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Lesley Manville

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1956-03-12 (Age: 70)

Place of Birth

Brighton, England, UK

Lesley Manville

Biography

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 (67)

⭐ 0 Role: Marquise de Merteuil

National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses

2026
⭐ 6.6 Role: Stella

Midwinter Break

2026
⭐ 6.0 Role: Joan Andrews

Winter of the Crow

2026
⭐ 6.8 Role: Trini Romano

Cold Storage

2026
⭐ 6.8 Role: Ma Smith

Mr. Burton

2025
⭐ 6.6 Role: Doctor Cotter

Queer

2024
⭐ 5.8 Role: Annabel Land

The Critic

2024
⭐ 6.7 Role: Cynthia

Back to Black

2024
⭐ 7.3 Role: Ada Harris

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

2022
⭐ 1.7 Role: The Mother

Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men

2022
⭐ 6.8 Role: Blanche Weboy

Let Him Go

2020
⭐ 6.4 Role: Dolores Hope

Misbehaviour

2020
⭐ 6.8 Role: Joan

Ordinary Love

2019
⭐ 7.3 Role: Flittle

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

2019
⭐ 5.4 Role: Herself/Introduced By

National Theatre Live: LOVE

2018