Lesley Manville
Acting
Born March 12, 1956 · Brighton, England, UK
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).
Films (67)
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
2026
Midwinter Break
2026
Winter of the Crow
2026
Cold Storage
2026
Mr. Burton
2025
Queer
2024
The Critic
2024
Back to Black
2024
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
2022
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
2022
Let Him Go
2020
Misbehaviour
2020
Ordinary Love
2019
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019
National Theatre Live: LOVE
2018
To Provide All People
2018
Phantom Thread
2017
The Agency
2017
Hampstead
2017
A Very British Brothel 2
2017
Rupture
2016
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016
The Go-Between
2015
A Very British Brothel
2015
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
2015
The One and Only Mike Leigh
2014
Mr. Turner
2014
Ghosts
2014
Maleficent
2014
The Christmas Candle
2013
An Adventure in Space and Time
2013
Romeo & Juliet
2013
A Five Star Life
2013
Spike Island
2012
Ashes
2012
Another Year
2010
Womb
2010
A Christmas Carol
2009
Sparkle
2007
Perfect Parents
2006
The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael
2005
Vera Drake
2004
Promoted to Glory
2003
All or Nothing
2002
Plain Jane
2002
David Copperfield
2001
Topsy-Turvy
1999
Toy Boys
1999
Milk
1999
Dual Balls
1997
Secrets & Lies
1996
O Mary This London
1994
A Statement of Affairs
1993
Bad Girl
1992
Top Girls
1991
The Firm
1989
High Hopes
1989
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987
High Season
1987
Christmas Present
1985
The Moon Over Soho
1985
Dance with a Stranger
1985
Angels in the Annexe
1984
Dog Ends
1984
Our Winnie
1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
Grown-Ups
1980