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Lesley Manville
Actor, Producer, WriterBorn March 12, 1956 (69 years)
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).
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| 2026 | Winter of the Crow · as Joan Andrews |
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| 2025 | Mr Burton · as Ma Smith |
| 2024 | Queer · as Doctor Cotter |
| 2024 | Disclaimer (TV Series) · as Nancy Brigstocke |
| 2024 | Grotesquerie (TV Series) · as Nurse Redd |
| 2024 | Moonflower Murders (TV Series) · as Susan Ryeland |
| 2024 | Back to Black · as Cynthia |
| 2023 | The Critic · as Annabel Land |
| 2023 | Citadel (TV Series) · as Dahlia Archer |
| 2022 | Dangerous Liaisons (2022) (TV Series) · as Genevieve De Merteuil |
| 2022 | Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris · as Ada Harris |
| 2022 | Sherwood (2022) (TV Series) · as Julie Jackson |
| 2022 | Life After Life (2022) (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2022 | Magpie Murders (TV Series) · as Susan Ryeland |
| 2021 | Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men · as The Mother |
| 2020 | Let Him Go · as Blanche Weboy |
| 2020 | Alan Bennett's Talking Heads (TV Series) · as Susan |
| 2020 | Love Life (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2020 | Misbehaviour · as Dolores Hope |
| 2019 | Ordinary Love · as Joan |
| 2019 | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil · as Flittle |
| 2019 | World on Fire (TV Series) · as Robina Chase |
| 2019 | I Am... (2019) (TV Series) · as Maria |
| 2018 | To Provide All People · as Consultant Psychiatrist |
| 2018 | Save Me (2018) (TV Series) · as Jennifer Charles |
| 2017 | Phantom Thread · as Cyril Woodcock |
| 2017 | Hampstead · as Fiona |
| 2017 | Harlots (TV Series) · as Lydia Quigley |
| 2016 | Rupture · as Dr. Nyman |
| 2016 | The Crown (TV Series) · as Princess Margaret |
| 2016 | Mum (TV Series) · as Cathy |
| 2015 | River (TV Series) · as Chrissie Read |
| 2015 | The Go-Between · as Mrs. Maudsley |
| 2015 | Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism · as Miss Adderstone |
| 2014 | Mr. Turner · as Mary Somerville |
| 2014 | Ghosts · as Helene Alving |
| 2014 | Maleficent · as Flittle |
| 2014 | Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond (TV Series) · as Evelyn Fleming |
| 2013 | The Christmas Candle · as Bea Haddington |
| 2013 | An Adventure in Space and Time · as Heather Hartnell |
| 2013 | Romeo & Juliet · as The Nurse |
| 2013 | A Five Star Life · as Kate Sherman |
| 2013 | Mayday (2013) (TV Series) · as Gail Spicer |
| 2012 | Spike Island · as Margaret |
| 2012 | Ashes · as Cath |
| 2011 | North & South: Interview with Richard Armitage · as Maria Hale |
| 2011 | North & South: Deleted Scenes · as Maria Hale |
| 2010 | Another Year · as Mary |
| 2010 | Womb · as Judith |
| 2009 | The Queen (TV Series) · as Margaret Thatcher |
| 2009 | A Christmas Carol · as Mrs. Cratchit (voice) |
| 2009 | Suicide Man · as Councillor Deakins |
| 2009 | Law & Order: UK (TV Series) |
| 2007 | Cranford (TV Series) · as Mrs. Rose |
| 2007 | Sparkle · as Jill |
| 2007 | The Making of Cranford · as Mrs. Rose |
| 2006 | Perfect Parents · as Sister Antonia |
| 2005 | The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael · as Sarah |
| 2004 | North & South (TV Series) · as Mrs. Hale |
| 2004 | Vera Drake · as Mrs. Wells |
| 2003 | Promoted to Glory · as Capt. Annie Sullivan |
| 2002 | All or Nothing · as Penny |
| 2002 | Bodily Harm (TV Series) · as Mandy Greenfield |
| 2002 | Rose and Maloney (TV Series) |
| 2001 | The Cazalets (TV Series) · as Villy Cazalet |
| 2000 | David Copperfield · as Mrs. Micawber |
| 2000 | Other People's Children (TV Series) · as Nadine |
| 1999 | Topsy-Turvy · as Lucy Gilbert |
| 1999 | Milk · as Fiona |
| 1998 | Real Women (TV Series) · as Karen |
| 1997 | Painted Lady · as Susie Peel |
| 1997 | Painted Lady (TV Series) · as Susie Peel |
| 1997 | Holding On (TV Series) · as Hilary |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Phoebe Archbold |
| 1996 | Secrets & Lies · as The Social Worker |
| 1996 | Silent Witness (TV Series) |
| 1995 | Kavanagh Q.C. (TV Series) · as Lucy Cartwright |
| 1994 | Little Napoleons (TV Series) · as Judith Silver |
| 1994 | A Skirt Through History (TV Series) · as Bessie Parkes |
| 1994 | Ain't Misbehavin' (1994) (TV Series) · as Melissa Quigley |
| 1993 | Goggle Eyes (TV Series) · as Rosalind Killin |
| 1992 | Crime Story (TV Series) · as Gail |
| 1991 | Performance (TV Series) · as Marlene |
| 1991 | Soldier Soldier (TV Series) · as Rachel Fortune |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) · as Mrs. Lorrimer |
| 1988 | The Firm · as Sue Bissell |
| 1988 | High Hopes · as Lætitia Boothe-Brain |
| 1987 | Sammy and Rosie Get Laid · as Margy |
| 1987 | High Season · as Carol |
| 1986 | Screenplay (1986) (TV Series) · as Penny Armitage |
| 1985 | Bulman (TV Series) |
| 1985 | Dance with a Stranger · as Maryanne |
| 1984 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as Sophie |
| 1983 | Give us a Break (TV Series) · as Alma |
| 1980 | Grown-Ups · as Mandy |
| 1980 | The Gentle Touch (TV Series) |
| 1977 | A Bunch Of Fives (TV Series) · as Helen Wyatt |
| 1977 | Wings (1977) (TV Series) · as Francoise |
| 1973 | Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mandy |
| 1972 | Emmerdale (TV Series) · as Rosemary Kendall |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) · as Vivienne |
| 1969 | Softly Softly Task Force (TV Series) · as Janet |
| 1960 | Coronation Street (TV Series) · as Jill Mason |