Lesley Manville
Born in Brighton, England, UK — Mar 12 1956
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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…
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Midsomer Murders
Phoebe Archbold
Coronation Street
Jill Mason
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mrs. Lorrimer
Silent Witness
The Crown
Princess Margaret
Play for Today
Vivienne
Mr. Turner
Mary Somerville
Playhouse
Mandy
Cold Storage
Trini Romano
Screen Two
Sophie
Soldier Soldier
Rachel Elliot
Performance
Marlene
Love Life
Narrator (voice)
Law & Order: UK
Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Bernice Worden
Kavanagh Q.C.
Lucy Cartwright
Grotesquerie
Nurse Redd
Maleficent
Flittle
Citadel
Dahlia Archer
Disclaimer
Nancy Brigstocke
Harlots
Lydia Quigley
Cranford
Mrs. Rose
Magpie Murders
Susan Ryeland
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Flittle
Let Him Go
Blanche Weboy
North & South
Mrs. Maria Hale
Rose and Maloney
The Gentle Touch
Sherwood
Julie Jackson
Queer
Doctor Cotter
Phantom Thread
Cyril Woodcock
Moonflower Murders
Susan Ryeland
Mum
Cathy
World on Fire
Robina Chase
A Christmas Carol
Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
River
Chrissie Read
I Am...
Maria
Fleming
Evelyn Fleming
Life After Life
Narrator
The Cazalets
Villy Cazalet
The Queen
Margaret Thatcher
Back to Black
Cynthia
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Susan
Dangerous Liaisons
Genevieve de Merteuil
Holding On
Hilary
Topsy-Turvy
Lucy Gilbert
Midwinter Break
Stella
Ain't Misbehavin'
Melissa Quigley
Mayday
Gail Spicer
Objects of Affection
Liz
Bodily Harm
Mandy Greenfield
Romeo & Juliet
The Nurse
Womb
Judith
Tears Before Bedtime
Beattie Freeman
The Critic
Annabel Land
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Ada Harris
Other People's Children
Nadine
Rupture
Dr. Nyman
Misbehaviour
Dolores Hope
Little Napoleons
Judith Silver
Hampstead
Fiona
Secrets & Lies
The Social Worker
Black Cab
Yvonne
A Bunch of Fives
Helen Wyatt
Ordinary Love
Joan
Goggle Eyes
Rosalind Killin
All or Nothing
Penny
The Bite
Ellie Shannon
Another Year
Mary
The Firm
Sue Bissell
Spike Island
Margaret
An Adventure in Space and Time
Heather Hartnell
Dance with a Stranger
Maryanne
Painted Lady
Susie Peel
Mr. Burton
Ma Smith
High Season
Carol
Vera Drake
Mrs. Wells
David Copperfield
Emma Micawber
To Provide All People
Consultant Psychiatrist
High Hopes
Lætitia Boothe-Brain
The Go-Between
Mrs. Maudsley
Bad Girl
Penny Armitage
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Margy
National Theatre Live: LOVE
Herself/Introduced By
Milk
Fiona
Dog Ends
Vivienne
Plain Jane
Dora Bruce
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
Miss Adderstone
The Christmas Candle
Bea Haddington
Marble Hall Murders
Susan Ryeland
Ghosts
Helene Alving
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Self
Top Girls
Marlene
Toy Boys
Mrs. Allen
Ashes
Cath
Promoted to Glory
Capt. Annie Sullivan
Jack of Spades
Sparkle
Jill
Grown-Ups
Mandy
The Mushroom Picker
Margot
Winter of the Crow
Joan Andrews
The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael
Sarah
King Cinder
Nikki
The Moon Over Soho
Sally Spencer
A Very British Brothel
Herself - Narrator (voice)
Christmas Present
Judy Tall
Our Winnie
Liz
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Self (archive footage)
Angels in the Annexe
Jenny Bailey
A Statement of Affairs
Carol
A Five Star Life
Kate Sherman
Perfect Parents
Sister Antonia
O Mary This London
Sophie
The One and Only Mike Leigh
Self
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Marquise de Merteuil
The Agency
Anthea
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
The Mother
A Very British Brothel 2
Narrator (Voice)
Dual Balls
Joanna
David Copperfield
Emma Micawber