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).
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Films (69)
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
2026 · Marquise de Merteuil
Jours d’hiver
2026 · Stella
Winter of the Crow
2026 · Joan Andrews
Chambre froide
2026 · Trini Romano
Mr. Burton
2025 · Ma Smith, Executive Producer
Queer
2024 · Doctor Cotter
El crítico de teatro
2024 · Annabel Land
Back to Black
2024 · Cynthia
Une robe pour Mrs. Harris
2022 · Ada Harris, Executive Producer
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
2022 · The Mother
L'Un des nôtres
2020 · Blanche Weboy
Miss Révolution
2020 · Dolores Hope
L'amour tout simplement
2019 · Joan
Maléfique : Le Pouvoir du Mal
2019 · Flittle
National Theatre Live: LOVE
2018 · Herself/Introduced By
To Provide All People
2018 · Consultant Psychiatrist
Phantom Thread
2017 · Cyril Woodcock
The Agency
2017 · Anthea
Rencontre à Hampstead Park
2017 · Fiona
A Very British Brothel 2
2017 · Narrator (Voice)
Rupture
2016 · Dr. Nyman
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016 · Self
The Go-Between
2015 · Mrs. Maudsley
A Very British Brothel
2015 · Herself - Narrator (voice)
Molly Moon et le livre magique de l'hypnose
2015 · Miss Adderstone
The One and Only Mike Leigh
2014 · Self
M. Turner
2014 · Mary Somerville
Ghosts
2014 · Helene Alving
Maléfique
2014 · Flittle
The Christmas Candle
2013 · Bea Haddington
An Adventure in Space and Time
2013 · Heather Hartnell
Roméo & Juliette
2013 · The Nurse
Je voyage seule
2013 · Kate Sherman
Spike Island
2012 · Margaret
Ashes
2012 · Cath
Another Year
2010 · Mary
Womb
2010 · Judith
Le Drôle de Noël de Scrooge
2009 · Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
Sparkle
2007 · Jill
Perfect Parents
2006 · Sister Antonia
The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael
2005 · Sarah
Vera Drake
2004 · Mrs. Wells
Promoted to Glory
2003 · Capt. Annie Sullivan
All or Nothing
2002 · Penny
Plain Jane
2002 · Dora Bruce
David Copperfield
2001 · Emma Micawber
Topsy-Turvy
1999 · Lucy Gilbert
Toy Boys
1999 · Mrs. Allen
Milk
1999 · Fiona
Dual Balls
1997 · Joanna
Secrets & Lies
1996 · The Social Worker
O Mary This London
1994 · Sophie
A Statement of Affairs
1993 · Carol
Bad Girl
1992 · Penny Armitage
Top Girls
1991 · Marlene
The Firm
1989 · Sue Bissell
High Hopes
1989 · Lætitia Boothe-Brain
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987 · Margy
High Season
1987 · Carol
Christmas Present
1985 · Judy Tall
The Moon Over Soho
1985 · Sally Spencer
Dance with a Stranger
1985 · Maryanne
Angels in the Annexe
1984 · Jenny Bailey
Dog Ends
1984 · Vivienne
Our Winnie
1982 · Liz
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982 · Self (archive footage)
Grown-Ups
1980 · Mandy
Jack of Spades
Untitled 13
Séries (74)
Marble Hall Murders
2026 · Susan Ryeland
Monstre : L'Histoire d'Ed Gein
2025 · Bernice Worden
Los casos de Susan Ryeland: Moonflower Murders
2024 · Susan Ryeland
Révélée
2024 · Nancy Brigstocke
Grotesquerie
2024 · Nurse Redd
Citadelle
2023 · Dahlia Archer
Les Liaisons dangereuses
2022 · Genevieve de Merteuil
Sherwood
2022 · Julie Jackson
Life After Life
2022 · Narrator
Comptine mortelle
2022 · Susan Ryeland, Executive Producer
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
2020 · Susan
Destin amoureux
2020 · Narrator (voice)
Un monde en feu
2019 · Robina Chase
I Am...
2019 · Maria, Writer
Save Me
2018 · Jennifer Charles
Les Filles de joie
2017 · Lydia Quigley
The Crown
2016 · Princess Margaret
Mum
2016 · Cathy
River
2015 · Chrissie Read
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest
Fleming : L'homme qui voulait être James Bond
2014 · Evelyn Fleming
Mayday
2013 · Gail Spicer
The Queen
2009 · Margaret Thatcher
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
Londres Police Judiciaire
2009 · Phyllis Gladstone
Cranford
2007 · Mrs. Rose
El show de Graham Norton
2007 · Self
Nord et Sud
2004 · Mrs. Hale
Bodily Harm
2002 · Mandy Greenfield
Rose and Maloney
2002 · Professor Diane Marquis
The Cazalets
2001 · Villy Cazalet
David Copperfield
2000 · Emma Micawber
Other People's Children
2000 · Nadine
Black Cab
2000 · Yvonne
Loose Women
1999 · Self
Real Women
1998 · Karen
Painted Lady
1997 · Susie Peel
Holding On
1997 · Hilary
Inspecteur Barnaby
1997 · Phoebe Archbold
The Bite
1996 · Ellie Shannon
Affaires non classées
1996 · Suzy Franklin
Tears Before Bedtime
1995 · Beattie Freeman
Kavanagh
1995 · Lucy Cartwright
Little Napoleons
1994 · Judith Silver
A Skirt Through History
1994 · Bessie Parkes
Ain't Misbehavin'
1994 · Melissa Quigley
Goggle Eyes
1993 · Rosalind Killin
The Mushroom Picker
1993 · Margot
Crime Story
1992 · Gail
Performance
1991 · Marlene
Soldier Soldier
1991 · Rachel Elliot, Rachel Fortune
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Mrs. Lorrimer
ScreenPlay
1986 · Penny Armitage
Bulman
1985 · Karen Tait
Screen Two
1985 · Sophie, Sue
Sharing Time
1984 · June
Give us a Break
1983 · Alma
Objects of Affection
1982 · Liz
The Gentle Touch
1980 · Shirley Davis
Newsnight
1980 · Self
The South Bank Show
1978 · Self
King Cinder
1977 · Nikki
A Bunch of Fives
1977 · Helen Wyatt
Wings
1977 · Francoise
The Emigrants
1976 · Janice Parker
Village Hall
1974 · Merle
Playhouse
1974 · Mandy
Leap in the Dark
1973 · Julie
General Hospital
1972 · Tina Butler
Barlow
1971 · Christine West
Play for Today
1970 · Vivienne
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969 · Janet
Coronation Street
1960 · Jill Mason
Escorted
· Mother