
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).

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