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).
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Untitled 13
as Unknown
Marble Hall Murders
as Susan Ryeland
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
as Marquise de Merteuil
Midwinter Break
as Stella
Winter of the Crow
as Joan Andrews
Monster: The Ed Gein Story
as Bernice Worden
Mr. Burton
as Ma Smith
Queer
as Doctor Cotter
Moonflower Murders
as Susan Ryeland
Disclaimer
as Nancy Brigstocke
Grotesquerie
as Nurse Redd
The Critic
as Annabel Land
Back to Black
as Cynthia
Citadel
as Dahlia Archer
Dangerous Liaisons
as Genevieve de Merteuil
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
as Ada Harris
Sherwood
as Julie Jackson
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
as The Mother
Life After Life
as Narrator
Magpie Murders
as Susan Ryeland
Let Him Go
as Blanche Weboy
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
as Susan
Love Life
as Narrator (voice)
Misbehaviour
as Dolores Hope
Ordinary Love
as Joan
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
as Flittle
World on Fire
as Robina Chase
I Am...
as Maria
National Theatre Live: LOVE
as Herself/Introduced By
Save Me
as Jennifer Charles
Phantom Thread
as Cyril Woodcock
The Agency
as Anthea
Hampstead
as Fiona
Harlots
as Lydia Quigley
A Very British Brothel 2
as Narrator (Voice)
Rupture
as Dr. Nyman
The Crown
as Princess Margaret
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
as Self
Mum
as Cathy
River
as Chrissie Read
The Go-Between
as Mrs. Maudsley
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
A Very British Brothel
as Herself - Narrator (voice)
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
as Miss Adderstone
Mr. Turner
as Mary Somerville
Ghosts
as Helene Alving
Maleficent
as Flittle
Fleming
as Evelyn Fleming
The Christmas Candle
as Bea Haddington
An Adventure in Space and Time
as Heather Hartnell
Romeo & Juliet
as The Nurse
A Five Star Life
as Kate Sherman
Spike Island
as Margaret
Ashes
as Cath
Another Year
as Mary
Womb
as Judith
The Queen
as Margaret Thatcher
A Christmas Carol
as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Law & Order: UK
as Phyllis Gladstone
Cranford
as Mrs. Rose
Sparkle
as Jill
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Perfect Parents
as Sister Antonia
The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael
as Sarah
North & South
as Mrs. Maria Hale
Vera Drake
as Mrs. Wells
Promoted to Glory
as Capt. Annie Sullivan
All or Nothing
as Penny
Bodily Harm
as Mandy Greenfield
Rose and Maloney
as Professor Diane Marquis
Plain Jane
as Dora Bruce
David Copperfield
as Emma Micawber
The Cazalets
as Villy Cazalet
David Copperfield
as Emma Micawber
Black Cab
as Yvonne
Topsy-Turvy
as Lucy Gilbert
Loose Women
as Self
Toy Boys
as Mrs. Allen
Milk
as Fiona
Real Women
as Karen
Painted Lady
as Susie Peel
Holding On
as Hilary
Midsomer Murders
as Phoebe Archbold
Secrets & Lies
as The Social Worker
Silent Witness
as Suzy Franklin
Kavanagh Q.C.
as Lucy Cartwright
Little Napoleons
as Judith Silver
A Skirt Through History
as Bessie Parkes
O Mary This London
as Sophie
Ain't Misbehavin'
as Melissa Quigley
Bad Girl
as Penny Armitage
Top Girls
as Marlene
Performance
as Marlene
Soldier Soldier
as Rachel Elliot
Soldier Soldier
as Rachel Fortune
The Firm
as Sue Bissell
High Hopes
as Lætitia Boothe-Brain
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Mrs. Lorrimer
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
as Margy
High Season
as Carol
ScreenPlay
as Penny Armitage
Christmas Present
as Judy Tall
The Moon Over Soho
as Sally Spencer
Bulman
as Karen Tait
Dance with a Stranger
as Maryanne
Screen Two
as Sophie
Screen Two
as Sue
Angels in the Annexe
as Jenny Bailey
Dog Ends
as Vivienne
Give us a Break
as Alma
Our Winnie
as Liz
Objects of Affection
as Liz
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
as Self (archive footage)
Grown-Ups
as Mandy
The Gentle Touch
as Shirley Davis
Newsnight
as Self
The South Bank Show
as Self
King Cinder
as Nikki
Wings
as Francoise
Village Hall
as Merle
Playhouse
as Mandy
Leap in the Dark
as Julie
General Hospital
as Tina Butler
Play for Today
as Vivienne
Softly Softly: Task Force
as Janet
Coronation Street
as Jill Mason