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).
125 acting credits
Acting · 125
Midsomer Murders
1997
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
The Crown
2016
Coronation Street
1960
Silent Witness
1996
Citadel
2023
Play for Today
1970
Playhouse
1974
Cold Storage
2026
Screen Two
1985
Soldier Soldier
1991
Monster: The Ed Gein Story
2025
Maleficent
2014
Loose Women
1999
Law & Order: UK
2009
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019
Performance
1991
Disclaimer
2024
Love Life
2020
Grotesquerie
2024
Harlots
2017
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
Sherwood
2022
World on Fire
2019
ScreenPlay
1986
The Gentle Touch
1980
Magpie Murders
2022
Cranford
2007
Queer
2024
River
2015
A Christmas Carol
2009
Moonflower Murders
2024
Phantom Thread
2017
I Am...
2019
North & South
2004
Rose and Maloney
2002
Fleming
2014
The Queen
2009
Mum
2016
Let Him Go
2020
Life After Life
2022
Dangerous Liaisons
2022
Back to Black
2024
The Cazalets
2001
Secrets & Lies
1996
Holding On
1997
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
2022
Midwinter Break
2026
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
2020
Womb
2010
Mayday
2013
Mr. Turner
2014
Objects of Affection
1982
Romeo & Juliet
2013
All or Nothing
2002
Topsy-Turvy
1999
Ain't Misbehavin'
1994
Misbehaviour
2020
Little Napoleons
1994
Vera Drake
2004
Tears Before Bedtime
1995
Mr. Burton
2025
Bodily Harm
2002
Hampstead
2017
Ordinary Love
2019
Another Year
2010
Other People's Children
2000
David Copperfield
2000
Spike Island
2012
Rupture
2016
The Critic
2024
Painted Lady
1997
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
2015
Goggle Eyes
1993
Black Cab
2000
Dance with a Stranger
1985
Ashes
2012
The Firm
1989
Marble Hall Murders
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An Adventure in Space and Time
2013
A Bunch of Fives
1977
The Bite
1996
The Mushroom Picker
1993
High Hopes
1989
Top Girls
1991
The Christmas Candle
2013
National Theatre Live: LOVE
2018
Jack of Spades
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Sparkle
2007
David Copperfield
2001
High Season
1987
The Go-Between
2015
To Provide All People
2018
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
2022
The One and Only Mike Leigh
2014
Milk
1999
Winter of the Crow
2026
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
2026
Ghosts
2014
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987
Our Winnie
1982
The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael
2005
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
O Mary This London
1994
Christmas Present
1985
King Cinder
1977
Toy Boys
1999
Promoted to Glory
2003
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016
The Agency
2017
Grown-Ups
1980
A Five Star Life
2013
Plain Jane
2002
Dual Balls
1997
The Moon Over Soho
1985
A Very British Brothel
2015
Perfect Parents
2006
Angels in the Annexe
1984
Dog Ends
1984
Bad Girl
1992
A Statement of Affairs
1993
A Very British Brothel 2
2017