Lesley Manville

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).

Known For: Acting

Born: Brighton, England, UK, 1956-03-12

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1984	Angels in the Annexe	Jenny Bailey	0
2	1985	Dance with a Stranger	Maryanne	60
3	1987	High Season	Carol	53
4	1987	Sammy and Rosie Get Laid	Margy	57
5	1989	High Hopes	Lætitia Boothe-Brain	71
6	1989	The Firm	Sue Bissell	64
7	1991	Top Girls	Marlene	0
8	1996	Secrets & Lies	The Social Worker	75
9	1997	Dual Balls	Joanna	0
10	1999	Milk	Fiona	20
11	1999	Topsy-Turvy	Lucy Gilbert	66
12	2002	All or Nothing	Penny	71
13	2004	Vera Drake	Mrs. Wells	72
14	2005	The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael	Sarah	51
15	2007	Sparkle	Jill	59
16	2009	A Christmas Carol	Mrs. Cratchit (voice)	69
17	2010	Womb	Judith	60
18	2010	Another Year	Mary	70
19	2012	Ashes	Cath	55
20	2012	Spike Island	Margaret	65
21	2013	A Five Star Life	Kate Sherman	58
22	2013	Romeo & Juliet	The Nurse	67
23	2013	An Adventure in Space and Time	Heather Hartnell	77
24	2013	The Christmas Candle	Bea Haddington	58
25	2014	Maleficent	Flittle	71
26	2014	Ghosts	Helene Alving	30
27	2014	Mr. Turner	Mary Somerville	65
28	2022	Everything I Ever Wanted To Tell My Daughter About Men	The Mother	0
29	2024	Back to Black	Cynthia	67
30		Cold Storage		0
31	2024	Queer	Doctor Cotter	71
32		Midwinter Break	Stella	0
33	1980	Grown-Ups	Mandy	67
34	1982	Mike Leigh: Making Plays	Self (archive footage)	80
35	1982	Our Winnie	Liz	0
36	1984	Dog Ends	Vivienne	0
37	1985	The Moon Over Soho	Sally Spencer	0
38	1985	Christmas Present	Judy Tall	20
39	1992	Bad Girl	Penny Armitage	100
40	1993	A Statement of Affairs	Carol	0
41	1994	O Mary This London	Sophie	0
42	1999	Toy Boys	Mrs. Allen	0
43	2001	David Copperfield	Mrs. Micawber	63
44	2002	Plain Jane	Dora Bruce	0
45	2003	Promoted to Glory	Capt. Annie Sullivan	0
46	2006	Perfect Parents	Sister Antonia	55
47	2010	14 Actors Acting	Self	70
48	2014	The One and Only Mike Leigh	Self	90
49	2015	Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism	Miss Adderstone	53
50	2015	A Very British Brothel	Herself - Narrator (voice)	40
51	2015	The Go-Between	Mrs. Maudsley	70
52	2016	Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light	Self	0
53	2016	Rupture	Dr. Nyman	49
54	2017	A Very British Brothel 2	Narrator (Voice)	60
55	2017	Hampstead	Fiona	60
56	2017	The Agency	Anthea	100
57	2017	Phantom Thread	Cyril Woodcock	73
58	2018	To Provide All People	Consultant Psychiatrist	60
59	2018	LOVE	Herself/Introduced By	50
60	2019	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	Flittle	73
61	2019	Ordinary Love	Joan	68
62	2020	Misbehaviour	Dolores Hope	64
63	2020	Let Him Go	Blanche Weboy	68
64	2022	Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris	Ada Harris	73
65	2024	The Critic	Annabel Land	52
66	2025	Mr Burton	Ma Smith	0
67	2025	Winter of the Crow	Joan Andrews	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1960	Coronation Street	Jill Mason	53
2	1970	Play for Today	Vivienne	61
3	1971	Barlow		60
4	1977	King Cinder	Nikki	0
5	1980	The Gentle Touch		69
6	1982	Objects of Affection	Liz	70
7	1985	Screen Two	Sophie	68
8	1985	Bulman		67
9	1989	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Mrs. Lorrimer	81
10	1991	Performance	Marlene	60
11	1991	Soldier Soldier	Rachel Elliot	64
12	1991	Soldier Soldier	Rachel Fortune	64
13	1993	The Mushroom Picker	Margot	10
14	1993	Goggle Eyes	Rosalind Killin	0
15	1994	Ain't Misbehavin'	Melissa Quigley	70
16	1994	Little Napoleons	Judith Silver	0
17	1995	Kavanagh Q.C.	Lucy Cartwright	70
18	1995	Tears Before Bedtime	Beattie Freeman	0
19	1996	Silent Witness		76
20	1996	The Bite	Ellie Shannon	100
21	1997	Midsomer Murders	Phoebe Archbold	75
22	1997	Holding On	Hilary	80
23	1997	Painted Lady	Susie Peel	75
24	1999	Loose Women	Self	34
25	2000	Other People's Children	Nadine	0
26	2001	The Cazalets	Villy Cazalet	80
27	2002	Rose and Maloney		60
28	2002	Bodily Harm	Mandy Greenfield	0
29	2004	North & South	Maria Hale	81
30	2004	North & South	Mrs. Hale	81
31	2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self	72
32	2007	Cranford	Mrs. Rose	81
33	2009	Law & Order: UK		68
34	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	49
35	2009	The Queen	Margaret Thatcher	70
36	2013	Mayday	Gail Spicer	60
37	2014	Fleming	Evelyn Fleming	69
38	2015	River	Chrissie Read	74
39	2016	Mum	Cathy	74
40	2016	The Crown	Princess Margaret	82
41	2017	Harlots	Lydia Quigley	75
42	2019	I Am...	Maria	53
43	2019	World on Fire	Robina Chase	76
44	2020	Love Life	Narrator (voice)	69
45	2020	Alan Bennett's Talking Heads	Susan	81
46	2022	Magpie Murders	Susan Ryeland	73
47	2022	Life After Life	Narrator	68
48	2022	Sherwood	Julie Jackson	69
49	2022	Dangerous Liaisons	Genevieve de Merteuil	66
50	2023	Citadel	Dahlia Archer	69
51	2024	Grotesquerie	Nurse Redd	73
52	2024	Disclaimer	Nancy Brigstocke	75
53	2024	Moonflower Murders	Susan Ryeland	78
54		Marble Hall Murders	Susan Ryeland	0