Lesley Manville
Acting
1956-03-12 · 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).
Filmography
Marble Hall Murders
2026 · Series
TheatersNational Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
2026 · Movie
Midwinter Break
2026 · Movie
Winter of the Crow
2026 · Movie
Cold Storage
2026 · Movie
Monster: The Ed Gein Story
2025 · Series
Mr. Burton
2025 · Movie
Queer
2024 · Movie
Moonflower Murders
2024 · Series
Disclaimer
2024 · Series
Grotesquerie
2024 · Series
The Critic
2024 · Movie
Back to Black
2024 · Movie
Citadel
2023 · Series
Dangerous Liaisons
2022 · Series
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
2022 · Movie
Sherwood
2022 · Series
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
2022 · Movie
Life After Life
2022 · Series
Magpie Murders
2022 · Series
Let Him Go
2020 · Movie
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
2020 · Series
Love Life
2020 · Series
Misbehaviour
2020 · Movie
Ordinary Love
2019 · Movie
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019 · Movie
World on Fire
2019 · Series
I Am...
2019 · Series
National Theatre Live: LOVE
2018 · Movie
To Provide All People
2018 · Movie
Save Me
2018 · Series
Phantom Thread
2017 · Movie
The Agency
2017 · Movie
Hampstead
2017 · Movie
Harlots
2017 · Series
A Very British Brothel 2
2017 · Movie
The Crown
2016 · Series
Rupture
2016 · Movie
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016 · Movie
Mum
2016 · Series
River
2015 · Series
The Go-Between
2015 · Movie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Series
A Very British Brothel
2015 · Movie
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
2015 · Movie
The One and Only Mike Leigh
2014 · Movie
Mr. Turner
2014 · Movie
Ghosts
2014 · Movie
Maleficent
2014 · Movie
Fleming
2014 · Series
The Christmas Candle
2013 · Movie
An Adventure in Space and Time
2013 · Movie
Romeo & Juliet
2013 · Movie
A Five Star Life
2013 · Movie
Mayday
2013 · Series
Spike Island
2012 · Movie
Ashes
2012 · Movie
Another Year
2010 · Movie
Womb
2010 · Movie
The Queen
2009 · Series
A Christmas Carol
2009 · Movie
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Series
Law & Order: UK
2009 · Series
Cranford
2007 · Series
Sparkle
2007 · Movie
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Series
Perfect Parents
2006 · Movie
The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael
2005 · Movie
North & South
2004 · Series
Vera Drake
2004 · Movie
Promoted to Glory
2003 · Movie
All or Nothing
2002 · Movie
Bodily Harm
2002 · Series
Rose and Maloney
2002 · Series
Plain Jane
2002 · Movie
David Copperfield
2001 · Movie
The Cazalets
2001 · Series
David Copperfield
2000 · Series
Other People's Children
2000 · Series
Black Cab
2000 · Series
Topsy-Turvy
1999 · Movie
Loose Women
1999 · Series
Toy Boys
1999 · Movie
Milk
1999 · Movie
Real Women
1998 · Series
Painted Lady
1997 · Series
Holding On
1997 · Series
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Series
Dual Balls
1997 · Movie
Secrets & Lies
1996 · Movie
The Bite
1996 · Series
Silent Witness
1996 · Series
Tears Before Bedtime
1995 · Series
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995 · Series
Little Napoleons
1994 · Series
A Skirt Through History
1994 · Series
O Mary This London
1994 · Movie
Ain't Misbehavin'
1994 · Series
Goggle Eyes
1993 · Series
A Statement of Affairs
1993 · Movie
The Mushroom Picker
1993 · Series
Crime Story
1992 · Series
Bad Girl
1992 · Movie
Top Girls
1991 · Movie
Performance
1991 · Series
Soldier Soldier
1991 · Series
The Firm
1989 · Movie
High Hopes
1989 · Movie
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Series
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987 · Movie
High Season
1987 · Movie
ScreenPlay
1986 · Series
Christmas Present
1985 · Movie
The Moon Over Soho
1985 · Movie
Bulman
1985 · Series
Dance with a Stranger
1985 · Movie
Screen Two
1985 · Series
Angels in the Annexe
1984 · Movie
Dog Ends
1984 · Movie
Sharing Time
1984 · Series
Give us a Break
1983 · Series
Objects of Affection
1982 · Series
Our Winnie
1982 · Movie
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982 · Movie
Grown-Ups
1980 · Movie
The Gentle Touch
1980 · Series
Newsnight
1980 · Series
The South Bank Show
1978 · Series
King Cinder
1977 · Series
A Bunch of Fives
1977 · Series
Wings
1977 · Series
The Emigrants
1976 · Series
Village Hall
1974 · Series
Playhouse
1974 · Series
Leap in the Dark
1973 · Series
General Hospital
1972 · Series
Emmerdale
1972 · Series
Barlow
1971 · Series
Play for Today
1970 · Series
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969 · Series
Coronation Street
1960 · Series
Escorted
Series
Jack of Spades
Movie