LESLEY MANVILLE

Lesley Manville
Lesley Manville
Gender: Female
Known for: Acting
Birthday: March 12, 1956
Place of Birth: Brighton, England, UK

Biography

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).

Notable work

Filmography

Starring

Mother
Bernice Worden
Susan Ryeland
Joan Andrews
Stella
Trini Romano
Ma Smith
Nurse Redd
Susan Ryeland
Nancy Brigstocke
Annabel Land
2024·
Queer
Doctor Cotter
Cynthia
2023·
Citadel
Dahlia Archer
Narrator
Genevieve de Merteuil
2022·
Sherwood
Julie Jackson
Susan Ryeland
2020·
Love Life
Narrator (voice)
Blanche Weboy
Dolores Hope
Robina Chase
2019·
I Am...
Maria
Joan
Herself/Introduced By
Consultant Psychiatrist
2017·
Harlots
Lydia Quigley
Anthea
2017·
Hampstead
Fiona
Cyril Woodcock
Narrator (Voice)
2016·
Mum
Cathy
2016·
The Crown
Princess Margaret
2016·
Rupture
Dr. Nyman
2015·
River
Chrissie Read
Herself - Narrator (voice)
Mrs. Maudsley
2014·
Fleming
Evelyn Fleming
2014·
Ghosts
Helene Alving
Mary Somerville
Flittle
2013·
Mayday
Gail Spicer
Bea Haddington
Heather Hartnell
Kate Sherman
The Nurse
2012·
Ashes
Cath
Margaret
2010·
Womb
Judith
Mary
2009·
The Queen
Margaret Thatcher
Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
2007·
Cranford
Mrs. Rose
2007·
Sparkle
Jill
Sister Antonia
Mrs. Maria Hale
Mrs. Wells
Capt. Annie Sullivan
Professor Diane Marquis
Mandy Greenfield
Dora Bruce
Penny
Villy Cazalet
Emma Micawber
Emma Micawber
2000·
Black Cab
Yvonne
Self
1999·
Toy Boys
Mrs. Allen
Lucy Gilbert
1999·
Milk
Fiona
Hilary
Phoebe Archbold
Susie Peel
Joanna
1996·
The Bite
Ellie Shannon
The Social Worker
Beattie Freeman
Lucy Cartwright
Judith Silver
Melissa Quigley
Sophie
Rosalind Killin
1992·
Bad Girl
Penny Armitage
Marlene
Rachel Fortune, Rachel Elliot
1991·
Top Girls
Marlene
Mrs. Lorrimer
1989·
The Firm
Sue Bissell
Lætitia Boothe-Brain
Carol
Penny Armitage
Sue, Sophie
Judy Tall
Sally Spencer
Maryanne
1984·
Dog Ends
Vivienne
Jenny Bailey
Self (archive footage)
1980·
Grown-Ups
Mandy
Helen Wyatt
1974·
Playhouse
Mandy
Vivienne
Liz
Nikki
Jill Mason

Production

Executive Producer
2019·
I Am...
Writer