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Lesley Manville

Lesley Manville

Birthday: 1956-03-12 | Place of Birth: Brighton, England, UK

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

as    Ada Harris

2022
Sherwood

as    Julie Jackson

2022
Life After Life

as    Narrator

2022
Magpie Murders

as    Susan Ryeland

2020
Let Him Go

as    Blanche Weboy

2020
Misbehaviour

as    Dolores Hope

2020
Ordinary Love

as    Joan

2019
Hampstead

as    Fiona

2019
World on Fire

as    Robina Chase

2017
Phantom Thread

as    Cyril Woodcock

2016
Mum

as    Cathy

2016
Rupture

as    Dr. Nyman

2015
River

as    Chrissie Read

2015
River

as    Chrissie Read

2015
A Very British Brothel

as    Herself - Narrator (voice)

2015
2015
The Go-Between

as    Mrs. Maudsley

2014
Fleming

as    Evelyn Fleming

2014
Maleficent

as    Flittle

2014
Mr. Turner

as    Mary Somerville

2013
The Christmas Candle

as    Bea Haddington

2013
Mayday

as    Gail Spicer

2013
An Adventure in Space and Time

as    Heather Hartnell

2013
A Five Star Life

as    Kate Sherman

2013
Romeo & Juliet

as    The Nurse

2012
Spike Island

as    Margaret

2010
Womb

as    Judith

2010
Another Year

as    Mary