Actor
Lesley Manville
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 ...

Known For
Acting
2025 -- Cold Storage |
2025 -- Mr Burton | Ma Smith
2025 -- Winter of the Crow | Joan Andrews
2024 -- Queer | Doctor Cotter
2024 -- The Critic | Annabel Land
2024 -- Back to Black | Cynthia
2022 -- Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris | Ada Harris
2022 -- Everything I Ever Wanted To Tell My Daughter About Men | The Mother
2020 -- Let Him Go | Blanche Weboy
2020 -- Misbehaviour | Dolores Hope
2019 -- Ordinary Love | Joan
2019 -- Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Flittle
2018 -- LOVE | Herself/Introduced By
2018 -- To Provide All People | Consultant Psychiatrist
2017 -- Phantom Thread | Cyril Woodcock
2017 -- The Agency | Anthea
2017 -- Hampstead | Fiona
2017 -- A Very British Brothel 2 | Narrator (Voice)
2016 -- Rupture | Dr. Nyman
2015 -- The Go-Between | Mrs. Maudsley
2015 -- A Very British Brothel | Herself - Narrator (voice)
2015 -- Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism | Miss Adderstone
2014 -- The One and Only Mike Leigh | Self
2014 -- Mr. Turner | Mary Somerville
2014 -- Ghosts | Helene Alving
2014 -- Maleficent | Flittle
2013 -- The Christmas Candle | Bea Haddington
2013 -- An Adventure in Space and Time | Heather Hartnell
2013 -- Romeo & Juliet | The Nurse
2013 -- A Five Star Life | Kate Sherman
2012 -- Spike Island | Margaret
2012 -- Ashes | Cath
2010 -- 14 Actors Acting | Self
2010 -- Another Year | Mary
2010 -- Womb | Judith
2009 -- A Christmas Carol | Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
2007 -- Sparkle | Jill
2006 -- Perfect Parents | Sister Antonia
2005 -- The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael | Sarah
2004 -- Vera Drake | Mrs. Wells
2003 -- Promoted to Glory | Capt. Annie Sullivan
2002 -- Plain Jane | Dora Bruce
2002 -- All or Nothing | Penny
2001 -- David Copperfield | Mrs. Micawber
1999 -- Topsy-Turvy | Lucy Gilbert
1999 -- Toy Boys | Mrs. Allen
1999 -- Milk | Fiona
1997 -- Dual Balls | Joanna
1996 -- Secrets & Lies | The Social Worker
1994 -- O Mary This London | Sophie
1993 -- A Statement of Affairs | Carol
1992 -- Bad Girl | Penny Armitage
1991 -- Top Girls | Marlene
1989 -- The Firm | Sue Bissell
1989 -- High Hopes | Lætitia Boothe-Brain
1987 -- Sammy and Rosie Get Laid | Margy
1987 -- High Season | Carol
1985 -- Christmas Present | Judy Tall
1985 -- The Moon Over Soho | Sally Spencer
1985 -- Dance with a Stranger | Maryanne
1984 -- Angels in the Annexe | Jenny Bailey
1984 -- Dog Ends | Vivienne
1982 -- Our Winnie | Liz
1982 -- Mike Leigh: Making Plays | Self (archive footage)
1980 -- Grown-Ups | Mandy
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