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).

Cast

Back to Black

(Cynthia)

Secrets & Lies

(The Social Worker)

Vera Drake

(Mrs. Wells)

Everything I Ever Wanted To Tell My Daughter About Men

(The Mother)

Bodily Harm

(Mandy Greenfield)

All or Nothing

(Penny)

Dance with a Stranger

(Maryanne)

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

(Margy)

Cold Storage

Sparkle

(Jill)

Milk

(Fiona)

Another Year

(Mary)

The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael

(Sarah)

Topsy-Turvy

(Lucy Gilbert)

High Hopes

(Lætitia Boothe-Brain)

Queer

(Doctor Cotter)

A Christmas Carol

(Mrs. Cratchit (voice))

The Firm

(Sue Bissell)

Midwinter Break

(Stella)

Romeo & Juliet

(The Nurse)

Womb

(Judith)

Maleficent

(Flittle)

High Season

(Carol)

Spike Island

(Margaret)

A Five Star Life

(Kate Sherman)

An Adventure in Space and Time

(Heather Hartnell)

Top Girls

(Marlene)

The Christmas Candle

(Bea Haddington)

The Critic

(Annabel Land)

Mr. Turner

(Mary Somerville)

Ghosts

(Helene Alving)

Angels in the Annexe

(Jenny Bailey)

Ashes

(Cath)

Dual Balls

(Joanna)

Winter of the Crow

(Joan Andrews)

Mr Burton

(Ma Smith)

Rupture

(Dr. Nyman)

Grown-Ups

(Mandy)

The Go-Between

(Mrs. Maudsley)

Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism

(Miss Adderstone)

A Very British Brothel

(Herself - Narrator (voice))

Perfect Parents

(Sister Antonia)

A Very British Brothel 2

(Narrator (Voice))

The Moon Over Soho

(Sally Spencer)

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

(Self (archive footage))

The One and Only Mike Leigh

(Self)

Promoted to Glory

(Capt. Annie Sullivan)

Phantom Thread

(Cyril Woodcock)

Hampstead

(Fiona)

Dog Ends

(Vivienne)

Christmas Present

(Judy Tall)

To Provide All People

(Consultant Psychiatrist)

LOVE

(Herself/Introduced By)

Misbehaviour

(Dolores Hope)

14 Actors Acting

(Self)

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

(Flittle)

Ordinary Love

(Joan)

The Agency

(Anthea)

Let Him Go

(Blanche Weboy)

Plain Jane

(Dora Bruce)

David Copperfield

(Mrs. Micawber)

A Statement of Affairs

(Carol)

O Mary This London

(Sophie)

Toy Boys

(Mrs. Allen)

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

(Ada Harris)

Bad Girl

(Penny Armitage)

Our Winnie

(Liz)

Ain't Misbehavin'

(Melissa Quigley)

The Gentle Touch

Silent Witness

Barlow

Law & Order: UK

Other People's Children

(Nadine)

Bulman

The Bite

(Ellie Shannon)

Cranford

(Mrs. Rose)

North & South

(Maria Hale)

Magpie Murders

(Susan Ryeland)

The Cazalets

(Villy Cazalet)

Painted Lady

(Susie Peel)

The Queen

(Margaret Thatcher)

Fleming

(Evelyn Fleming)

I Am...

(Maria)

Mayday

(Gail Spicer)

The Crown

(Princess Margaret)

River

(Chrissie Read)

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

(Susan)

Mum

(Cathy)

Sherwood

(Julie Jackson)

Dangerous Liaisons

(Genevieve de Merteuil)

Rose and Maloney

Disclaimer

(Nancy Brigstocke)

Harlots

(Lydia Quigley)

Kavanagh Q.C.

(Lucy Cartwright)

King Cinder

(Nikki)

Life After Life

(Narrator)

Bodily Harm

(Mandy Greenfield)

Goggle Eyes

(Rosalind Killin)

Holding On

(Hilary)

Tears Before Bedtime

(Beattie Freeman)

Moonflower Murders

(Susan Ryeland)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

(Self - Guest)

World on Fire

(Robina Chase)

Little Napoleons

(Judith Silver)

Agatha Christie's Poirot

(Mrs. Lorrimer)

Grotesquerie

(Nurse Redd)

The Graham Norton Show

(Self)

Soldier Soldier

(Rachel Elliot)

Soldier Soldier

(Rachel Fortune)

Play for Today

(Vivienne)

Midsomer Murders

(Phoebe Archbold)

Performance

(Marlene)

Coronation Street

(Jill Mason)

Citadel

(Dahlia Archer)

Loose Women

(Self)

Objects of Affection

(Liz)

Love Life

(Narrator (voice))

The Mushroom Picker

(Margot)

Screen Two

(Sophie)