
Lesley Manville
Acting
🎂 1956-03-12
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).
Cast credits(121)

Phoebe Archbold
1997

Mrs. Lorrimer
1989

Self
2007

1996

Self - Guest
2009

Princess Margaret
2016

Vivienne
1970

Jill Mason
1960

Nancy Brigstocke
2024

Flittle
2014

Flittle
2019

Mandy
1974

Dahlia Archer
2023

Nurse Redd
2024

Marlene
1991

Sophie
1985

Rachel Elliot
1991

Rachel Fortune
1991

2009

Narrator (voice)
2020

Self
1999

Doctor Cotter
2024

Lydia Quigley
2017

Lucy Cartwright
1995

Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
2009

Dr. Nyman
2016

Cyril Woodcock
2017

Julie Jackson
2022

Susan Ryeland
2024

Dolores Hope
2020

Mrs. Maria Hale
2004

Blanche Weboy
2020

Cynthia
2024

2002

The Nurse
2013

Mrs. Rose
2007

Robina Chase
2019

Chrissie Read
2015

1980

The Social Worker
1996
1971

Ada Harris
2022

Mary Somerville
2014

Judith
2010

Susan Ryeland
2022

Maria
2019

Penny
2002

Annabel Land
2024

Sister Antonia
2006

Trini Romano

Ma Smith
2025

Narrator
2022

Mary
2010

Hilary
1997

Mrs. Wells
2004

Cathy
2016

Margaret
2012

Genevieve de Merteuil
2022

Joan
2019

Sarah
2005

Margaret Thatcher
2009

Jill
2007

Evelyn Fleming
2014

Fiona
2017

Fiona
1999

Kate Sherman
2013

Miss Adderstone
2015

Mrs. Maudsley
2015

Sue Bissell
1989

Villy Cazalet
2001

Maryanne
1985
Consultant Psychiatrist
2018

Susan
2020

Lucy Gilbert
1999

Cath
2012

Melissa Quigley
1994

Self (archive footage)
1982
Rosalind Killin
1993

Sally Spencer
1985

Heather Hartnell
2013

Mandy
1980
Nadine
2000

Self
2016

Emma Micawber
2001

Susie Peel
1997

Liz
1982

Joan Andrews
2026

Margy
1987
Self
2014

Carol
1987

Capt. Annie Sullivan
2003

Penny Armitage
1992

Herself/Introduced By
2018

Bea Haddington
2013

Gail Spicer
2013

Lætitia Boothe-Brain
1989

Marlene
1991

Dora Bruce
2002

1985

Helen Wyatt
1977
Beattie Freeman
1995

Judith Silver
1994

Mrs. Allen
1999

Sophie
1994

Helene Alving
2014
Susan Ryeland

Mandy Greenfield
2002
Ellie Shannon
1996

Liz
1982
Margot
1993
Stella

Nikki
1977

Jenny Bailey
1984

Herself - Narrator (voice)
2015

Vivienne
1984

Judy Tall
1985

The Mother
2022

Narrator (Voice)
2017

Anthea
2017
Joanna
1997
Carol
1993