People
Lesley Manville
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).
Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses as Marquise de Merteuil | 2026-06-25 |
| Midwinter Break as Stella | 2026-02-20 |
| Winter of the Crow as Joan Andrews | 2026-02-20 |
| Cold Storage as Trini Romano | 2026-01-22 |
| Mr. Burton as Ma Smith | 2025-04-04 |
| Queer as Doctor Cotter | 2024-11-27 |
| The Critic as Annabel Land | 2024-09-13 |
| Back to Black as Cynthia | 2024-04-11 |
| Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris as Ada Harris | 2022-07-15 |
| Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men as The Mother | 2022-05-18 |
| Let Him Go as Blanche Weboy | 2020-11-05 |
| Misbehaviour as Dolores Hope | 2020-03-12 |
| Ordinary Love as Joan | 2019-12-06 |
| Maleficent: Mistress of Evil as Flittle | 2019-10-16 |
| National Theatre Live: LOVE as Herself/Introduced By | 2018-12-08 |
| To Provide All People as Consultant Psychiatrist | 2018-06-28 |
| Phantom Thread as Cyril Woodcock | 2017-12-25 |
| The Agency as Anthea | 2017-11-23 |
| Hampstead as Fiona | 2017-06-23 |
| A Very British Brothel 2 as Narrator (Voice) | 2017-01-04 |
| Rupture as Dr. Nyman | 2016-11-04 |
| Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light as Self | 2016-06-13 |
| The Go-Between as Mrs. Maudsley | 2015-09-20 |
| A Very British Brothel as Herself - Narrator (voice) | 2015-08-03 |
| Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism as Miss Adderstone | 2015-04-11 |
| The One and Only Mike Leigh as Self | 2014-11-24 |
| Mr. Turner as Mary Somerville | 2014-10-31 |
| Ghosts as Helene Alving | 2014-06-26 |
| Maleficent as Flittle | 2014-05-28 |
| The Christmas Candle as Bea Haddington | 2013-11-22 |
| An Adventure in Space and Time as Heather Hartnell | 2013-11-21 |
| Romeo & Juliet as The Nurse | 2013-09-12 |
| A Five Star Life as Kate Sherman | 2013-04-24 |
| Spike Island as Margaret | 2012-10-11 |
| Ashes as Cath | 2012-09-06 |
| Another Year as Mary | 2010-11-05 |
| Womb as Judith | 2010-07-15 |
| A Christmas Carol as Mrs. Cratchit (voice) | 2009-11-04 |
| Sparkle as Jill | 2007-08-17 |
| Perfect Parents as Sister Antonia | 2006-12-28 |
| The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael as Sarah | 2005-08-14 |
| Vera Drake as Mrs. Wells | 2004-10-22 |
| Promoted to Glory as Capt. Annie Sullivan | 2003-12-21 |
| All or Nothing as Penny | 2002-10-18 |
| Plain Jane as Dora Bruce | 2002-05-27 |
| David Copperfield as Emma Micawber | 2001-12-25 |
| Topsy-Turvy as Lucy Gilbert | 1999-12-15 |
| Toy Boys as Mrs. Allen | 1999-03-31 |
| Milk as Fiona | 1999-01-01 |
| Dual Balls as Joanna | 1997-01-01 |
| Secrets & Lies as The Social Worker | 1996-05-24 |
| O Mary This London as Sophie | 1994-03-30 |
| A Statement of Affairs as Carol | 1993-03-08 |
| Bad Girl as Penny Armitage | 1992-07-14 |
| Top Girls as Marlene | 1991-11-02 |
| The Firm as Sue Bissell | 1989-02-26 |
| High Hopes as Lætitia Boothe-Brain | 1989-01-13 |
| Sammy and Rosie Get Laid as Margy | 1987-10-30 |
| High Season as Carol | 1987-09-01 |
| Christmas Present as Judy Tall | 1985-12-19 |
| The Moon Over Soho as Sally Spencer | 1985-08-18 |
| Dance with a Stranger as Maryanne | 1985-03-01 |
| Angels in the Annexe as Jenny Bailey | 1984-12-24 |
| Dog Ends as Vivienne | 1984-07-17 |
| Our Winnie as Liz | 1982-11-12 |
| Mike Leigh: Making Plays as Self (archive footage) | 1982-09-04 |
| Grown-Ups as Mandy | 1980-11-27 |



