
Lesley Manville
Acting • Born 1956-03-12
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).
Filmography
125 credits
Back to Black
Movie • 2024
Cynthia

Secrets & Lies
Movie • 1996
The Social Worker

Vera Drake
Movie • 2004
Mrs. Wells

Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
Movie • 2022
The Mother

All or Nothing
Movie • 2002
Penny

Dance with a Stranger
Movie • 1985
Maryanne

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Movie • 1987
Margy

Cold Storage
Movie • 2026
Trini Romano

Sparkle
Movie • 2007
Jill

Milk
Movie • 1999
Fiona

Another Year
Movie • 2010
Mary

The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael
Movie • 2005
Sarah

Topsy-Turvy
Movie • 1999
Lucy Gilbert

High Hopes
Movie • 1989
Lætitia Boothe-Brain

Queer
Movie • 2024
Doctor Cotter

A Christmas Carol
Movie • 2009
Mrs. Cratchit (voice)

The Firm
Movie • 1989
Sue Bissell

Midwinter Break
Movie • 2026
Stella

Romeo & Juliet
Movie • 2013
The Nurse

Womb
Movie • 2010
Judith

Maleficent
Movie • 2014
Flittle

High Season
Movie • 1987
Carol

Spike Island
Movie • 2012
Margaret

A Five Star Life
Movie • 2013
Kate Sherman

An Adventure in Space and Time
Movie • 2013
Heather Hartnell

Top Girls
Movie • 1991
Marlene

The Christmas Candle
Movie • 2013
Bea Haddington

The Critic
Movie • 2024
Annabel Land

Mr. Turner
Movie • 2014
Mary Somerville

Ghosts
Movie • 2014
Helene Alving

Angels in the Annexe
Movie • 1984
Jenny Bailey

Ashes
Movie • 2012
Cath

Dual Balls
Movie • 1997
Joanna

Winter of the Crow
Movie • 2026
Joan Andrews

Mr. Burton
Movie • 2025
Ma Smith

Rupture
Movie • 2016
Dr. Nyman

Grown-Ups
Movie • 1980
Mandy

The Go-Between
Movie • 2015
Mrs. Maudsley

Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
Movie • 2015
Miss Adderstone

A Very British Brothel
Movie • 2015
Herself - Narrator (voice)

Perfect Parents
Movie • 2006
Sister Antonia

A Very British Brothel 2
Movie • 2017
Narrator (Voice)

The Moon Over Soho
Movie • 1985
Sally Spencer

Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Movie • 1982
Self (archive footage)

Promoted to Glory
Movie • 2003
Capt. Annie Sullivan

The One and Only Mike Leigh
Movie • 2014
Self

Phantom Thread
Movie • 2017
Cyril Woodcock

Hampstead
Movie • 2017
Fiona

Dog Ends
Movie • 1984
Vivienne

Christmas Present
Movie • 1985
Judy Tall

To Provide All People
Movie • 2018
Consultant Psychiatrist

National Theatre Live: LOVE
Movie • 2018
Herself/Introduced By

Misbehaviour
Movie • 2020
Dolores Hope

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Movie • 2019
Flittle

Ordinary Love
Movie • 2019
Joan

The Agency
Movie • 2017
Anthea

Let Him Go
Movie • 2020
Blanche Weboy

Plain Jane
Movie • 2002
Dora Bruce

David Copperfield
Movie • 2001
Emma Micawber

A Statement of Affairs
Movie • 1993
Carol

O Mary This London
Movie • 1994
Sophie

Toy Boys
Movie • 1999
Mrs. Allen

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Movie • 2022
Ada Harris

Bad Girl
Movie • 1992
Penny Armitage

Our Winnie
Movie • 1982
Liz

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Movie • 2016
Self

Jack of Spades
Movie

National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Movie • 2026
Marquise de Merteuil

Ain't Misbehavin'
TV • 1994
Melissa Quigley

The Gentle Touch
TV • 1980

Silent Witness
TV • 1996

Law & Order: UK
TV • 2009

Other People's Children
TV • 2000
Nadine

The Bite
TV • 1996
Ellie Shannon

Cranford
TV • 2007
Mrs. Rose

Magpie Murders
TV • 2022
Susan Ryeland

The Cazalets
TV • 2001
Villy Cazalet

Painted Lady
TV • 1997
Susie Peel

The Queen
TV • 2009
Margaret Thatcher

Fleming
TV • 2014
Evelyn Fleming

I Am...
TV • 2019
Maria

Mayday
TV • 2013
Gail Spicer

The Crown
TV • 2016
Princess Margaret

River
TV • 2015
Chrissie Read

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
TV • 2020
Susan

Mum
TV • 2016
Cathy

Sherwood
TV • 2022
Julie Jackson

Dangerous Liaisons
TV • 2022
Genevieve de Merteuil

Rose and Maloney
TV • 2002

Disclaimer
TV • 2024
Nancy Brigstocke

Harlots
TV • 2017
Lydia Quigley

Kavanagh Q.C.
TV • 1995
Lucy Cartwright

King Cinder
TV • 1977
Nikki

Life After Life
TV • 2022
Narrator

Bodily Harm
TV • 2002
Mandy Greenfield

Goggle Eyes
TV • 1993
Rosalind Killin

Tears Before Bedtime
TV • 1995
Beattie Freeman

Moonflower Murders
TV • 2024
Susan Ryeland

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest

World on Fire
TV • 2019
Robina Chase

Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989
Mrs. Lorrimer

Grotesquerie
TV • 2024
Nurse Redd

The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self

Soldier Soldier
TV • 1991
Rachel Elliot

Soldier Soldier
TV • 1991
Rachel Fortune

Play for Today
TV • 1970
Vivienne

Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Phoebe Archbold

Performance
TV • 1991
Marlene

Coronation Street
TV • 1960
Jill Mason

Citadel
TV • 2023
Dahlia Archer

Loose Women
TV • 1999
Self

Objects of Affection
TV • 1982
Liz

Love Life
TV • 2020
Narrator (voice)

The Mushroom Picker
TV • 1993
Margot

Screen Two
TV • 1985
Sophie

North & South
TV • 2004
Mrs. Maria Hale

Marble Hall Murders
TV
Susan Ryeland

Playhouse
TV • 1974
Mandy

A Bunch of Fives
TV • 1977
Helen Wyatt

Monster: The Ed Gein Story
TV • 2025
Bernice Worden

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest

Black Cab
TV • 2000
Yvonne

Screen Two
TV • 1985
Sue

Little Napoleons
TV • 1994
Judith Silver

Holding On
TV • 1997
Hilary