
Lesley Manville
Acting
🎂 1956-03-12
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 credits(121)

Self - Guest
2009

Self
2007

Jill Mason
1960

Phoebe Archbold
1997

Vivienne
1970

Mrs. Lorrimer
1989

2009

1996

Princess Margaret
2016

Mandy
1974

Sophie
1985

Lucy Cartwright
1995

1980

Nancy Brigstocke
2024

Self
1999

Dahlia Archer
2023
1971

Nurse Redd
2024

Rachel Elliot
1991

Rachel Fortune
1991

Lydia Quigley
2017

Marlene
1991

Narrator
2022

Margaret Thatcher
2009

Narrator (voice)
2020

Susan Ryeland
2022

Julie Jackson
2022

Mrs. Rose
2007

Evelyn Fleming
2014

Flittle
2014

Doctor Cotter
2024

Maria
2019

Robina Chase
2019

Mrs. Maria Hale
2004

Susan Ryeland
2024

1985

Chrissie Read
2015

Genevieve de Merteuil
2022

Flittle
2019

Cathy
2016

2002

Nikki
1977

Hilary
1997
Margot
1993

Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
2009

Judith Silver
1994

Ada Harris
2022

Cynthia
2024

Villy Cazalet
2001

Cyril Woodcock
2017

Susan
2020

The Nurse
2013

Judith
2010
Nadine
2000

Gail Spicer
2013

Liz
1982

Blanche Weboy
2020
Beattie Freeman
1995
Rosalind Killin
1993

Annabel Land
2024
Susan Ryeland

Penny
2002

The Social Worker
1996

Melissa Quigley
1994

Mary Somerville
2014

Mrs. Wells
2004

Mary
2010

Dolores Hope
2020

Dr. Nyman
2016
Ellie Shannon
1996

Fiona
2017

Mandy Greenfield
2002

Miss Adderstone
2015

Heather Hartnell
2013

Susie Peel
1997

Lucy Gilbert
1999

Carol
1987

Margaret
2012

Joan
2019

Sue Bissell
1989

The Mother
2022

Maryanne
1985

2025

Bea Haddington
2013

Ma Smith
2025

Mrs. Maudsley
2015

Lætitia Boothe-Brain
1989

Fiona
1999

Self
2010

Cath
2012

Mrs. Micawber
2001

Margy
1987

Sister Antonia
2006

Joan Andrews
2026

Kate Sherman
2013

Penny Armitage
1992

Dora Bruce
2002

Self (archive footage)
1982

Jill
2007

Sophie
1994

Mandy
1980

Helene Alving
2014
Consultant Psychiatrist
2018
Stella

Sally Spencer
1985

Herself/Introduced By
2018
Self
2014

Liz
1982

Anthea
2017

Capt. Annie Sullivan
2003

Marlene
1991

Self
2016
Carol
1993

Sarah
2005

Mrs. Allen
1999

Herself - Narrator (voice)
2015

Vivienne
1984

Narrator (Voice)
2017

Judy Tall
1985

Jenny Bailey
1984
Joanna
1997