h 8mPenny
  63. 2002Plain Jane2h 27mDora Bruce
  64. 2001The Cazalets1 seasonVilly Cazalet
  65. 2001David Copperfield3hEmma Micawber
  66. 2000Other People's Children1 seasonNadine
  67. 2000David Copperfield1 seasonEmma Micawber
  68. 1999Toy Boys17mMrs. Allen
  69. 1999Topsy-Turvy2h 40mLucy Gilbert
  70. 1999Milk1h 36mFiona
  71. 1998Real Women2 seasonsKaren
  72. 1997Painted Lady1 seasonSusie Peel
  73. 1997Dual Balls11mJoanna
  74. 1996The Bite1 seasonEllie Shannon
  75. 1996Secrets & Lies2h 22mThe Social Worker
  76. 1995Tears Before Bedtime1 seasonBeattie Freeman
  77. 1994Little Napoleons1 seasonJudith Silver
  78. 1994O Mary This London1h 30mSophie
  79. 1993Goggle Eyes1 seasonRosalind Killin
  80. 1993The Mushroom Picker1 seasonMargot
  81. 1993A Statement of Affairs2h 27mCarol
  82. 1992Bad Girl1h 20mPenny Armitage
  83. 1991Top Girls1h 51mMarlene
  84. 1989The Firm1h 10mSue Bissell
  85. 1989High Hopes1h 48mLætitia Boothe-Brain
  86. 1987Sammy and Rosie Get Laid1h 40mMargy
  87. 1987High Season1h 34mCarol
  88. 1985Christmas Present1h 15mJudy Tall
  89. 1985The Moon Over Soho1h 10mSally Spencer
  90. 1985Dance with a Stranger1h 36mMaryanne
  91. 1984Angels in the Annexe55mJenny Bailey
  92. 1984Dog Ends1h 20mVivienne
  93. 1982Our Winnie40mLiz
  94. 1980Grown-Ups1h 33mMandy
  95. 1977A Bunch of Fives2 seasonsHelen Wyatt
  96. 1977King Cinder1 seasonNikki
  97. 1976The Emigrants1 seasonJanice Parker
  98. Escorted1 seasonMother
  99. Jack of Spades
  100. Untitled 132h 2m