
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).
Acting (61 movies)

Back to Black
2024

Secrets & Lies
1996

Vera Drake
2004

Everything I Ever Wanted To Tell My Daughter About Men
2022

All or Nothing
2002

Dance with a Stranger
1985

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987

Cold Storage
2026

Sparkle
2007

Milk
1999

Another Year
2010

The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael
2005

Topsy-Turvy
1999

High Hopes
1989

Queer
2024

A Christmas Carol
2009

The Firm
1989

Romeo & Juliet
2013

Womb
2010

Maleficent
2014

High Season
1987

Spike Island
2012

A Five Star Life
2013

An Adventure in Space and Time
2013

Top Girls
1991

The Christmas Candle
2013

The Critic
2024

Mr. Turner
2014

Ghosts
2014

Angels in the Annexe
1984

Ashes
2012

Winter of the Crow
2026

Mr. Burton
2025

Rupture
2016

Grown-Ups
1980

The Go-Between
2015

Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
2015

A Very British Brothel
2015

Perfect Parents
2006

A Very British Brothel 2
2017

The Moon Over Soho
1985

Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982

Promoted to Glory
2003

Phantom Thread
2017

Hampstead
2017

Dog Ends
1984

Christmas Present
1985

LOVE
2018

Misbehaviour
2020

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019

Ordinary Love
2019

The Agency
2017

Let Him Go
2020

Plain Jane
2002

David Copperfield
2001

O Mary This London
1994

Toy Boys
1999

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
2022

Bad Girl
1992

Our Winnie
1982

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris | 2022 | Executive Producer |